NEW CADILLAC CELESTIQ 2024 #electric_car #cadillac #celestiq #car_2024

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Caddy's battery-electric flagship aims to take on the likes of Rolls-Royce and Bentley in an attempt to prove the American luxury brand is still the standard of the world.

The 2024 Cadillac Celestiq debuts as the most extravagant and expensive model the brand has ever built.
The electric Celestiq is an avant-garde, four-seater hatchback that's made by hand and built to order.
Cadillac fits every model with an expected 600 horsepower, an estimated 300 miles of range, and a base price of around $340,000.
UPDATE 8/8/23: The Cadillac Celestiq will have a base price around $340,000.

When was the last time Cadillac was truly considered the Standard of the World? If you're like us and have to phone a friend to answer that question, then you might need to have your grandparents' landline on speed dial. The point is it's been a long time, but the brand looks to return to those former glory days as a legit luxury coachbuilder with the 2024 Celestiq, a moonshot model the company claims is one of the most important in its 120-year history.
The Celestiq is a battery-electric avant-garde four-passenger hatchback that's built by hand and tailor-made for individual customers. It also features a bespoke platform based on General Motors' Ultimum battery technology.

The Celestiq's interior technology also consists of an 11.0-inch touchscreen that sprouts up from the front center console. While there's an ominous lack of physical buttons, there's a rotary controller and a volume knob on the center console. Phew.
Those in the Celestiq's two individual and highly adjustable rear seats even have their own digital command center by way of an 8.0-inch touchscreen display. The setup includes settings for the Gentherm four-zone climate system that's said to allow intimate tailoring of temps, including those for the heated and cooled cushions.
Every Celestiq is also equipped with GM's Ultra Cruise hands-free driving-assist technology that uses a combination of cameras, radars, and lidar in order to work on more than two million miles of various roadways (including but not limited to highways) in the United States and Canada.

Cadillac didn't just build the Celestiq to be a big comfy cruiser that looks like more than a quarter of a million bucks, and every one of these big EVs comes equipped with an air suspension system and the fourth generation of GM's magnetorheological shocks. Additionally, the Celestiq also has rear-wheel steering and a variable-ratio electric steering system. It also marks the debut of Cadillac's active anti-roll bars.
The front and rear suspension both feature independent five-link configurations. Large 23-inch wheels, which are wrapped with a set of Michelin Pilot Sport EV summer tires that were specially developed for the Celestiq (they even have a unique sidewall graphic), serve as the mediators between the Caddy's chassis and the road below.

The Celestiq is motivated by a pair of electric motors (one at each axle) that work together to generate an estimated 600 horsepower and 640 pound-feet of torque. Cadillac claims this allows the all-wheel-drive Celestiq to race to 60 mph in 3.8 seconds.
Maintain a light enough right foot, though, and Cadillac estimates the Celestiq will go 300 miles on a full charge of its 111-kWh battery pack. (That's gross capacity, as Cadillac's currently mum on the pack's useable capacity.) To maximize interior space, Cadillac positions the Celestiq's battery cells horizontally.
As with most ultra-luxury cars, the 2024 Cadillac Celestiq, which enters production in December 2023, really has to be seen in person to be appreciated. Unfortunately, its exclusive nature will likely make it a rare sight. Of course, that's what Cadillac wanted when it set out to design the Celestiq.

Cadillac commissioned this ambitious car to reconnect with its heritage, reboot its image, and be the flagship of the brand's plans to go entirely electric by 2030.
Needless to say, the Celestiq is extremely expensive, with a $340,000-plus base price that'll rise based on customers' individual customizations. Cadillac also says it will only build a limited number every year at GM's Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan. Those allocations will only be available to those on a waitlist.
So, what does Celestiq mean and where did the name come from? That's not important. What's important is that it doesn't have a generic alphanumeric moniker like some other models Cadillac sells.
It also maintains Cadillac's plan to use the suffix "iq" at the end of its electric vehicles' model names, a trend that began with the recently introduced Lyriq electric SUV. That's better than the Celestiq being called the CT7 or something similarly uninspiring.