General Motors released a trailer about the pure electric Escalade model Escalade IQ, announcing that the new car will be fully released on August 9th. Cadillac’s pure electric Escalade IQ will be unveiled on August 9
As large electric SUVs have grown in popularity, Cadillac has started rolling out new designs to keep up with the trend.
The new Escalade IQ teaser shows only a few bits and pieces, including a prominent taillight, front LED lights, and animated effects inlaid on the side.
In addition, the teaser also shows 22-inch wheels, as well as Michelin Primacy LTX tires.
There are more LED lights on the left and right sides of the front face of this new car, which has a similar layout to the Cadillac Lyriq SUV. The front face is equipped with a large-sized closed grille, and the classic tear-eye LED headlights are retained on both sides; The shape of the rear part of the car looks very full, equipped with an L-shaped through-type taillight group, and a larger-sized spoiler is added above the tailgate.
The teaser briefly says the Escalade IQ will be “a reinvention of an iconic car.”
The Escalade IQ will be built on the AoTeneng platform and is expected to be driven by dual motors and three motors, with a maximum output power of 495kW-750kW and a cruising range of 500km.
In addition, the interior of the new car may adopt the same design elements as LYRIQ, equipped with a three-spoke multifunctional steering wheel, and equipped with a floating LCD instrument + LCD central control integrated curved screen.
According to reports, General Motors will build the Escalade IQ at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly center at “Factory Zero,” the automaker’s electric vehicle factory currently used to build the giant GMC Hummer EV.
General Motors said in a press release that they had previously invested $2.2 billion to renovate and transform the plant to make it “become the launch pad” for the company’s electric vehicle strategy. platform”.
Sadly, General Motors’s EV strategy no longer includes small EVs and has even discontinued the Bolt EV, as well as the relatively new Bolt EUV. Now, the company is focusing on producing larger electric models and working on developing its Ultium electric platform.