2026 Cadillac OPTIQ

Now that the federal electric vehicle tax credit has ended, automakers are enticing customers with major incentives on EVs.

Cadillac has revamped the Optiq for 2026, adding a rear-wheel-drive version, increasing the power on the all-wheel-drive variant and bringing a new high-performance V-Series version to showrooms.

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.