Cadillac OPTIQ

For 2026, the Cadillac Optiq adds a new rear-wheel-drive base powertrain, more power for the AWD version, a new V-Series performance variant and a standard NACS port.

In addition to the Optiq-V that’s set to join the lineup, there’s now another choice at the opposite end of the pricing spectrum: a new rear-wheel-drive entry-level variant.

Cadillac stuffed over 200 extra horsepower into the Optiq to make the Optiq-V, along with additional performance modes, sporty blue aesthetic cues and bigger brakes capable of stopping it all.

Cadillac’s first electric V-Series product, the Lyriq-V, already promises to keep the crazy fires burning into the electric era, and now Cadillac has confirmed its second V EV: the 2026 Optiq-V.

The all-new 2025 Cadillac Optiq features all the great qualities of the luxury brand’s bigger Lyriq electric SUV, but in a tidier, more maneuverable package.

With EVs still being a premium proposition, even the littlest all-electric Cadillac, the Optiq, costs more than a base gas XT6: The brand has announced the 2025 Optiq will start at $54,390.

The 2025 Cadillac Optiq is the smallest of the bunch of current and forthcoming Cadillac SUVs, and it features the lowest price.

The new 2025 Optiq is a compact two-row SUV meant to be the entry point into the brand’s electric showroom, and it arrives in the autumn.

Cadillac has revealed its next electric vehicle, the 2025 Optiq, in what appears to be production-ready form.