The luxury brand’s new bespoke halo electric sedan represents a coachbuilt philosophy that dates to the early 1900s.
, although revolutionary with the first electric starter in 1912, would sound like a bucket of bolts compared to the silent vault of a cabin anticipated in the Celestiq, even at high speeds.200-kW DC fast charging capable of adding 78 miles of range in 10 minutes.Ultra Cruise for hands-free driving beyond the capability of Super Cruise, with the ultimate vision to accommodate 95% of driving situations.
Adaptive air suspension, Magnetic Ride Control, and up to 3.5 degrees of out-of-phase active rear steering.Five high-definition display screens inside.A 55-inch curved-display infotainment hub stretching from pillar to pillar atop the instrument panel, with Google Maps, Google Assistant, and Google Play built in.126 interior ambient lighting colors.
The world’s largest piece of automotive glass serving as the fixed roof, integrating suspended-particle device technology to control how much light enters the cabin. There are 2100 LEDs inside and outside the Celestiq, many of them mounted to the perimeter of the high-tech glass roof to illuminate the pattern embedded in the multi-layer glass, with the four quadrants capable of tinting at different levels depending on passenger preference.
Singer Lenny Kravitz and GM design chief Michael Simcoe at Monday night’s Celestiq reveal in Los Angeles. Kravitz will drive his Celestiq as his"nighttime vehicle" in Paris.The car’s forward lighting signature—with its etched light-bar “grille” for flashy animated startup sequences—may appear similar to that of the more mainstreamin production. But this design concept was first part of the Celestiq show car that dates back about five years.