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.

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.

Cadillac ’s first high-performance electric vehicle, proudly sporting the brand’s “V” badge, is now set to join the lineup. Initially announced last fall, the all-new 2026 Lyriq-V officially debuts today and will enter production within the next few weeks ahead of a mid-2025 launch.

Balancing both luxury and absolute EV performance, the 2026 Cadillac Lyriq-V earns its title as the fastest Cadillac ever, while also being mildly practical.

Cadillac unleashes its first-ever, all-electric high-performance V model in the form of the popular Lyriq SUV.

The 2026 Cadillac Lyriq-V is the latest in the growing lineup of V-series vehicles that caters to performance enthusiasts. It’s also the first electric vehicle to get the V-Series treatment. While the first thing that you think of when you see that V is performance, it’s also about technology and a personalized driving experience.

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.

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.