1 00:00:15,356 --> 00:00:15,796 Speaker 1: Pushkin. 2 00:00:20,436 --> 00:00:22,956 Speaker 2: This episode is sponsored by Cadillac. 3 00:00:23,876 --> 00:00:25,276 Speaker 1: Do you have any guesses about what we're going to 4 00:00:25,276 --> 00:00:29,956 Speaker 1: show you? Yea, no guesses, No guesses. The only thing 5 00:00:29,956 --> 00:00:32,596 Speaker 1: I'm going to say in preparation is well, I'm not 6 00:00:32,636 --> 00:00:35,276 Speaker 1: even to say anything. I just want your I just 7 00:00:35,316 --> 00:00:38,316 Speaker 1: want your reaction. I want to know whether you want 8 00:00:38,476 --> 00:00:39,036 Speaker 1: one of these. 9 00:00:39,756 --> 00:00:40,236 Speaker 2: You're ready. 10 00:00:42,116 --> 00:00:43,996 Speaker 1: I'm walking down the streets of a small town in 11 00:00:44,076 --> 00:00:46,956 Speaker 1: upstate New York with a five year old boy who 12 00:00:46,996 --> 00:00:49,636 Speaker 1: is all the typical five year old boy's enthusiasm for 13 00:00:49,676 --> 00:00:54,036 Speaker 1: things with wheels. He's wearing a blindfold. We stop and 14 00:00:54,116 --> 00:00:56,516 Speaker 1: I can turn him around to face the street in 15 00:00:56,556 --> 00:01:02,356 Speaker 1: front of a shiny, elegant, sleek SUV. What you're going 16 00:01:02,396 --> 00:01:07,676 Speaker 1: to see is something that almost no one in America 17 00:01:07,996 --> 00:01:14,676 Speaker 1: has seen. This is brand new. Okay, take my arm, 18 00:01:14,956 --> 00:01:20,676 Speaker 1: lift off your blindfold. Let me just say he was 19 00:01:20,716 --> 00:01:24,316 Speaker 1: a little bit shy and a little overwhelmed. He's blindfolded 20 00:01:24,556 --> 00:01:27,076 Speaker 1: by some random guy who's friends with his parents. So 21 00:01:27,116 --> 00:01:30,436 Speaker 1: he looks up and there's a pause as he contemplates 22 00:01:30,516 --> 00:01:33,996 Speaker 1: the apparition in front of his eyes. What do you 23 00:01:34,036 --> 00:01:37,356 Speaker 1: think brand like? The look on his face did not 24 00:01:37,436 --> 00:01:41,236 Speaker 1: just say I like it. It said, Holy Toledo, No, no, 25 00:01:41,316 --> 00:01:45,876 Speaker 1: Holy Detroit. What is this now? I know what you're thinking. 26 00:01:46,236 --> 00:01:50,516 Speaker 1: What's going on here? Well, to answer that, we need 27 00:01:50,556 --> 00:01:54,796 Speaker 1: to go back in time not long ago, we got 28 00:01:54,796 --> 00:01:57,956 Speaker 1: to call a Pushkin headquarters from Cadillac. They knew that 29 00:01:57,996 --> 00:02:01,316 Speaker 1: we take cars very seriously here. In fact, I think 30 00:02:01,316 --> 00:02:03,116 Speaker 1: they knew that the car I drive to work every 31 00:02:03,156 --> 00:02:06,476 Speaker 1: morning is a Cadillac. I tricked out twenty twenty one 32 00:02:06,556 --> 00:02:10,956 Speaker 1: Cadillac CT five V a monster. So they say, have 33 00:02:11,076 --> 00:02:13,716 Speaker 1: you heard of the all electric Cadillac Lyric? 34 00:02:14,556 --> 00:02:15,476 Speaker 2: Oh? 35 00:02:15,516 --> 00:02:19,116 Speaker 1: I had my friend Dan, the most serious gearhead I know, 36 00:02:19,436 --> 00:02:22,956 Speaker 1: had driven one in Detroit and texted me immediately, this 37 00:02:23,076 --> 00:02:26,236 Speaker 1: thing is the best car Cadillac ever made. My friend Eddie, 38 00:02:26,356 --> 00:02:29,116 Speaker 1: second most serious gearhead I know, spotted one in his 39 00:02:29,156 --> 00:02:32,596 Speaker 1: neighbor's driveway and said it looks like the Barcelona Chair 40 00:02:32,636 --> 00:02:37,356 Speaker 1: of cars. I've no idea what that means. Anyway, Cadillac says, 41 00:02:37,636 --> 00:02:40,316 Speaker 1: would you like to borrow a Lyric for a few days? 42 00:02:40,796 --> 00:02:43,236 Speaker 1: We gave their request a great deal of thought, held 43 00:02:43,236 --> 00:02:46,476 Speaker 1: a dozen meetings to discuss, made a spreadsheet to evaluate 44 00:02:46,516 --> 00:02:49,956 Speaker 1: the pros and cons. No, are you kidding me? We said, 45 00:02:50,236 --> 00:02:56,356 Speaker 1: bring it now. I'm Malcolm Glawell, and you're listening to 46 00:02:56,396 --> 00:03:00,556 Speaker 1: the first of two very special episodes for revisionist history listeners. 47 00:03:01,196 --> 00:03:04,556 Speaker 1: Come along on an all electric road trip with me 48 00:03:05,436 --> 00:03:10,396 Speaker 1: and a few friends. So the lyrics shows up at 49 00:03:10,396 --> 00:03:14,516 Speaker 1: Pushkin HQ, and let's just say we have plans for 50 00:03:14,556 --> 00:03:18,436 Speaker 1: the next few days. Road tests, but not boring road tests, 51 00:03:18,876 --> 00:03:21,996 Speaker 1: my kind of road tests. The things that matter to me. 52 00:03:22,836 --> 00:03:24,836 Speaker 1: How much can I fit in this thing? Is it 53 00:03:24,876 --> 00:03:26,876 Speaker 1: fast enough? Is it better than what I have in 54 00:03:26,916 --> 00:03:31,636 Speaker 1: the garage already? And first and foremost, will it impress 55 00:03:31,796 --> 00:03:35,076 Speaker 1: my friends? We started with the five year old down 56 00:03:35,076 --> 00:03:38,116 Speaker 1: the street. Then we parked and waited for the general 57 00:03:38,116 --> 00:03:41,956 Speaker 1: public to weigh in, which they did like flies on honey. 58 00:03:42,796 --> 00:03:46,476 Speaker 1: First up, a dude in an escalade literally stops in 59 00:03:46,516 --> 00:03:47,116 Speaker 1: the middle. 60 00:03:46,916 --> 00:03:54,516 Speaker 2: Of the street. Yeah, sharp, right out right out from 61 00:03:54,556 --> 00:03:55,156 Speaker 2: the factory. 62 00:03:56,596 --> 00:04:01,396 Speaker 1: Look at that thing, man, I yes, I remember looking 63 00:04:01,436 --> 00:04:02,116 Speaker 1: to it now, so. 64 00:04:04,116 --> 00:04:05,716 Speaker 2: I won't work about it a little bit. 65 00:04:07,236 --> 00:04:11,356 Speaker 1: That's beautiful, all right, All right, enough, we realized we 66 00:04:11,396 --> 00:04:14,836 Speaker 1: had to drive it for ourselves. We piled in first thoughts. 67 00:04:15,356 --> 00:04:18,716 Speaker 1: It is suv presence, but drives like a car, an 68 00:04:18,756 --> 00:04:24,636 Speaker 1: electric car, which means that insanely smooth, uninterrupted instantaneous acceleration, 69 00:04:24,996 --> 00:04:28,596 Speaker 1: and all in a kind of hushed splendor, powered by 70 00:04:28,636 --> 00:04:32,916 Speaker 1: GM's brand new ultium battery system. We called our contact 71 00:04:32,996 --> 00:04:37,196 Speaker 1: back a Cadillac. Melissa Grady, Cadillac's chief marketing officer, put 72 00:04:37,196 --> 00:04:40,276 Speaker 1: her on speaker. Wait, we're gonna drive down the blog 73 00:04:40,796 --> 00:04:44,396 Speaker 1: because I want you to explain this sound. This thing 74 00:04:44,476 --> 00:04:48,836 Speaker 1: is so insanely quiet. So there's like this kind of 75 00:04:49,076 --> 00:04:57,516 Speaker 1: quiet hum. Yes, I'm referring to this sound. What am 76 00:04:57,516 --> 00:05:02,436 Speaker 1: I tell me about what I'm hearing? The future? Ah, 77 00:05:03,956 --> 00:05:10,196 Speaker 1: you were trained to say that. Oh, yes, was It's 78 00:05:10,236 --> 00:05:13,636 Speaker 1: actually the sound the sun emits has recorded by NASA. 79 00:05:13,956 --> 00:05:15,036 Speaker 1: I'm not making that up. 80 00:05:15,556 --> 00:05:19,156 Speaker 2: So what that noise is is, you know, with anyv 81 00:05:19,476 --> 00:05:24,756 Speaker 2: there really isn't a lot of audible sound, and so 82 00:05:25,876 --> 00:05:29,756 Speaker 2: we put that sound in so that pedestrians and others 83 00:05:29,796 --> 00:05:33,316 Speaker 2: can hear that the that the vehicle is approaching. 84 00:05:33,636 --> 00:05:36,436 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's like the noise machine I use for my baby. 85 00:05:36,516 --> 00:05:42,956 Speaker 1: It's like this calming. Next, I got fixated on the dash, 86 00:05:43,476 --> 00:05:47,756 Speaker 1: so just so to describe for so, I'm looking at this. 87 00:05:48,396 --> 00:05:53,716 Speaker 1: We've got this console, this screen that stretches from the 88 00:05:53,796 --> 00:05:56,756 Speaker 1: driver's side all the way almost to the edge of 89 00:05:56,796 --> 00:05:58,436 Speaker 1: the passage. It's like a long how long is this 90 00:05:58,556 --> 00:06:00,476 Speaker 1: It's like a do you know how long? This screen 91 00:06:00,516 --> 00:06:03,596 Speaker 1: looks like it's like over two feet long. It is 92 00:06:03,636 --> 00:06:07,196 Speaker 1: thirty three inches thirty three inches, so everything as I'm driving, 93 00:06:07,276 --> 00:06:10,156 Speaker 1: everything is in front of me, and then I have 94 00:06:11,596 --> 00:06:14,756 Speaker 1: we just open the map function. Oh my god, that's fantastic. 95 00:06:15,036 --> 00:06:18,596 Speaker 1: And then we've got the rearview mirror is a is 96 00:06:18,596 --> 00:06:23,396 Speaker 1: a continuous HD camera. So in case you're keeping count 97 00:06:23,836 --> 00:06:26,996 Speaker 1: Test number one, the five year old boy test past 98 00:06:27,716 --> 00:06:31,836 Speaker 1: Test number two, the eyeball first impression test passed. But 99 00:06:31,996 --> 00:06:35,356 Speaker 1: now for the hardest test of all, we returned to 100 00:06:35,396 --> 00:06:40,076 Speaker 1: Pushkin HQ and pick up my friend Michael, who for 101 00:06:40,116 --> 00:06:42,076 Speaker 1: the past three and a half years has been the 102 00:06:42,156 --> 00:06:45,356 Speaker 1: devoted owner of an electric vehicle made by a company 103 00:06:45,596 --> 00:06:47,436 Speaker 1: whose name will not pass our lips. 104 00:06:50,236 --> 00:06:54,996 Speaker 2: Michael, where do I get myself for coming for you? 105 00:06:56,436 --> 00:07:00,596 Speaker 1: Yeah, you need to come downstairs and then we're going 106 00:07:00,636 --> 00:07:04,156 Speaker 1: to put a blindfold on you and go for la ride, 107 00:07:04,796 --> 00:07:07,876 Speaker 1: the same blindfold we use for the kid. Is this 108 00:07:07,956 --> 00:07:12,396 Speaker 1: going to end our thirty five? It is absolutely not. 109 00:07:13,516 --> 00:07:19,356 Speaker 1: This is gonna be an educational and enjoyable experience for you. 110 00:07:19,996 --> 00:07:24,916 Speaker 1: Michael is a skeptical, perceptive, hard bitten professional journalist, a 111 00:07:24,996 --> 00:07:28,436 Speaker 1: man of the world, and he loves his current ev 112 00:07:28,756 --> 00:07:31,636 Speaker 1: He's an evangelist for the brand. And we told him 113 00:07:31,636 --> 00:07:35,036 Speaker 1: nothing except that we've got something very new parked out 114 00:07:35,076 --> 00:07:38,396 Speaker 1: front that he's never been in before. We put him 115 00:07:38,396 --> 00:07:41,916 Speaker 1: in the passenger seat. Let me remind you, he's blindfolded. 116 00:07:42,356 --> 00:07:44,916 Speaker 1: We want him to hear and feel the lyric without 117 00:07:44,956 --> 00:07:49,156 Speaker 1: his judgmental vision getting in the way. He starts running 118 00:07:49,156 --> 00:07:54,196 Speaker 1: his hands over the dash, the door, everything around him. 119 00:07:54,556 --> 00:07:56,316 Speaker 1: How does that? How does that seat feeling? 120 00:07:56,796 --> 00:07:57,516 Speaker 2: It's it's. 121 00:07:58,836 --> 00:07:59,916 Speaker 1: It's very luxurious. 122 00:07:59,956 --> 00:08:00,556 Speaker 2: I hate. 123 00:08:02,116 --> 00:08:06,796 Speaker 1: This, can't be it. Now. We weren't trying to rag 124 00:08:06,796 --> 00:08:10,036 Speaker 1: on the competition. I mean, I've driven into Michael's car. 125 00:08:10,156 --> 00:08:13,236 Speaker 1: It's a fine bit of engineering, lots of great software, 126 00:08:13,476 --> 00:08:17,156 Speaker 1: pioneer in the field, blah blah blah. But it's an appliance. 127 00:08:17,636 --> 00:08:21,876 Speaker 1: And now his sense is heightened. Michael sits and touches 128 00:08:22,156 --> 00:08:29,556 Speaker 1: and feels and realizes, Dorothy, You're not in an appliance anymore. Okay, Now, Michael, 129 00:08:29,596 --> 00:08:33,836 Speaker 1: I want you to remove your blindfold. Really, yeah, I 130 00:08:33,916 --> 00:08:41,876 Speaker 1: want you to observe the interior, Wow sleek. Yeah, I 131 00:08:42,076 --> 00:08:43,356 Speaker 1: love the Yeah. 132 00:08:43,396 --> 00:08:45,636 Speaker 2: This is very nice. It's very different than mine. 133 00:08:46,516 --> 00:08:48,316 Speaker 1: My concern is that you're gonna go back, You're going 134 00:08:48,356 --> 00:08:49,156 Speaker 1: to get into your. 135 00:08:49,916 --> 00:08:52,996 Speaker 2: Your car seeing me is just drive into a leak. 136 00:08:53,316 --> 00:08:57,436 Speaker 2: You'll just be so desponding that I'm gonna be like, I'm. 137 00:08:57,276 --> 00:08:59,116 Speaker 1: Gonna be like, what did I know? Are you going 138 00:08:59,156 --> 00:09:01,036 Speaker 1: to make I can't do it. I can't go back. 139 00:09:02,316 --> 00:09:05,236 Speaker 1: You can't go back, Michael, don't do it. Don't go 140 00:09:05,356 --> 00:09:10,476 Speaker 1: back next time. On our special series made in collaboration 141 00:09:10,556 --> 00:09:15,156 Speaker 1: with Cadillac more road tests, Comparero with the German Classic 142 00:09:15,356 --> 00:09:17,716 Speaker 1: and with Cadillacs of R A little bit of a 143 00:09:17,796 --> 00:09:26,716 Speaker 1: road race and babies crying Speedy, Speedy, I Like Newer. 144 00:09:31,396 --> 00:09:34,316 Speaker 1: Twenty twenty three lyric orders are full. Go to Cadillac 145 00:09:34,396 --> 00:09:37,596 Speaker 1: dot com and complete a pre order from model year 146 00:09:37,636 --> 00:09:40,316 Speaker 1: twenty four to be among the first to order a 147 00:09:40,396 --> 00:09:44,796 Speaker 1: model year twenty four win available. This episode was produced 148 00:09:44,796 --> 00:09:48,916 Speaker 1: by Jacob Smith and Joey Fishground. Our editor is Julia Barton, 149 00:09:49,196 --> 00:09:53,276 Speaker 1: Engineering by Nina Lawrence and mastering by Sarah Buguier. Special 150 00:09:53,276 --> 00:09:57,596 Speaker 1: thanks to Melissa Grady at Cadillac and Carly Megliori. I'm 151 00:09:57,836 --> 00:09:58,596 Speaker 1: Malcolm Glappa.