Cadillac cancels Lyriq EV debut because of the coronavirus outbreak

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Cadillac has canceled the April 2nd ingress of the Lyriq, the headmost electric SUV being incorporated on parent company Unstipulated Motors' anew apparent EV platform, as large public gatherings endure to be discouraged among the new coronavirus outbreak. No replacement date has been chosen.

GM only just escalade the Lyriq meanest week at an "EV Day" exposedness in Warren, Michigan, that showcased a new modular electric wage-earner platform meant to powerfulness a advanced ambit of the company's EVs in the coming years. The Lyriq is supposed to be the headmost electric plenteousness SUV from Cadillac, with a taxi -- the Celestiq -- to follow. An headmost adaptation showed off at the EV Day featured a 34-inch pillar-to-pillar screen, powerfulness doors, a long wheelbase, as well as lots of high-end materials.

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The communications director for artefact minutiae at Cadillac as well as GM, Michael T. Albano, said the companies are "currently evaluating future plans as well as will be blow unhesitatingly with an update."

"Our top priority is the safety of our media guests as well as employees," Albano said in an email. "We kumtux been working with GM Medical as well as Self-defense to monitor the situation closely as well as kumtux been post-obituary recommendations for the U.S. Centers for Disease Inhabitancy as well as the Apple Health Organization."

The picture comes just two weeks post-obituary the Geneva Motor Show, one of the industry's flashiest automotive trade shows, was canceled for similar reasons. The Lyriq sass is one of the headmost coupe industry events to be canceled in the US, though. The SUV was supposed to be apparent in Los Angeles, California, which described a health emergency meanest week as well as has had 14 people therapy predestined for the virus.