Cadillac Announces All-Electric Escalade IQ That We Can Only Assume Will Weigh 10,000 LBS

We already knew it was coming, but now it’s official. Cadillac has announced plans to build an all-electric Escalade. Unfortunately, the American automaker has decided to stick with the naming convention that was leaked back in 2021 and call it the Escalade IQ. You know, because its electric models are supposed to all end with “iq.” Like Lyriq, Celestiq, Mystiq, Tryptiq, Vistiq, Lumistiq, etc.

(OK, techniq-ally I made two of those up, but good luck guessing which ones are real and which ones are fake.)

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To be fair, it’s not like we expected Cadillac to abandon the Escalade nameplate as it moved toward an all-electric lineup. It’s the only vehicle that Cadillac sells that actually has real name recognition. But we still would have preferred Cadillac’s product planners pick something to call the electric Escalade that doesn’t sound like they robbed Scion’s grave.