Each pick against the LYRIQ’s published onboard chargers. Rated amps are the brand’s; the kW and circuit figures are our arithmetic (amps x 240 V; NEC 125% continuous-load rule). “Adapter on a NACS port” means a J1772 cable needs a J1772-to-NACS adapter on the 2027 car.| Charger | Rated amps | What it feeds | Port | Circuit needed |
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| ChargePoint Home Flex NACS | 50 A | 11.5 kW module in full (12 kW at 50 A) | NACS - plugs straight in | 70 A hardwired (60 A at 48 A) |
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| Autel MaxiCharger 80A | 80 A | 19.2 kW module in full (19.2 kW at 80 A) | J1772 cable - adapter on a NACS port | 100 A hardwired |
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| Lectron Nexus NACS (Tesla) Charger | 48 A | 11.5 kW module in full (11.5 kW at 48 A) | NACS - plugs straight in | 60 A hardwired |
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| ChargePoint Home Flex | 50 A | 11.5 kW module in full (12 kW at 50 A) | J1772 cable - adapter on a NACS port | 70 A hardwired / 50 A plug-in at 40 A |
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| EVIQO 48A Level 2 Charger | 48 A | 11.5 kW module in full (11.5 kW at 48 A) | J1772 cable - adapter on a NACS port | 60 A hardwired |
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| Grizzl-E Duo Connect 40A | 40 A | 9.6 kW to one car; ~4.8 kW each to two | NACS x2 (this SKU) | 50 A plug-in or hardwired |
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Step one: which onboard charger does your LYRIQ have?
The charger on your wall is a switch; the device that actually converts AC to the DC the battery stores is inside the car, and its rating is the ceiling on home charging speed. Cadillac publishes two for the LYRIQ. The Luxury trim’s standard features list an 11.5 kW AC onboard charging module; the LYRIQ-V lists the same. The Premium Luxury, Signature Luxury, Signature Sport and LYRIQ-V Premium trims list a 19.2 kW AC onboard charging module together with the dual-motor all-wheel-drive system. If you are not sure which you have, the window sticker or the vehicle’s own charging screen will say; our onboard charger explainer covers where to look.
The arithmetic is simple. 11.5 kW at 240 V is 48 amps, which under the NEC 125% continuous-load rule needs a 60-amp circuit. 19.2 kW is 80 amps, which needs a 100-amp circuit. A 48-amp charger on a 19.2 kW LYRIQ charges it at 11.5 kW and wastes nothing but potential; an 80-amp charger on an 11.5 kW LYRIQ charges it at 11.5 kW and wastes the price difference. Buy for the module you have.
What that means in miles: by our reference arithmetic at about 3.5 miles per kWh, 11.5 kW adds roughly 40 miles of range per hour and 19.2 kW roughly 67. The LYRIQ is a large SUV and will do worse than that reference figure in practice; Cadillac publishes an EPA-estimated 326 miles of range for RWD models but not an efficiency figure, so treat both numbers as an upper bound and scale them by your own car’s displayed consumption. Even at a pessimistic figure, an overnight window on 11.5 kW covers a full day’s driving for almost anyone, which is the honest case against the 100-amp circuit.
Step two: which port?
Cadillac lists a NACS onboard charge port as standard on the 2027 LYRIQ. A NACS charger plugs straight in. A J1772 charger — still the majority of home units sold, and every J1772 pick below — needs a J1772-to-NACS adapter on that car. Adapters are passive: as Lectron’s FAQ puts it, they “don’t generate power — they only enable compatibility between chargers and vehicles,” and Lectron rates its J1772-to-Tesla adapter — the same NACS shape — to 80 amps, so a listed adapter is not a bottleneck even for the 19.2 kW trims. Confirm the adapter maker lists your vehicle before buying one, and check whether Cadillac included one with your car, which its page does not state either way.
If your LYRIQ has the J1772-shaped port instead, the picture flips: the J1772 picks plug in directly and the NACS picks would need the opposite adapter. Our connector guide explains the two shapes and the transition between them.
Step three: what will the panel allow?
A 60-amp circuit for a 48-amp charger is routine on a 200-amp service and often possible on 150. A 100-amp circuit for an 80-amp charger is half a 200-amp service on one breaker, and a proper load calculation will frequently say no without a service upgrade. That is the hidden cost of the 19.2 kW module: the charger is the smaller line on the bill. If the panel says no, the Autel 80A below can be dialed down to 48 amps in its app and run on a 60-amp circuit today, then turned up after an upgrade — which is the one good argument for buying it before the circuit exists. Our install cost guide covers what each tier adds.
How we separated them
ChargePoint Home Flex NACS takes the top slot for the 2027 car: a factory NACS cable, 50 amps hardwired (12 kW, comfortably over the 11.5 kW module), output set in the app to 16, 24, 32, 40, 48 or 50 amps so it can start on a 60-amp circuit, UL/cUL listed to UL 2594 and 2231 with ENERGY STAR, and the most established app in the category. The cons are the premium price, the 23 ft cable and a Type 3R enclosure that is the lowest sealing rating on this page. It cannot feed the 19.2 kW module; if you have one, read the next pick.
Autel MaxiCharger 80Ais the only charger in our registry that can feed a 19.2 kW LYRIQ at its full rate: 80 amps, adjustable from 6 to 80 in the app and by DIP switch, in a NEMA 3S enclosure rated to -40°F, with UL 2594 and CSA listings and ENERGY STAR. Two honest cons. The Amazon unit we link carries a J1772 cable, so on a NACS-port LYRIQ it needs an 80-amp-rated adapter (Autel’s own product page lists a NACS cable option, but that is not the SKU we link). And Autel’s two pages disagree on the warranty term — five years on the store listing, three extendable to five on the product page. It is also, by a wide margin, the most expensive charger here, and the 100-amp circuit is a second bill.
Lectron Nexus NACSis the no-app NACS answer: 48 amps, 11.5 kW — exactly the standard module’s rating — in an IP66 housing with a 23 ft cable, ETL listed to UL 2594 / 2231 / 2251 with ENERGY STAR, and a 3-year warranty, in a lower price tier than the ChargePoint. The con is that there is no app and Lectron publishes no operating-temperature range; the LYRIQ itself schedules charging, so for many owners the app was never load-bearing.
ChargePoint Home Flex (J1772) is the pick for a LYRIQ with the J1772-shaped port, and a reasonable one for a 2027 car if you already own the adapter or expect to share the charger with a J1772 car. Same 50-amp hardware, same app, plus plug-in versions on a NEMA 14-50 or 6-50 that ChargePoint caps at 40 amps. On a NACS port it is an adapter-every-time proposition, which is why it ranks below the NACS version here.
EVIQO 48Ais the value 48-amp unit: 11.5 kW hardwired, a 25 ft cable plus a 40-inch input lead for the longest reach on this page, IP66 / NEMA 4, UL / ETL / FCC listings and ENERGY STAR, 3-year warranty extendable to four. J1772 cable, so the adapter note applies on a 2027 car. The Emporia Level 2 would normally sit beside it as the other value 48-amp unit; on the day we published, its Amazon listing read “Currently unavailable,” and we do not feature a product we cannot verify is purchasable. (The listing has since been re-resolved to an in-stock SKU; it remains on our 48-amp page.)
Grizzl-E Duo Connectis for the household adding a LYRIQ to an existing EV. Two 25 ft cables from one cast-aluminum IP67 body on one 40-amp supply; Grizzl-E states the current splits in half automatically or per connector in the app. The SKU we link is the NACS-to-NACS pairing — right for two NACS-port cars, wrong for a mixed pair, which Grizzl-E sells direct. The con is built into the design: 40 amps total means each car gets about 4.8 kW when both charge, and one LYRIQ alone gets 9.6 kW, under either module’s rating. Our two-car roundup works the amps.
What we left off, and why
Every 40-amp plug-in unit — EVIQO 40A, Grizzl-E Classic Connect, the Lectron and ELEGRP portables — because 9.6 kW under-feeds even the standard LYRIQ module and a hardwired 48-amp unit costs about the same; they are on our 40-amp page for owners whose panel limits them to a 50-amp circuit. The Wallbox Pulsar Plus and Emporia Pro, both 48-amp smart units that would feed the standard module and add nothing over the picks here for a LYRIQ specifically. And the Emporia Level 2, for the availability reason above.
The short version, by LYRIQ
2027 LYRIQ, 11.5 kW module: ChargePoint Home Flex NACS if you want the app, Lectron Nexus NACS if you do not. A 60-amp circuit either way. 2027 LYRIQ, 19.2 kW module:the Autel 80A on a 100-amp circuit with an 80-amp-rated adapter — or, if the load calculation says no, any 48-amp pick and accept 11.5 kW, which is still a full charge overnight. J1772-port LYRIQ: the ChargePoint Home Flex or the EVIQO 48A, straight in. Two EVs: the Grizzl-E Duo in the cable pairing that matches both cars.
