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2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ Spy Shots Reveal Rear Window Design

In case you haven’t heard, General Motors is cooking up a brand-new, all-electric variant of the iconic Cadillac Escalade. Dubbed the Escalade IQ, the new SUV is set to make its grand entrance on August 9th, 2023, and naturally, GM Authority has served up every detail we can get our hands on prior to the big sheet pull. Now, we’re back at it with yet more coverage on upcoming 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ, this time focusing on the rear-end design.

The side profile view of a 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ prototype.

GM Authority spy photographers recently captured the 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ out for testing as a camouflaged prototype, and despite the heavy vinyl covers and black-and-white body wrap, the rear-end design of the battery-powered luxury is a little easier to make out than it was with prototypes seen in the past.

Looking over the photos, we see a roofline with a gentle slope to it, leading rearwards into a rear liftgate spoiler. Under the spoiler, the rear glass appears to have a greater incline than the more upright glass equipped by the current model.

2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ prototype

ICE-powered Cadillac Escalade

More broadly speaking, the 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ will be slightly softer around the edges than the design presented by the current ICE-powered Cadillac Escalade. Further details will include available 24-inch wheels, with retractable running boards offered as standard for most of the range. Inside, expect to find three rows of seats, as well as a pillar-to-pillar infotainment display and available GM Ultra Cruise.

As for the powertrain, the 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ will run a combination of GM Ultium batteries and GM Ultium Drive motor technology, with maximum output expected to be set at roughly 650 horsepower and 600 pound-feet of torque. Range-per-charge could be as high as 450 miles. Under the body panels, the 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ will ride on the GM BT1 platform, while production will take place at the GM Factory Zero plant in Michigan. Pricing will likely start around $100,000 in the U.S.

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Jonathan is an automotive journalist based out of Southern California. He loves anything and everything on four wheels.

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  1. I am looking forward to seeing this one more than practically any other upcoming GM vehicle. It know it will be ridiculous – having a lot of Hummer EV DNA should make it that way – but it should be one of their best. A more “practical” efficient electric SUV with what looks to be cool looks is what I am looking forward to.

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  2. This electric Escalade will be a big success in initial sales. I expect GM to have enough Ultium batteries to fulfill those sales.

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  3. Why did you have to slope the roof, GM? The point of these big SUVs is to maximize cargo capacity and headroom,, even in the third row.

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    1. Even with a sloped roof, I bet it would have more cargo space given that it will likely have additional frunk space.

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    2. It’s for aerodynamics, a problem with the huge frontal area. Rather defeats the purpose of buying a monster if only short people can sit in the back of it. The floor is probably quite high, too, due to the batteries and motor.

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  4. Why is the rocker panel so huge? these GM EV’s have no ground clearance it it looks terrible.

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    1. Looks like the vehicle is raised due to the adjustable air suspension.

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    2. Two things going on here. First, it looks like the curved outer rocker area is actually a power retractable running board.

      Second. The Ultium truck packs are TALL. The way the Ultium vehicles are made, there is a rather tall rocker/outer frame rail to cover the battery.

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  5. Just a thought… How about a Buick Roadmaster Avenir on the BT1XX architecture???

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  6. The Celescalade is gonna Rock!!

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