2024 Cadillac Lyriq RWD gets an estimated 314 miles per charge

Cadillac's updated its range figures for the 2024 Lyriq RWD and 2024 Lyriq AWD. "Updated" is the term here because the luxury carmaker tested both trims of the 2023 Lyriq, but the Lyriq AWD's first model year for the public is 2024. The 2023 Lyriq RWD is EPA-rated to go 312 miles on a charge, the Lyriq AWD is rated at 307 miles on a charge, both of those figures are produced on 20-inch wheels, the best option for the luxury crossover. The 2024 version hasn't made it to the EPA site yet. The automaker's numbers for the new model year are 314 miles for the 2024 Lyriq RWD and 307 miles for the Lyriq AWD. Those numbers were achieved on the 20-inch wheels.

The RWD and AWD numbers moved around a bit this year. In documents GM submitted to the EPA in February, the automaker estimated ranges for both drivetrains for the 2023 model year on 20-inch wheels — the sole size offered in 2023 — and on the new, optional 22-inch wheels as a "worst-case-scenario." The first figures suggested the RWD on 20s got 312 miles in combined driving (taking the EPA's equation of adding 55% pure city range to 45% pure highway range), the AWD on 20s was estimated at 300 miles. The RWD on 22s was estimated at 287 miles combined, the AWD on 22s, 276 miles.

In certification papers submitted in May concerning the 2024 Lyriq RWD, the figures had dropped to 307 miles on 20-inchers, 274 miles on 22-inchers. More papers submitted in June for the 2024 Lyriq AWD couldn't be parsed in a way that matched earlier numbers.