Super Cruise on the Lyriq Debut Edition: end of year

Thanks, Alex, that seems like an excellent approach.

My one concern would be, what if in December GM announces that subsequent testing has revealed that for unforeseen technical reasons Super Cruise can’t be safely used on the Lyriq after all, and therefore won’t be available? While that might seem unlikely, it seems equally unlikely to me that Super Cruise has been in use on other GM vehicles since 2017 and is available today on the Bolt EUV, but won’t be available on the Lyriq for another six months. Has GM encountered some unexpected obstacle, and if so is it guaranteed that they’ll be able to overcome whatever that obstacle might be?

Thanks, Alex. Your scenario (GM just needs more time to test SC on the Lyriq) is the one at the most optimistic end of my possible scenarios. My most pessimistic one (GM announcing they couldn’t get SC to work on the Lyriq) seems sufficiently unlikely that I’m ok taking the risk of it actually happening.

While waiting for SC to come online on the Lyriq, at least I’ll have ACC during those six (?) months, which is what I had on my Toyota Mirai during 2016-2019 and which I sadly gave up when I switched to the Chevy Bolt. And maybe some other nice things about the Lyriq that aren’t on the Bolt, like more comfortable seats maybe? (I deal with that Bolt problem with big foam cushions that helped enormously on drives longer than an hour.)

Main downside of the Lyriq over the Bolt for me is its 196″ length compared to the Bolt EV’s 164″ length, which will barely fit in my garage. What I don’t understand at all is how the Lyriq’s cargo capacity is almost identical to the Bolt’s. How is it possible that GM was unable to use even one inch of that extra 32″ of length to give the Lyriq even one more cubic foot of cargo capacity than the Bolt EV?

Today I received a reminder about the Debut Edition of the Lyriq which says the following. “When your LYRIQ is produced, it will be equipped with Super Cruise driver assistance technology+ and Surround Vision hardware. An over-the-air vehicle software update will be necessary to activate these features. Cadillac will contact you directly when these updates become available, expected late 2022.”

Is Surround Vision the same thing as 360 degree birds-eye view (a feature we’ve had on both our Bolt Premiers since 2017). If so, does the above mean that if we upgrade from the Bolt to the Lyriq we will be without birds-eye view until late 2022?