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Cadillac reveals the 2025 Escalade IQ - Electric version of the Escalade

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨enu@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/08/cadillac-reveals-the-2025-escalade-iq-one-excessive-ev/

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  • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I see it’s massive still, really tired of this vehicle the size of a bus trend

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    • HedonismB0t@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah, and the weight of that behemoth mean a tiny fender bender accident will do massive damage to everything involved. Wouldn’t be surprised if you could total itself with a 10mph impact.

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    • jscummy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s an Escalade, half the appeal is for idiots who want the largest possible vehicle

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    • expatriado@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      stupid arms race of feeling safer by being in bigger cage + policy that benefit utility vehicles as they have different fuel consumption requirements

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    • phx@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There are ups and downs. If the size gives increased passenger capacity that can be the difference between needing one or two vehicles for a trip.

      Big vehicles means more weight though, which means bigger batteries to get range at even more weight. The Hummer EV for example weighs 4.5t with 1400kg of that being battery. That means extra wear on tires (as well at reinforced sidewalls), roads, and additional considerations for parking garages or bridges etc

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    • littlewonder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Thank you! Me too! I would love a decent market of subcompacts to choose from but it’s so barren in the US and imports are $$$$$.

      I can’t believe they discontinued the Smart Car and there wasn’t another successor ready to take over its share of consumers.

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    • just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      How else am I going to get my family and my fat ass to Costco to get all my bulk foods and a pizza on my way out the door to save me multiple trips to different stores? Duh.

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      • jscummy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Maybe I’m the odd man out but my car is tiny and I’ve never gotten anywhere near enough groceries to run out of space

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      • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Instacart my dude

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  • Diplomjodler@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Oh great. Another gigantic SUV. Surely what the world needs most at this point in time.

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  • darharrison@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This is gonna be stupid heavy. My Toyota Avalon is 3,638lbs and would just get pulverized in anything more than a parking lot fender bender. For reference, the current-generation Escalade can weigh up to 6,217lbs and the Hummer EV, which the Escalade IQ might be based off of, is 9,063lbs (as mentioned in the article). This thing is going to kill people.

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    • Damage@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      9,063lbs

      lol 4 ton? In my country you’d need a commercial truck driving license for that thing

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  • sylvain@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s an electric vehicle, why such a big front? There is no gas engine in it.

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    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      To assert dominance and also have plausible deniability when you run someone over

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    • Lev_Astov@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Crumple zones. I hate the look, too, but front impact crumple zones are very important, especially in such a monstrously sized vehicle. I just wish they could have sloped it to give better forward visibility.

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    • prey169@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Probably has a drunk which ends up being super helpful during road trips etc because you can pack the same without blocking the rear window

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      • raptir@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Frunk. The drunk goes behind the wheel in the passenger seat.

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  • dan1101@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And a 55 inch touch screen. So stupid. Make simple efficient EVs and you’ll sell millions.

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    • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Someone at GM finally realized this and un-canceled the Bolt. Still waiting for VW to wake up and ship the ID3 in North America.

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      • FireWire400@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I don’t think VW, or any German Car brand for that matter, really wants to sell small (electric) vehicles anymore.

        VW desperately wants to cancel the Up! in Europe in favour of SUVs and BMW cancelled the i3 a long time ago and since only introduced either EV land yachts or giant EV SUVs. Mercedes just launched a new Smart EV but it’s not exactly small.

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    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I want the EV equivalent of a 1983 GTI: Practical, fun, cheap, simple

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    • Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Market says otherwise. Automakers aren’t eliminating compact and sub compact models because they sell a ton of them.

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      • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        They don’t make them, how can you seek what you don’t make? They purposefully made less of them and said no one bought them so we’ll keep making giant (expensive) SUVs instead, plus those are easier to make due to the more lenient rules on large “utility” vehicle emissions

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  • weew@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “I want a Hummer EV, but it just isn’t ostentatious enough.”

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  • ScoobyDoo27@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    24 inch wheels? Jesus Christ, get ready to spend half the value of the car on tires every few years.

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    • ArtVandelay@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The car itself is 130k, I doubt these people care or know what the wheels cost, as they have people for that.

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    • freecandy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Right? I imagine people who own this thing dont give a fuck about that tho

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  • 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.

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    • 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.

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      • 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.

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  • thelastknowngod@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    SUVs are popular because they have emissions exemptions… Car makers, you don’t have to push this garbage anymore with electrics. Just let it go, man.

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    • QHC@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s ridiculous. SUVs are popular for multiple reasons.

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  • anthoniix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Just kill me

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  • HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Electric SUVs are no better than gas trucks. The weight and shape of the vehicle require an unsustainable amount of energy. Furthermore, they give rich people the moral validation that keeps them trashing the planet with a good conscience.

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  • mezzfit@zerobytes.monster ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I still don’t think I’ve ever seen a decent human being driving an Escalade…

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  • haulyard@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Are you seriously forced to use Google?

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  • Hazdaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I find it funny how the endless stream of “oh, but it’s so big” comments almost universally get posted when it is an American vehicle, but rarely do you see the same level of vitriol when it is a foreign brand.

    The absolutely hideous BMW XM is not that much smaller than this Escalade IQ and yet where was the endless hate and comments about its enormous size when that was released? Or the Audi Q8 or Mercedes GLS? There is an anti-American bias and it is getting rather old. It is one thing if all larger vehicles got similar hate, but some people on here are showing their bias by specifically picking out American vehicles to bash.

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    • Ds4zkMjT@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Maybe because so many Americans get killed by these monstrosities.

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      • Hazdaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Citation needed.

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    • darharrison@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Plenty to complain about with regards to euro luxury car concepts so yeah weight takes a backseat when feature subscriptions are making headlines. The XM, Q8, and GLS should also are hideously excessive vehicles but the Escalade is going to sell significantly better and so when it comes to its size the societal damage will be greater.

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