Cadillac unveils its 200 kWh and nearly 4 tons battery electric Escalade SUV
- The current Escalade SUV has been an iconic Cadillac model since the launch of its first generation in 1998. The carmaker is now in its fifth generation, its production volume oscillating between 25,000 and 50,000 units each year since 2008. In 2022, 38,000 units have still left the American plant in Arlington (Virginia).
- This large SUV, 5.38 m long in the normal version and 5.76 m in the long version, which is also marketed by Chevrolet under the names of Tahoe (normal version) and Suburban (long version) as well as by GMC under the names of Yukon (normal version) and Yukon XL (long version) are equipped with a 6.2-liter V8 developing 420 hp and its weight exceeds 2,800 kg empty.
- This weight is largely exceeded by the brand new battery electric Escalade SUV which has just been presented. This new model does not replace but is in addition to the Escalade SUV range as a specific model equipped with fully electric motorization, like the recent Cadillac Lyriq and Celestiq models from which the carmaker expects a lot.
- The new battery electric Escalade SUV named Escalade IQ already benefits from a completely revised design, slightly sportier (long hood, more aerodynamic line, third triangle side window, sloping roof). Its 750 hp electric motor equipped with a 200 kWh battery would allow a range of 724 km. Its dimensions are as follows: 5.70 m long, 2.17 m wide and 1.93 m high. Due to its dimensions and the weight of its batteries, the new Escalade IQ could approach 4 tons. It will be produced in the American Detroit-Hamtramck plant with an expected volume of 10,000 to 20,000 units per year.