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The Cadillac Escalade has made its debut.

It's called the Escalade IQ.

It is $130,000 starting price before you even have a look, a sniff of the options list.

200 kilowatt hour battery, 450 miles on a full charge.

That's not EPA.

That's estimated.

Nor to 16 under 5 seconds.

It's the ultium technology, 24 module battery pack underneath similar technology to the Hummer EV and the Chevy

Silverado EV so it will charge at 800 volts that is essentially 350 volt packs times 2.

They're stacked so it's not an 800 volt architecture but it will you know the deal charge on 800

volt charges. It's got a 55 inch pillar to pillar LED screen in the front, but there's that sort of effect on the glass and the passenger side so they can watch a movie and the driver won't be distracted.

In the back is where the action happens, so to speak.

In the back, you've got the captain's chairs. It's a seven-seater, or it's, can you spec it as a six-seater?

But either way, the second row are always captain's chairs.

They've got their own screens, their own trays, their own way of controlling the vehicle.

They've got their own entertainment screens, HDMI inputs, 12..6 inch entertainment screens on the back of the seats in front.

The chairs are ventilated, heated, massaging.

In terms of autonomy, it'll come with the latest GM Supercruz technology as well.

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