Smaller than an Escalade IQ, bigger than a Lyriq: The 2026 Cadillac Vistiq

Cadillac has another new electric vehicle on the way. It’s the 2026 Vistiq, a three-row SUV that fills the gap in the American automaker’s lineup. It will be the fifth Cadillac to use what until now has been called the Ultium battery platform.

Although parent company General Motors has caught a case of EV regret this year, it has also ironed out the problem it encountered when assembling battery cells into packs and expects to sell at least 200,000 EVs this year. Cadillac’s Ultium journey began with the midsize Lyriq, which has since been joined by the compact Optiq, the hand-built, highly exclusive Celestiq, and imminently, the Escalade IQ, which rivals the Hummer EV in weight as a result of its whopping 450 mile range.

The $77,395 Vistiq drops in between the Lyriq and Escalade IQ, filling the same niche—but electric—as the XT6 does in the gas-powered lineup. The Vistiq actually has a virtually identical wheelbase to the gas Escalade at 121.8 inches (3,094 mm), but it’s a few inches shorter at 205 inches (5,207 mm) long. Yes, this is a large SUV, but it’s a three-row Cadillac—what else do you expect?

Inside the car, between the axles, the battery pack has a useable capacity of 102 kWh. Cadillac says that the Vistiq will get at least 300 miles (482 km) on a single charge, and that DC fast charge will add “up to 79 miles (127 km) of range in about 10 minutes.” While Cadillac didn’t say, we expect a native NACS (J3400) charge port, as the Vistiq will debut as a model-year 2026 vehicle when it goes into production next year in Tennessee.