2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ Battery Cost Estimated At $22,540
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Back in August 2023, General Motors officially pulled the sheets off the 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ, which represents the first all-electric variant of the venerable Escalade nameplate. Of course, as a large SUV, one would imagine that the battery is equally as large, and subsequently expensive. With this in mind, a recent report found that the Escalade IQ’s battery is estimated to cost more than the starting price of a brand-new Chevy Trax.
According to a report from Elements, the battery found in the Cadillac Escalade IQ costs an estimated $22,450, or roughly 17.3 percent of the luxury SUV’s starting MSRP of $130,000.
It’s worth noting that the $22,540 figure could also apply to a GMC Hummer EV Pickup equipped with the 24-module battery pack, as the two Ultium batteries are quite similar to one another.
So, why the astronomical price? Well, it largely comes down to battery composition and battery capacity. The battery used in the Escalade IQ boasts a 200 kWh capacity, and is made of lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, which costs roughly $112 per kWh. While expensive, the significant nickel proportion increases the battery’s energy density and allows for longer range.
As a reminder, the 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ marks a departure from the traditional ICE-powered Escalade. In terms of the exterior styling, the all-electric model features a softer overall design, and offers a two-tone paint treatment and optional 24-inch wheels.
Moving to the interior, the cabin space is highlighted by a curved coast-to-coast 55-inch LED display. Available technology features include GM Super Cruise driver assist.
Under the skin lies the GM BT1 platform – which is also utilized by the Chevy Silverado EV, GMC Sierra EV, GMC Hummer EV Pickup and GMC Hummer EV SUV. Production of the upcoming Caddy all-electric SUV will take place at the GM Factory Zero plant in Michigan, previously known as the GM Detroit-Hamtramck plant.
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I’d guess higher. China is restricting graphite and nickel prices are pretty volatile. And China is the big nickel refiner. The only bright spot is Indonesia is starting to require refining in Indonesia instead of China. Batteries are not going to get cheaper, at least not the “best” ones. The new iron based ones are, but they are not as energy dense.
No wonder Americans are hit with such a huge price for every new vehicle. The total costs to design, build, and support an executive team with a project that looks like it will fail are shared in every car and part that GM and Ford build. They could have started smaller but they went all in with elaborate vehicles and little infrastructure and as little interest from John Q Public, who ultimately didn’t buy into the media hype. After WEF climate mandates the US feds obediently sprayed tons of dollars on it. The money would have been spent reducing debt and downsizing the bloated federal government. We all have our opinions.
What kind of Idiot would ever get sucked into buying this gimmick!! $22,000 + for a battery replacement! Like the old saying goes, “ there is a sucker born every minute! And 2 to take him!”
only a problem down the road. thats why used they are tanking hard (evs in general)
How much would a Blackwing 4.2 V8 cost in the CT6-V and Platinum then to get replace? How about a V8 in an S Class?
You don’t replace the entire battery. Just the defective module.
Howdy Trey, what is the life expectancy for the battery?
Battery life expectancy is certainly less than the life of the internal combustion engine found in the current Escalade.
Federal Govt mandate is all US EVs have a 8yr/100k warranty on the battery and propulsion systems. I’m sure over time with mass production it would get cheaper. You don’t start out with the cheapest ones(betting large on mass adoptions) you pander to the wealthier first in order to support cheaper models. The ones that do decide to go the cheaper route first always seem to ask for an upfront interest free loan other wise known as a deposit.. ask Tesla
Would there actually be an instance where the entire battery would need replacement? Isn’t each cell individually serviced?
There isn’t any EV for sale where can just replace a single cell. You should watch a teardown video of some of these EVs to check out what it takes to get to the actual cells.
Interesting, how much would a gas powered vehicle’s engine of the same car line cost new to replace?
Just curious what a new Caddy Escalade engine (6.2 Liter) would cost to replace after a hundred thousand miles, parts and labor? I’m thinking it would be a lot less than the almost 23K grand to replace the battery in the same cost Caddy SUV. I can’t see any savings coming from buying an EV, especially one costing over $100,000 versus a gas powered engine, even engine AND transmission i don’t think would amount to the cost of just one battery replacement. Maybe someday EV’s will be the norm instead of the exception, but…I’ll bet my next Social Security check that we’re all going to see the EV market sort of level off, and the manufacture that has not gone “Full EV” (are you listening, GM?) will remain solvent while those who put all their EV Eggs in one basket are going to wish they’d listened to the public and not our worthless government idiots pushing this New Green Deal down our collective throats trying to get as many folks as possible to convert over to any form of Electric Vehicle too soon!
This isn’t a good idea, not yet anyway…our EV infrastructure in this country sucks and only when the day comes that anyone with an EV can pull into an EV charging station, plug your EV into any one of a million available chargers through out this country and within 5 minuets fully charge your EV, will the American public give in to going “Full EV”. If you can’t match or surpass our current ease of “filling up” that we’re so used to in todays very busy world, then you can keep your EV and don’t even think of asking me to purchase an EV, after all we have choices and don’t like to be bullied into having to accept something until we’re all damn good and ready to do so! Okay, ’nuff said…and good luck GM, at the cost of replacing an EV’s battery (does that estimate include parts AND labor?) as we have seen here, to me that doesn’t speak very highly for those “Marketing Mavens” who seem to be using a coudy “Crystal Ball”!
EV’s are vaporware. I still see first gen Escalades driving around after 25 years of being sold new. Maybe the 10th owner. But with junk yards for ICE vehicles. People keep working on them to make them move down the road. EV’S will not last that long. After warranty expires and the 3rd get that bill for battery replacement. People are just going to set them on fire for insurance money to pay of the rest of the car loan.
Like Larry the Cable Guy said, “ Sometimes you gotta wreck the truck to get the insurance money to make the truck payment.”
I haven’t read all the comments, but these old batteries have value. Plus, GM has a website on battery recycling. So, I would think that long term, there would be 2 prices for a totally new battery: one outright price, and one with a ‘core’ return.