The company’s engineer stated that the demand is quite high.
American automaker Cadillac introduced its new flagship sedan model Celestiq in the past months. The vehicle, which goes on sale with prices starting from $ 300,000, manages to attract a lot of attention with its many features and looks different from others by offering the right to customize it to its customers. Although the price of the vehicle may seem quite expensive for a mainstream brand at first, it seems that the demands are quite high.
Autoline Network’s weekly podcast hosted Celestiq chief engineer Tony Roma last week. Roma revealed some pretty interesting facts about the development and production of the electric vehicle. In addition, the engineer stated that the demand for the vehicle was higher than the company expected and with the orders received now, the production of the vehicle was exhausted during the first 12 to 18 months after it started.
During the podcast, Roma said that they can make a maximum of 2 vehicles a day and all of them are assembled by hand. Maybe in the first year, the company will only produce 400 vehicles. The purchasing process of the vehicle is also quite different from other vehicles.
In this context, the customer will meet with a concierge and meet with the designers to design their car. No two examples will be alike, as there are almost countless customization options. Production will take place at GM’s Global Technical Center in Warren Michigan, and the team will work on no more than six vehicles at a time.
The company’s electric sedan model is built on GM’s Ultium platform and can produce an estimated total of 608 horsepower and 868 Nm of torque. There are two electric motors in the vehicle and Cadillac’s magnificent sedan can complete 0-96 km / h acceleration in just 3.8 seconds.
