For no reason at all, today seemed like a good day to reflect on where our obsession with supersized SUVs and trucks has taken us and where it’s headed with the shift to electric vehicles.
The Escalade IQ looks every bit as stately and luxurious as its gas-powered predecessor and is sure to be the EV of choice for wealthy people to be chauffeured around their city of residence.
And when you throw an equally large lithium-ion battery into the mix, those tradeoffs start to erode the environmental benefits of driving an electric vehicle.
But a higher-riding vehicle, like a three-row SUV with a huge, boxy front end, is more likely to hit someone in the chest or head — a death blow.
This isn’t hyperbole; a local news station in Indianapolis investigated front blind spots and found the Escalade’s to be the most egregious at 10 feet, two inches, with the driver sitting in a natural, relaxed position.
GM hasn’t released the curb weight of the new Escalade IQ, but it stands to reason that it will outweigh its gas equivalent — by a lot.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
For no reason at all, today seemed like a good day to reflect on where our obsession with supersized SUVs and trucks has taken us and where it’s headed with the shift to electric vehicles.
The Escalade IQ looks every bit as stately and luxurious as its gas-powered predecessor and is sure to be the EV of choice for wealthy people to be chauffeured around their city of residence.
And when you throw an equally large lithium-ion battery into the mix, those tradeoffs start to erode the environmental benefits of driving an electric vehicle.
But a higher-riding vehicle, like a three-row SUV with a huge, boxy front end, is more likely to hit someone in the chest or head — a death blow.
This isn’t hyperbole; a local news station in Indianapolis investigated front blind spots and found the Escalade’s to be the most egregious at 10 feet, two inches, with the driver sitting in a natural, relaxed position.
GM hasn’t released the curb weight of the new Escalade IQ, but it stands to reason that it will outweigh its gas equivalent — by a lot.
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