Powered by General Motors\u2019 Ultium Platform, the recently unveiled Cadillac LYRIQ not only signals the dawn of a new electric vehicle era for the brand \u2013 it represents a fundamental transformation of GM\u2019s global product development process. The official unveiling last week of Cadillac\u2019s first all-electric SUV was nine months ahead of schedule, a timeline accelerated by a process of virtual testing and validation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boasting a combination of the latest automotive technology, premium craftsmanship and a meticulous level of intricacy throughout its design, the LYRIQ sets a new standard for the luxury EV landscape and plays a pivotal role in GM\u2019s vision of zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Its accelerated path was the result of an ongoing commitment to evolve GM\u2019s global product development processes through the innovative use of cutting-edge virtual engineering tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As demonstrated by LYRIQ, the process of virtual design, development and validation has a profound impact on the overall efficiency of GM vehicle programs. Implementing the tools early in the development process allows teams to optimize a vehicle\u2019s design, quality and performance within the confines of a digital environment, enabling GM to rapidly accelerate product development cycles while reducing engineering costs by $1.5 billion per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The results are augmented when the VDDV process is paired with the powerful Ultium Platform, the heart of GM\u2019s EV strategy. The modular nature of Ultium allows it to be easily adapted from one vehicle model to another, meaning the learnings from one program can accelerate the development of others in the EV portfolio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several elements of the LYRIQ program were enhanced as a direct result of extensive virtual development and validation, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile GM has been developing great products for more than 100 years, virtual engineering has allowed us to visualize aspects of our designs that have not been previously observable with conventional vehicle testing. This is one of many inherent strengths of virtual engineering that we\u2019ve capitalized on to completely reimagine how we create and develop future mobility products like the Cadillac LYRIQ,\u201d explained Mike Anderson, GM executive director of Virtual Design, Development and Validation. \u201cThis new approach certainly achieved our initial goal of drastically reducing our engineering spend on expensive prototypes, but, more importantly, has enabled us to run faster than ever before, and deliver better quality on our first production vehicle builds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Variation in manufacturing, customer usage, physics, and even the design process itself is a longstanding challenge when innovating and developing complex machines like those of future mobility. Through virtual development, the team was able to test thousands of designs through multiple scenarios to address the many forms of variation, allowing the first drivable LYRIQ prototypes to be produced with a single optimized design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNow that we\u2019ve moved to the next phase of development, the initial quality of our pre-production test vehicles is some of the best that I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d said Jamie Brewer, LYRIQ chief engineer. \u201cDuring early test drives, I\u2019ve been impressed with the ride, handling and overall performance of the vehicle at this stage of development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the accelerated timeline, LYRIQ is expected to go into production in the first quarter of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reservations for LYRIQ will be available beginning September 2021 with initial availability starting the first half of 2022. Visit Cadillac.com<\/a> for the latest LYRIQ information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1<\/sup><\/em>Cadillac estimated over 300 miles range with a full charge. Based on GM testing. EPA estimates not yet available. Actual range will vary based on several factors, including temperature, terrain, battery age, and vehicle loading, use and maintenance.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2<\/sup><\/em>Safety or driver-assistance features are no substitute for the driver\u2019s responsibility to operate the vehicle in a safe manner. The driver should remain attentive to traffic, surroundings and road conditions at all times. Visibility, weather and road conditions may affect feature performance. Read the vehicle Owner\u2019s Manual for more important feature limitations and information.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact Fadi Tadros at fadi.tadros@gm.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Powered by General Motors\u2019 Ultium Platform, the recently unveiled Cadillac LYRIQ not only signals the dawn of a new electric vehicle era for the brand \u2013 it represents a fundamental transformation of GM\u2019s global product development process. The official unveiling last week of Cadillac\u2019s first all-electric SUV was nine months ahead of schedule, a timeline […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cadillac-LYRIQ-Image-2.jpg",900,549,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cadillac-LYRIQ-Image-2.jpg",900,549,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cadillac-LYRIQ-Image-2.jpg",900,549,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cadillac-LYRIQ-Image-2-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cadillac-LYRIQ-Image-2-300x183.jpg",300,183,true],"large":["https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cadillac-LYRIQ-Image-2.jpg",900,549,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cadillac-LYRIQ-Image-2.jpg",900,549,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cadillac-LYRIQ-Image-2.jpg",900,549,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cadillac-LYRIQ-Image-2.jpg",689,420,false],"graptor-sq-xs":["https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cadillac-LYRIQ-Image-2.jpg",100,61,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/author\/admin\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"Uncategorized<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Powered by General Motors\u2019 Ultium Platform, the recently unveiled Cadillac LYRIQ not only signals the dawn of a new electric vehicle era for the brand \u2013 it represents a fundamental transformation of GM\u2019s global product development process. The official unveiling last week of Cadillac\u2019s first all-electric SUV was nine months ahead of schedule, a timeline…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11052,"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11049\/revisions\/11052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}