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Cadillac Optiq
The smallest Ultium Cadillac, on an 85 kWh pack and a 400-volt architecture rather than the reconfigurable one above it. Its drive units are deliberately unlike each other — a permanent-magnet motor at the front and an induction motor at the rear — so a drive-motor fault code names two genuinely different machines depending on which axle it is on, and the diagnostic procedure differs with it. All-wheel drive is standard in North America; the Chinese cars are a separate specification with smaller packs and a front-drive option.
Generations
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First generation 2023–present
Sold in China from 2023 and in North America and Europe from 2024, on different packs — so the market decides the hardware more than the year does.
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- GM BEV3 (Ultium)
- Engines
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- 85 kWh dual motor — electric · 224 kW (300 hp) · 480 Nm (354 lb-ft) · North America and Europe
- 68.4 kWh electric — electric · 150 kW (201 hp) · China, front drive
- 79.7 kWh dual motor — electric · 211 kW (283 hp) · China
- Transmissions
- Single-speed reduction gear
- Drivetrain
- All-wheel drive · Front-wheel drive
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