This is the best summary I could come up with:
Called the Escalade IQ, Cadillac has gone all-out, fitting this one with a monster battery that stores enough energy to propel this behemoth 450 miles (724 km) before it needs plugging in.
It’s a clean-sheet design that uses GM’s new Ultium battery platform and, in this case, the company’s architecture shared by the forthcoming Chevrolet Silverado EV, among others.
There’s a definite family theme shared with the other Cadillac EVs, the $60,000 Lyriq and the $340,000 Celestiq; like those cars the Escalade IQ—which starts around $130,000—uses lights to create a grille-like appearance at the front without the aero drag, and features a blanked-off D pillar.
Any doubts we’re talking about a very heavy car should be dispelled when you find out the battery pack has a capacity of 200 kWh—the same as the 9,063-lb (4,110 kg) GMC Hummer EV.
The pack uses a nickel cobalt manganese aluminum chemistry, and like the Hummer EV it has a party trick where it can fast-charge at 800 V despite running at 400 V.
For a more luxurious approach for fewer passengers, the Escalade IQ can be specced with a second row that features reclining seats and fold-out tray tables.
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And a 55 inch touch screen. So stupid. Make simple efficient EVs and you’ll sell millions.
SUVs are popular because they have emissions exemptions… Car makers, you don’t have to push this garbage anymore with electrics. Just let it go, man.
Electric SUVs are no better than gas trucks. The weight and shape of the vehicle require an unsustainable amount of energy. Furthermore, they give rich people the moral validation that keeps them trashing the planet with a good conscience.
I still don’t think I’ve ever seen a decent human being driving an Escalade…
