Cadillac is including one other electrical weapon to its luxurious automobile arsenal. The flagship GM model confirmed it is going to introduce a battery-powered model of its Escalade SUV later this 12 months referred to as the Escalade IQ.

The temporary announcement got here with only one teaser picture of the badge and no technical particulars, although Cadillac’s engineers will definitely be deploying GM’s Ultium battery and motor tech, as seen within the GMC Hummer EV, Chevrolet Silverado EV and Cadillac’s personal Lyriq.

These automobiles are all constructed round a devoted EV platform, together with the Silverado, which can be out there as a combustion-powered truck that rides on completely completely different structure to the EV. And it’s the Silverado/Hummer BT1 platform, a cut-down model of the Hummer’s BT1, quite than the smaller Lyriq’s BEV3 structure, that might kind the premise of the brand new Escalade.

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Essentially the most highly effective Silverado generates 664 hp (673 PS), however given Cadillac’s standing within the GM empire, we wouldn’t be stunned if the Escalade EV was out there with the 1,000 hp (1,019 PS) triple motor drivetrain from the range-topping Hummer.

Caddy already makes use of the IQ badge on electrical automobiles, although within the case of the Lyriq SUV and Celestiq sedan it’s rolled into the car title quite than added on. The corporate trademarked the names Escalade IQ and Escalade IQL in 2021, which means that it’s planning electrical variations of each the usual and lengthy wheelbase variations of the Escalade.

These variants would appear to make up two of three new electrical automobiles Cadillac has beforehand promised we’ll see throughout 2023, whereas the third might be the junior Lyriq we’ve seen testing just lately. The model has already dedicated to an EV-only lineup by 2030.