2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ Is an EV With 450 Miles of Range, 55-Inch Dash
The Cadillac Escalade SUV is back in with a luxurious, all-electric version. The 2025 Escalade IQ comes with all the bells and whistles you'd expect on an EV that's most likely to be purchased by deep-pocketed executives and celebrities and used for presidential motorcades.
A 55-inch diagonal dash screen runs wall-to-wall from driver to passenger, powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon Cockpit Platform. It appears to be a similar screen to the super-luxe 2024 Cadillac Celestiq, which will start at $340,000(Opens in a new window) when it hits dealers later this year.
An Executive Second-Row Seating package adds personal, 12.6-inch screens for backseat passengers, a rear command center screen (like a dash), wireless charging, and massage seats.
The Escalade IQ comes with three years of GM's Super Cruise self-driving assistive technology, which operates on more than 400,000 miles of compatible roads across the US and Canada, GM says—mostly highways. It helps keep the vehicle in a lane, but can also change lanes, and will accelerate and brake based on traffic patterns.
Even without Super Cruise, the Escalade IQ comes with a suite of standard safety and driver-assist features, including blind zone steering assist, intersection emergency braking, HD cameras on all sides, parking assist, and alerts about pedestrians, bicyclists, or even deer.
With up to 450 miles of range, the Escalade IQ stands to offer the most range of any full-size electric SUV on the market. GM says the "sleeker profile"—including grille shutters that close off airflow when it's not needed— gives it a 15% lower coefficient of drag than previous Escalades.
Cadillac did not reveal the vehicle's price. The 2023 gas-powered Escalade starts at $80,795, and since
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