Cadillac teases images of its first all-electric vehicle

A few days after GM announced that Cadillac would become its leading electric vehicle brand, the automaker put forward some images of its first planned electric vehicle.

Cadillac does not share any other details than the pictures – no name, no specifications, nothing. This information will be revealed "closer to the launch," said the company. But Cadillac is positioning itself to become an aggressive player in the nascent electric vehicle market as it seeks to move from the mass market to luxury vehicles.

In addition to unveiling the all-new XT6 crossover at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this week, the company has hinted at both a future Escalade and a future performance sedan. "Overall, Cadillac will introduce new models at a rate of about one every six months until 2021," the company said.

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The images suggest that Cadillac's first electric vehicle will be a crossover. The vehicle will use GM's new generation "BEV3" electric vehicle platform, designed to be flexible and suitable for many vehicle types, and capable of handling front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive and AWD configurations. GM plans to create a number of battery configurations to use in different vehicles. This could mean a shorter development cycle, which will help GM respond to consumer demands and the actions of its competitors.

GM recently crossed the threshold of the 200,000th electric vehicle that triggers a slow elimination of the $ 7,500 federal electric vehicle tax credit over the next 15 months. The parent company of Chevrolet and GMC is the second automaker to take this step, with Tesla having sold its 200,000th vehicle to the United States last summer.