The Cadillac Lyriq was the first of a new breed of General Motors' electric vehicles. Built around a common battery platform ( which used to be called Ultium ), the midsize SUV has been on sale for about three years now, and for model year 2026, there's a new version available, the first Cadillac EV to wear the V-series badge.

The LYRIQ-V owes this performance to a unique and cutting-edge powertrain, using a 102-kilowatt-hour battery pack and a dual motor setup to push an estimated 615 hp and 650 lb-ft

After months of teases, Cadillac officially announced the Lyriq-V as a 615-horsepower, high-performance electric SUV that will go on record as the “quickest” vehicle ever produced by the luxury automaker.

V, the first fully electric model in the brand’s hopped-up V-Series lineup.Powered by a dual-motor all-wheel-drive system paired with a 102 kWh lithium-ion battery pack, this combination delivers an estimated 615 horsepower and 650 lb-ft of torque.

Cadillac LYRIQ-V is poised to transform the world of high-performance electric luxury vehicles. As Cadillac's inaugural all-electric V-Series

Cadillac officially unveiled on Thursday the high-performance 2026 Lyriq V, the vehicle General Motors developed to challenge competitors like the Audi Q4 e-tron, Mercedes-Benz EQB and the BMW iX in the U.S. EV sales. The five-passenger midsize SUV is the first-ever all-electric vehicle to bear the V-series badge.

Adding performance-based variants to electric vehicles is becoming a growing trend with cars such as the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N to BMW ’s luxury electric i7 M70 xDrive sedan. Now, Cadillac is joining the party with the 2026 Lyriq-V, its first high-performance V-Series badge on an all-electric vehicle.

After initially launching in 2022, the Cadillac Lyriq seemed to finally hit a turning point in 2024 with GM addressing many of its software and battery manufacturing issues. The Lyriq closed out the year as the second best selling EV at GM just behind the Chevrolet Equinox EV with 28,