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Cadillac Escalade IQ review: Huge battery, huge range, huge SUV

“Please have at least 125 miles of range left when we pick it up.” That request from the people who look after the Cadillac press cars wasn’t going to be hard to honor. The electric Escalade IQ arrived with an indicated range of 440 miles (708 km), and with a full week of work to squeeze in, getting anywhere close to needing to recharge it seemed unlikely.

“请在取车时至少保留 125 英里的续航里程。”凯迪拉克媒体车管理人员提出的这一要求并不难满足。这辆电动 Escalade IQ 到达时显示续航里程为 440 英里（708 公里），考虑到我有一整周的工作要忙，几乎不可能需要充电。

With more than 200 kWh of lithium-ion battery between its axles, range is one thing the big electric Caddy needn’t worry about. Designed and debuted during a time of greater EV optimism, the Escalade is Cadillac’s statement that swapping out a V8 for a pair of powerful electric motors is no compromise to its ambitions, even if the brand’s future will now include a mix of electric and combustion cars beyond 2030.

得益于车轴之间超过 200 kWh 的锂离子电池，这款大型电动凯迪拉克完全无需担心续航问题。Escalade 设计并发布于电动汽车前景更为乐观的时期，它代表了凯迪拉克的宣言：用一对强劲的电动机取代 V8 发动机并不会削弱其雄心，尽管该品牌 2030 年后的未来将包含电动汽车与燃油车的混合阵容。

It shares a battery pack and much else with other full-size GM EVs we’ve tested: the Chevrolet Silverado EV, the GMC Sierra EV, and of course the divisive Hummer EVs. And like those trucks and SUVs, the Escalade is large and heavy—just small enough to fit into a standard parking space, with a curb weight sufficient to push it into the Class 3 truck category.

它与我们测试过的其他通用全尺寸电动汽车（如雪佛兰 Silverado EV、GMC Sierra EV 以及备受争议的悍马电动车）共享电池组及许多其他部件。和那些卡车与 SUV 一样，Escalade 体型庞大且沉重——它刚好能塞进标准停车位，而其整备质量足以将其归入 3 级卡车类别。

So, the side mirrors are flat, and there’s no formal EPA range—Cadillac says it achieves 460 miles (740 km) on the EPA test cycle—but there are plenty of airbags, even though the 9,046 lb (4,103 kg) curb weight does not require them. Yes, you did read that right, it does weigh 4 tons. And yes, the electric Escalade does weigh a third more than the last gas-powered one we tested.

因此，它的侧后视镜是平面的，且没有正式的 EPA 续航里程（凯迪拉克称其在 EPA 测试循环中可达到 460 英里/740 公里）。尽管 9,046 磅（4,103 公斤）的整备质量并不强制要求，但车内配备了大量安全气囊。没错，你没看错，它确实重达 4 吨。而且，这款电动 Escalade 的重量确实比我们测试过的上一款燃油版重了三分之一。

Behind the wheel

驾驶体验

However, it drives better. Like many a modern luxury EV, the Escalade IQ is held up by air suspension. Controlled by computers, air suspension is remarkably effective at concealing a car’s mass, although here it has been tuned for a rather floaty ride. In lesser electric SUVs—ones that weigh a mere 3 tons or less—you can often forget that curb weight entirely until it’s time to brake.

然而，它的驾驶感更好。像许多现代豪华电动汽车一样，Escalade IQ 由空气悬架支撑。在计算机控制下，空气悬架在掩盖车身质量方面非常有效，尽管在这里它被调校得偏向于一种轻飘飘的乘坐感。在那些重量仅为 3 吨或更轻的普通电动 SUV 中，你往往会在刹车前完全忘记其整备质量。

Here, you just need to drive over something, like a recessed utility hole cover on the road, for the transient shock that makes its way into the cabin to remind you. From behind the wheel, I find it slightly sobering, perhaps no bad thing when taking responsibility on the road. It’s easier to drive than one might expect, particularly at low speeds where the rear-wheel steering gives the car a shorter effective wheelbase than its actual 136.2 inches (3,460 mm).

在这里，你只需压过路面上的凹陷井盖，传入车厢的瞬间震动就会提醒你。坐在驾驶座上，我感到一种清醒，这在道路行驶中承担责任时或许并非坏事。它比预想中更容易驾驶，特别是在低速行驶时，后轮转向系统使车辆的有效轴距比其 136.2 英寸（3,460 毫米）的实际轴距更短。

It might fill a parking space, but it’s not hard work getting it in or out. Forward visibility is good, but I found the passenger mirror less than completely effective and was glad for the blindspot monitoring camera that appeared when I used the turn signals, even if the camera quality was just the right side of potato. At highway speeds, the rear wheels steer with the front wheels to effectively lengthen the wheelbase and thus increase straight-line stability.

它或许会占满整个停车位，但进出并不费力。前方视野良好，但我发现副驾侧后视镜的效果不够理想，因此很高兴在打转向灯时能看到盲点监测摄像头显示的画面，尽管摄像头的画质只能说是勉强够用。在高速行驶时，后轮会与前轮同向转向，从而有效延长轴距并提高直线稳定性。

Nominal power and torque are 680 hp (505 kW) and 615 lb-ft (834 Nm), which you can increase to 750 hp (560 KW) and 785 lb-ft (1,064 Nm) with the V button on the steering wheel—this engages Velocity Max mode. It’s not ever going to ripple the tarmac like that electric Porsche Cayenne, but you can still hit 60 mph (97 km/h) from a standstill in less than 5 seconds should you need to.

其标称功率和扭矩分别为 680 马力（505 kW）和 615 磅-英尺（834 Nm），通过方向盘上的 V 键可以将其提升至 750 马力（560 kW）和 785 磅-英尺（1,064 Nm），这会开启 Velocity Max 模式。它虽然永远无法像电动保时捷 Cayenne 那样撕裂路面，但如果你需要，它依然能在 5 秒内从静止加速到 60 英里/小时（97 公里/小时）。

Super Cruise is standard and works well on its premapped roads. The one-pedal driving calibration is, as always on GM EVs, very well-calibrated on its highest setting. It’s very effective for city driving, as you quickly adjust to its rate of deceleration to judge stops perfectly. There’s also a paddle on the steering wheel that will add regenerative braking on demand, should you wish to slow more but don’t feel like using the brake pedal.

Super Cruise（超级巡航）是标配，在预绘地图的道路上表现良好。单踏板驾驶的调校一如既往地保持了通用电动汽车的高水准，在最高设置下非常出色。它在城市驾驶中非常有效，因为你可以迅速适应其减速比率，从而完美地判断停车点。方向盘上还有一个拨片，如果你想减速但又不想使用刹车踏板，可以按需增加再生制动。

The 460-mile range estimate is entirely believable, even with little attention given to driving efficiently. As you’ll note from the photos, on shorter trips the Escalade IQ reported efficiencies that wouldn’t be out of place in something like an Ioniq 5. But at highway speeds, you don’t get to recuperate nearly as much energy, and once it all averages out, the answer is close to 2.1 miles/kWh (29.6 kWh/100 km).

460 英里的续航预估完全可信，即使在不太注意节能驾驶的情况下也是如此。正如你从照片中看到的，在短途行驶中，Escalade IQ 的能效表现甚至不输给现代 Ioniq 5 之类的车型。但在高速行驶时，能量回收效率会大幅下降，综合平均下来，能耗接近 2.1 英里/kWh（29.6 kWh/100 km）。

Cadillac doesn’t provide a 10–80 percent fast charging time for the Escalade IQ—only that it can add 100 miles in 10 minutes—and by the end of the week, I was still at 65 percent state of charge, so a full DC fast-charge time remains a mystery. (But at least the car had plenty of range when it was collected.)

凯迪拉克没有提供 Escalade IQ 从 10% 充至 80% 的快充时间，只提到它能在 10 分钟内增加 100 英里的续航。到周末时，我的电量仍有 65%，所以完整的直流快充时间依然是个谜。（但至少在取车时，这辆车的续航里程非常充足。）

A tech-filled experience

充满科技感的体验

Even if the Escalade IQ isn’t Cadillac’s flagship EV—that’s the hand-built $300,000 Celestiq sedan—the automaker has still packed in as much technology as it could.

即使 Escalade IQ 不是凯迪拉克的旗舰电动汽车（那是售价 30 万美元、手工打造的 Celestiq 轿车），这家汽车制造商依然为其塞入了尽可能多的技术。