Lucid Gravity vs Cadillac Escalade IQ: Two Six-Figure EVs, Two Opposite Philosophies
A category-by-category head-to-head of the Lucid Gravity and Cadillac Escalade IQ: range, performance, space, driving feel, charging, driver assistance, and value.
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The 2026 Cadillac Escalade IQ: Nine Thousand Pounds of Rolling Excess That Somehow Makes Complete Sense
There is nothing subtle about the Escalade IQ, and that’s the entire point. This is a full size electric luxury SUV that weighs more than nine thousand pounds, produces up to 750 horsepower, travels up to 465 miles on a charge, and costs about as much as some people’s homes. It is enormous, extravagant, and…
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Cadillac Celestiq vs Rolls-Royce Spectre: America’s Boldest Bet Against Britain’s Finest
Every so often, two cars arrive that exist in a rarefied world almost none of us will ever shop in, and yet they’re absolutely fascinating to compare, because they represent two nations’ answers to the same audacious question. What should the ultimate electric luxury car be? Rolls-Royce answered with the Spectre, a hand built British…
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The 2026 Cadillac Celestiq: A $400,000 Hand Built Cadillac That’s Out to Embarrass Rolls-Royce
Here is a sentence I did not expect to write in my lifetime: Cadillac now builds a car that competes directly with Rolls-Royce and Bentley, costs over $400,000, and is assembled by hand at a rate of roughly two per day. The Celestiq is not a normal Cadillac. It is not really a normal anything….
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The 2026 Cadillac Lyriq: The Car That Convinced Everyone Cadillac Was Serious About This
For a long time, the idea of an electric Cadillac sounded like a punchline. This was the brand of enormous chrome grilles, of your grandfather’s boat sized sedan, of luxury defined by sheer American excess. The notion that Cadillac could build a genuinely competitive electric vehicle, something that could stand next to the Germans without…
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The 2026 Cadillac Optiq: The Cadillac You Can Almost Afford, and the One Most People Should Buy
Cadillac has spent the last couple of years building an entire lineup of electric SUVs whose names all end in the letters IQ, which makes shopping for one feel a little like being quizzed on a spelling bee you didn’t study for. Optiq, Lyriq, Vistiq, Escalade IQ. They climb in size and price as you…
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The 2026 Cadillac Vistiq: The Three Row Electric Cadillac for People Who Want an Escalade IQ Without the Escalade IQ Price
Cadillac’s full size electric flagship, the Escalade IQ, is a magnificent, enormous, technologically dazzling machine that also costs about as much as a small house down payment and weighs more than nine thousand pounds. It’s spectacular. It’s also more SUV than most families could ever reasonably use or afford. Which is precisely the gap the…
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Cadillac Lyriq vs Rivian R2 vs Tesla Model Y: Three Very Different Takes on the Electric SUV
The midsize electric SUV is where most of America actually shops, which is why it’s the most crowded and competitive corner of the whole EV world. Three of the most interesting choices come at the same buyer from completely different angles. The Tesla Model Y is the best selling EV in the country, the efficient,…
