Cadillac on Monday introduced plans to create a totally electrical iteration of its largest SUV, the Escalade, plus a tease of the timeline: The electrical model, referred to as Escalade IQ, will bow later this yr. 

In accordance with Cadillac, the Escalade IQ “guarantees the identical dedication to craftsmanship, expertise and efficiency that has helped the Escalade nameplate dominate the massive luxurious SUV phase for the final 20 years.”

The Escalade IQ, which slots in subsequent to the Cadillac Lyriq crossover and upcoming Cadillac Celestiq as all-electric, continues the model’s EV nomenclature, with a twist. “The IQ naming technique celebrates Cadillac introducing a distinct kind of EV to the market—one which works in tandem with individuals’s day by day lives and environments,” defined Cadillac. 

Teaser for Cadillac Escalade IQ debuting in 2023

These environments possible received’t embrace compact parking areas or tight metropolis streets. Because it stands, the gasoline (or diesel) Escalade ESV measures nearly 19 ft lengthy, with a width of 81.1 inches and a garage-door-challenging peak of 76.7 inches. That’s neither as excessive nor as huge because the GMC Hummer EV, although the electrical Escalade is prone to weigh excess of the gasoline fashions’ roughly 6,000 kilos. 

EPA gas economic system scores for the 2023 Escalade vary from 23 mpg mixed with rear-wheel drive and the turbo-diesel down to simply 13 mpg mixed for the performance-oriented Escalade V. In vary, the GMC Hummer EV SUV will go an EPA-cycle 314 miles on a 170-kwh battery pack, based on the corporate. 

Cadillac has stated that three new Cadillac EVs will bow in 2023, with all three due to enter manufacturing in 2024. 

An Escalade EV has been lengthy within the works. In late 2019 the model’s then-president Steve Carlisle confirmed the electrical Escalade venture, though the corporate hasn’t offered updates. 

2023 Cadillac Lyriq

Cadillac’s shift to being a totally electrical model by 2030 is properly underway. The plan was basically set in movement when GM introduced in January 2019 that Cadillac would develop into the “lead electrical automobile model” for GM, and the primary GM model to introduce a automobile constructed on the so-called BEV3 platform that later grew to become generally known as Ultium. 

The primary Cadillac EV didn’t arrive till final yr, with the Lyriq, but it surely did additionally final decade promote the plug-in hybrid Cadillac ELR, a well-conceived however poorly marketed luxurious coupe constructed on Chevy Volt bones.