The Sweet Song of EVs – Cadillac Starts Lyric Production

GM’s Spring Hill manufacturing complex consists of a vehicle assembly plant, metal stamping plant and an engine plant. It is the largest GM facility in North America.

General Motors today passed another milestone in its move to an all-electric future as Cadillac celebrated the beginning of retail production of the 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ at GM’s Spring Hill, Tennessee, assembly plant. GM President Mark Reuss, Cadillac Vice President Rory Harvey, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, UAW representatives, plant employees and other officials were on hand. The real dignitaries were the workers who made it happen.

Reservations for the 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ Debut Edition sold out in 10 minutes late, last summer, and demand continues to grow, GM said. Cadillac will begin taking additional orders for the 2023 LYRIQ on May 19.

“The Cadillac LYRIQ sets the standard for the future of Cadillac and marks another major milestone in GM’s commitment to an all-electric future,” said Reuss. “This is a monumental day for the entire GM team. We retooled Spring Hill Assembly with the best, most advanced technology in the world and the team worked tirelessly to complete the preparations nine months ahead of the original schedule.

GM announced an investment of $2 billion in the Spring Hill Assembly in October 2020. The Lyric launch accelerated ahead of schedule, while Spring Hill continued to assemble the Cadillac XT5, Cadillac XT6 and GMC Acadia models. GM’s Spring Hill manufacturing complex, which consists of a vehicle assembly plant, metal stamping plant and an engine plant, is the largest GM facility in North America. The complex opened in 1990 to build Saturn models and has built more than 4.5 million vehicles.

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