Comment on Cadillac reveals the 2025 Escalade IQ - Electric version of the Escalade
raptir@lemm.ee 1 year ago
A 200kWh battery pack to get 450 miles of quoted range. 2.25mi/kWh. I understand it’s competing for the attention of people who would otherwise buy a gas Escalade, but that’s still a little crazy.
filister@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Isn’t it normal to have between 15-20km/KWh, that’s 4-5 times less efficient. Our car obsession is showing how wasteful we are.
Not to mention that if this tank goes into an accident, the force experienced by the passengers in the other car would be a couple of times higher compared to the force experienced in the passengers of the IQ, practically making this a road kill machine.
raptir@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Nah, not at all that high. A typical EV gets around 3-4 mi/kWh, which is about 4-6.5km.
BirdsWithBeefyArms@lemmy.world 1 year ago
For comparison, 1 gallon of gas is 33.7 kwh of energy, so 3m/kwh is 3*33.7 = 101.1 mpge
So the numbers look low, but they’re certainly not low in comparison.
raptir@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Eh, that’s a bit disingenuous in terms of consumer cost though. Where I live, gas is $3.90 per gallon and electricity is $0.19 per kWh. That puts gas at $0.11 per kWh. That still puts the Escalade IQ at 58mpg, but it’s getting awfully close to some (admittedly much smaller) hybrids. And that’s not to mention that that’s the price for home charging - public charging is closer to $0.40 per kWh. That still puts it around half the cost per mile of a gas Escalade.
With a starting price of $50k more than the gas model you’re talking 300,000 miles to break even (assuming 100% home charging).