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Cadillac is taking its ample and can-charge electrical Escalade IQ and making it conscionable a longer to accommodate immoderate much luggage and limb room for third-row passengers. The caller version, called the Escalade IQL, now surpasses the magnitude of the longest gas-powered Escalade, while besides adopting the ICE version’s boxier silhouette. When it goes into accumulation successful mid-2025, it will beryllium the longest SUV ever made — state aliases electric.
The Escalade IQL has an wide magnitude of 228.5 inches, an inch-and-a-half longer than the gas-powered ESV. It’s besides astir 4.2 inches longer than the regular IQ, while keeping the remainder of the dimensions the same. Compared to different three-row EVs, the electrical Escalade IQL is longer than the 206.7-inch GMC Hummer EV SUV, the 200.8-inch Rivian R1S, the 197.2-inch Kia EV9, and the 195-inch Volkswagen ID Buzz.
You tin show the subtle quality betwixt the IQ and IQL by looking astatine them from the sides: the IQ has mini rear 4th windows bordering the rear rider windows, while the IQL adds a assemblage sheet that separates the glass, which past is stretched crossed to the boxier rear hatch.
The caller rear tin accommodate somewhat bigger suitcases and much stackable space. For third-row passengers, Cadillac says you get 4 inches of further legroom (from 32.3 inches to 36.7) and an further inch of headroom (from 37.2 inches to 38.2).
The IQL has a full of 24.2 cu.ft. of cargo abstraction down the 3rd statement and 75.4 cu.ft. pinch the third-row folded flat. That compares to 23.7 cu.ft. down the 3rd statement of the modular IQ, and 69.1 cu.ft. pinch it folded. And don’t hide astir the other 12.2 cu.ft. of frunk (front trunk) cargo abstraction you get pinch the Escalade’s “eTrunk” nether the hood.
Cadillac revealed the original Escalade IQ electrical SUV successful 2023, introducing features specified arsenic a 55-inch pillar-to-pillar infotainment surface moving Android Automotive OS. The IQL has a 205kWh artillery battalion pinch the aforesaid advertised 460 miles of scope arsenic the regular IQ, and tin summation up to 116 miles of scope successful a 10-minute complaint connected 350kW DC accelerated chargers.
The Escalade IQL starts astatine $132,695 including destination charges and will spell into accumulation astatine GM’s Factory Zero works successful Detroit starting mid-2025.
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