I Got Hands-On With The Most Insane Cadillac EVER! It's The 100% Electric 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ 

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Whoever signed off on no CarPlay clearly needs to rethink that decision 😭 Just because Tesla has decent software doesn’t mean every car brand needs to do the same

This makes me curious about what the "more affordable" future EV Tahoe/Yukon variants of this will be like, given the stratospheric pricing and Jumbotron dashboard setup of the Cadillac.

Interesting tail lights that look like piano keys! or a accordion! LOL Very nice details.

I would not want to get in collision with this💀🔥

If it's that massive, I'm scared what the Escalade IQL will be

The front grill gives me goosebumps as if I encountered a gigantic dragonfly eyeball

They should have kept the taillights long without a break.

3:01 GM has provided some guidance on this, as the capacity rating depends on whether they are using IEC or ISO rating procedures (this was true as far back as the Chevrolet Bolt EV with the 57 kWh versus 60 kWh debate). Personally, I defer to whatever is displayed in the cabin (which is IEC, I believe), so that would be ~212-213 kWh usable and ~219 kWh gross capacity. The other area where people get confused is when referencing the EPA documentation, but it is important to note that that documentation includes charging losses on 240 VAC charging. That "246 kWh gross capacity" is likely including those charging losses. 240 VAC charging losses are typically ~8-12%, which aligns the difference between 219 kWh gross capacity and 246 kWh of energy required to charge from empty to full on 240 VAC.

I think the pricing is interesting, I don’t know what I was really expecting but double the starting price of a lyriq is a shocker, although you do get double the battery capacity, ride comfort should be better than the Hummer EV. I would call this a winner but I really don’t know

First to market on this review. Good job. Even if it's "inefficient" by EV standards, it's still highly efficient by gas standards. By the way, one point that you could have explained: how with a longer wheelbase does it have a shorter turning circle? Rear wheel steering?

I definitely appreciate this video I didn’t realize how BIG this truck is or that it’s as big as a hummer !!

Incredibly stupid that it won't offer smart phone integration. Huge misstep.

This makes me wonder if they can put stone (Like marble or granite) in the dash. I think it would look cool. Also that hood is super high, I love it. For anyone who says the towing does not matter because rich people don't tow trailers- they have RV's and Campers to tow so the tow rating will be important- along with range while towing. I know that in the 60's people would tow their Airstream or other camper with their Cadillac.

To date, there have really only been two EVs that capture the heart by being "anti-social". One is the Hummer, the other is the Dodge Charger EV. Make this the third. This thing is fantastically anti-social. To me, it resembles a battleship, and it's sized like one. Frankly, I LOVE it and want one.

Cadillac claims 100 miles of range back in just 10mins, but at the best 2.4 miles per kwh rated range? That means the charger is giving you nearly 5kwhs a min with losses. Idk any dc fast chargers in the U.S. outputting that c rate do you Alex? Outside the tesla semi megachargers Pepsi has in Cali anyways. 😀 Also best reviewer of evs out there man. Thank you sincerely for all you do covering evs. 👍🏻😎

Thanks for the corrections Alex

This is a winner all the way around great job Cadillac I want one

A-MA-ZING!!! I’ve been longing for a large, luxurious, long-range electric SUV for my family of 6! My only concern is the comment about it “not having smartphone integration”. I’m not sure what that means. But, not being able to have podcasts, my own music collection, etc. could be problematic…if that what that means. I LOVE THIS CAR!! Can’t wait!

Great looking 🎉

Great video Alex. I'm curious to know if that thin led strip in the middle of the rear taillights is the turn signal and if it's amber. Were you able to find that out? Would be interesting to see if they kept that going or went red like everyone else

Front end is a bit busy just like the Lyriq but otherwise it is a good looking car. Nice proportions. Impressive interior. Overall definitely raises the luxury SUV bar in a few ways.

It's absolutely gorgeous! Very striking! If this is the Caddy, imagine the Tahoe and Yukon! The trickle down effect will be interesting to see! I think cars/Ev's like these are good to bolster competition, so no car company stays stagnant (although I feel like Toyota and Honda are getting there). And as crazy as this is, by doing this, it will eventually help engineers figure out how to reduce batteries and give longer ranges. You can't figure out all that without starting somewhere. It's crazy to think that a company can jump into the ev game with 500 miles of range. Cell phones took so long to evolve, and were more exclusive.

I love it, way to go Cadillac!

Big Truck Series has to buy it, we’ll all be waiting for it

I was like the damn the cargo area is kinda small, but I see where the rest of it went.

Saw this in camouflage last week and it did not look as big as the regular escalade. the game changer for this would be the 3rd row. there are many other 2 row SUVs to hit the EV market.

This appears to be a strong effort. I wish they had managed to give it another 4" or so of combined legroom. It's tough to settle for 116", which is barely on the upper end of mid-size legroom, in a package of this size.

The car … ahhhh… mmmm… it’s ok …. BUT YOU!!! Are looking great! Congratulations 🎈 whatever you are doing is working! I went keto a year ago and lost 45 lbs an d feeling great. Amazing energy levels and everyone says I look twenty years younger! Well done!! 😃

Looks a little strange in video, but I bet it looks amazing in person!

The front-end is gonna be hard to get used to. But the rest of the design was better than what they've achieved with the Lyriq.

Lots of parts sharing with Lyriq. but Price is double $130,000 . interior is amazing... all screens.

Off topic but @Alex what do you think is the best reliable luxury sedan today? I'm looking for a new family daily.

This IQ is a mind play on proportions. It doesn't communicate its mass design wise compared to the gas powered model. That is until Alex (6' 2" I believe) stands next to it. Even the Silverado EV looks larger on paper.

😍 Im excited about this because its a preview of what we can expect from the more affordable Tahoe/Yukon.

No Apple Carplay or Android Auto will be a deal breaker for some customers. Tesla can do that because their nav system is EV centric and has all the superchargers available. GM doesn't have that yet.

You look tiny next to that beautiful Caddy 😮😊

Okay, I love this thing. I was thinking about plopping down a deposit until you said the price. I was expecting maybe $10-20k over a normal Escalade, but a $130,000 starting? That's a $50,000 premium over a base Escalade. Look I love the fact that they are building REAL SUV's that happen to be EV's but, that's almost 4x the average American salary. An 84 month payment would be the average home mortgage. Also, not a fan of not having smart phone integration, especially with the nickle and dime schemes of the data plans. Also, with the 3rd row, I'd rather it be optional, or made fully removable. Most people will next to never have anyone back there, so might as well get rid of it and get some range. Overall, beautiful, beautiful vehicle GM...now build one we can afford!

When you couldn't think they would make bigger cars, they still do

This is gonna be a big hit with the Drug Dealing Community!

Great looking car. Of course, I won’t be able to buy one since it’s out of my price range, like most other EV’s. These higher prices are driving up prices of existing ICE/Diesel vehicles to the point that most people cannot afford a new car. Great technology for those who have the money.

This suv will be way way better than the gas version since it has lower center of gravity and more power, more like the holy grail of Escalades, I was talking to my friend about this suv in particular since 2016 and I’m so happy to see American car industry getting better and better because the US deserves to be among best countries in terms of quality and technology, they pioneered car industry in so many times and it’s great to see the US coming back to the game and beat these Chinese competitors. God bless this country and thank you for your review I love your channel and the way you project the information about cars ❤️🫡

This is a common sales technique. Announce something that is awesome, but don't actually sell it. This hope for a cool product stops a customer from buying a competitor. The Lyric and Fiskers both fall into this category. After all this hype they have only shipped a few vehicles. When with this be available in quality at my local dealer? That will be several years.

Alex, I take issue with one prediction you have. I think the actual, real-world range is going to be closer to 500 miles. Why? Because the Lyriq easily beat its EPA range in a constant 70 mph test conducted by Tom Mologhney of Inside EVs.

12:59 Is that license plate some sort of Easter egg? Is the Escalade IQ going to be a direct-from factory order only?

Impressive, awesome & gorgeous. It’s a Cadillac - playing it’s proper role. The comments in here about it using too much human & environmental resources or being too nice…..really? What has happened to this country when Americans can no longer appreciate a Cadillac being a Cadillac?

I will be keeping my 2018 Escalade.

130k dollars starting: Well, the silver lining is this tech will trickle down into other models at some point so at least there's that.

13:25 I think you might be overly conservative here. The Chevy Silverado EV will give us an early indication of how close GM's range estimates are, but based on the Cadillac LYRIQ exceeding its EPA combined range at 70 mph, I would expect the Escalade IQ's highway range to be very close to its combined EPA range estimate (at least under typical conditions).

Always doubted that we could save the planet with electric vehicles. Caddy is just confirming.

What is the color is that the summit white or one of the other colors?

Its gorgeous, luxurious, humongous, and wasteful. 😮 wealthy Escalade buyers will absolutely love it. I still want an ICE Escalade V.....

Thank you Alex for this very informative video - great review. As for this being a vehicle that we need to move people to EVs in general, I think it would very beneficial to do some sort of analysis to determine how many zero emission miles you need to drive this vehicle to make up for the additional greenhouse gasses emitted during the manufacturing of it. For the sake of simplicity I would be willing to assume that the electricity consumed by this vehicle is coming from non-fossil fuel sources (which, of course, won’t be the case in the real world). I ask this not to knock EVs at all, but to just make clear that vehicles of this sort are not helping the climate crisis and shouldn’t be labeled as such.

Lovely !!!

2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ is the world's most beautiful Cadillac Escalade ever and I just have to order one when the order books open.

Seems like the 3rd row should be at least as large as the ICE versions, unless the vast majority of actual owners don’t want or use that space.

I just laugh at reviewers trying to say 100-130 k for a car is reasonable. In 3 years you can buy this for 50k

When are we getting more Outlander PHEV videos? Full range (gas/electric), off roading/trail, removal of 3rd row, etc.

”Coming out realistically in 2030, preorder now!”

I'm less than 2 minutes into this video, & my primary thought is, "With you standing next to it, look how ridiculously LARGE this vehicle is." Incredibly oversized. I think I've seen BILLBOARDS that are smaller than this monster.

5:32 250kw of batteries and they give you a 400 watt inverter 😀

I think this platform warrants a Buick Roadmaster variant.

Long hood increases the frontover issue of 15+ feet of blindspot in front of you. No, drivers can't use the screen to drive forward. Front camera is no compensation for a constant massive blindspot.

Did Cadillac retain Escalade's amber indicators?

This is really a monster truck.

🤩- absolutely a smash hit! Love everything about this and it’s easily going to be the SUV to own. Design and range is incredible. However, I don’t like that Cadillac removed Apple CarPlay- that’s a deal breaker for me

I’ll never be able to afford one but I think GM removing CarPlay/Android Auto is from their electric cars is a joke. It’s 2023, people want to connect their phone. They have a nice software experience and I think the buyer of something this expensive won’t care about the subscription services they’re trying for, but then the Equinox EV and cheaper vehicles come out, normal buyers aren’t gonna want to pay a subscription every month and not having CarPlay is gonna be a huge decision factor for them.

You would think it would have an on board 4K Blu-ray player.

You could build 4 x Tesla Model 3 cars with the resources from one of these 😁 I just don't understand the obsession with large electric cars. These are tanks going down the road, God forbid one of these hits you. Buy small electric cars, that is where the value is

450 miles of range is not too bad but I’m looking forward to 1000 miles of range.

Good idea, but like other Cadillac projects in the past, if they try and go too far without realistickly looking at the market for which they plan on selling into, their ego will get in the way again clouding their judgment. Pricy while not having all the features that even in the base gas model let alone their competitors have standard.

I do not like Cadillac in general, but I think I would really like this thing

Will IQ be available in Europe

Jeep is working on the yet to be named Wagoneer S. That’s a full EV set to compete with this.

Nice

And they will have a 100 of these available each month.

So basically it’s the Electric Canyonero!

Estimated to be 9000 lbs. Crazy.

Fully speced ones are probably gonna hit $200k.

I see a lot of mistakes in this escalade, and considering the price hike, I think they will suffer in the long term. The gas/diesel yukon denali ultimate is easily the best luxury suv GM has to offer, the gas escalade was already going the wrong direction and this is just doubling down on bad decisions. Hopefully whoever is in charge of the escalade program is promptly removed from their position, but we know that'll never happen. The proportions are awful, its an escalade its supposed to be big and mean and own the road. the specs being smaller on the inside while bigger on the outside, it weighing 50% more, interior has a higher step in height as a unibody, lower ground clearance. That giant screen is going to be a nightmare, it better have a "dark mode" and a whole lot of options for removing background light as the eye strain is going to be rough. To me this is a downgrade across the board from the gas one and I'm sad this is where the future of cars is going. This looks like a blob with some vertical lines. I'd never even guess it was a caddy outside of the front end, honestly I'd guess it was an electric range rover. Actually this whole vehicle feels very LR to me, I wonder if with the price hike thats the intended competition. Its sad because the escalade has always been for a different kind of buyer. I really do wonder what GM is afraid of with all these rash changes. The wagoneer and likely navigator will get their EV versions on converted platforms like the lightning, so why abandon ship on a platform they spent so much to bring up to speed with independent rear suspension and tons of other upgrades. Not including smartphone integration is a huge misplay on their part and I'm sure will be added in later when its complained about. Toyota was forced to put carplay/aa into their cars for competitive reasons and bmw trying to make it a subscription thing got memed on so hard for it they ditched the business model and just integrated it. GM would have to have, quite simply, a better operating system than carplay/AA that integrates into peoples phones better, and with how closed system apple is, will never happen on the iphone side. Only one getting away with this is tesla and its due to the people who would buy elon's shit on a plate if it was tesla branded. Overall I hope this thing flops, I really don't want it to be the future of cars. Maybe the goal is to push people out of wanting to own cars by making them super expensive piles of garbage?

How about an Escalade IQ EXT??

I want one. For people with large families waiting for a BEV minivan this is the first vehicle capable of doing long road trips. I'm just wary of GM's ability to do the electronics reliably.

doo you a sox in youre paint?

That interior truly looks world class You can’t say this is a cheap GM product when GM is producing quality products like this

This is ridiculous. I want one.

As a person who already owns an EV. I would replace my Escalade (which I use for long drives) with a plug in hybrid with around 60-80 miles of electric only range like the new Range Rover Plug in Hybrid. I think this is a dud and I think cadillac has missed the mark here. This is off my list.

Note that GM placed the charge port on the left rear of the vehicle which is optimal positioning to use a Tesla supercharger. GM previously placed to charge port on the left front. 😂

This wil actually sell. Now let's see if GM can make enough.

The dimensions are in line with what people expect from a Cadillac Escalade, but we really need to engineer our way out of these ultra heavy EVs. Yes, batteries weigh a lot, but these things are getting downright dangerous to have on public roads. SUVs that weigh as much (or more) as Heavy Duty trucks is a bridge we shouldn't be crossing IMO...not that anyone cares about my opinion 😅

Wow. Mainstream do need EV version of a mini van or 3 row 8 passenger SUV

Impressive and damn expensive starting at 130K… and forty speakers is a rappers delight! But a dual motor for 130K versus a Rivian R1S quad motor for a 100k that actually will get 300 plus miles? Take that 30K savings and use it for beer, bikes and snowboarding trips. And the name IQ, hmmm. Sounds like a pillock came up with the moniker. Impressive stylings, nonetheless.

rear end look like pontiac aztec

The rear end is kinda gross and I like how the stole the interior upfront from the new nautilus. I wonder how it’ll pan out in the end considering that you can’t even get in the regular Escalade when it dies.

Now my SUV to buy!

I have the same shoes as Alex 🙂🙂🙂🙂

And like a ZDX looks like a hearse.

Not interested in buying a BEV until they make it as fast and easy as my current ICE to "fill up" and the range is comparable to an ICE vehicle.

Somehow, having something this big seems totally inconsistent with the concept of why they need to build an EV.😮

So many EV models announced by GM. What's going on with Ford?

9000 lbs? How is this environmenally friendly?