2025 Cadillac Escalade EV Redesign, Pictures, Colors  – The Escalade EV is a box, but a well-proportioned and handsome one. The Sport has dark trim; if you prefer more chrome, opt for the similarly-priced Luxury. My tester further had an Onyx package, at $4,415, which added 22-inch gloss-black wheels, monochrome Cadillac crests, gloss-black badge, and puddle lights with the crest. The dash is highlighted with dual curved screens, which incorporate a 16.9-inch infotainment display, 14.2-inch digital instrument cluster, and 7.2-inch left-side screen for controlling the head-up display and other features.   2025 Cadillac Escalade EV Redesign

2025 Cadillac Escalade EV Redesign and Update Plan

Exterior and Interior

The Escalade EV will change lanes if you activate the turn signal, but you can also set it for automatic, where it will move out on its own to pass slower traffic and then return to the lane it was in. The system generally worked well during testing, but sometimes wandered side-to-side within its lane; and in a couple of places where construction had subtly altered the lanes many months before, the Escalade EV drifted out over the line. That caused it to immediately shut off Super Cruise and make me take the wheel.

All Escalade EV trims have four-wheel drive. It includes two-wheel drive; while the four-wheel high should only be used on loose surfaces, such as gravel or deep snow, as driving it on hard pavement can cause it to bind. The automatic setting gives you four-wheel but can be driven on all surfaces, and is the best choice for slippery roads.  2025 Cadillac Escalade EV Redesign

2025 Cadillac Escalade EV Specs

As expected in this expensive top trim, the Escalade EV Sport Platinum comes stuffed to the gills. Its standard features include soft-close doors, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, 3-D surround sound with speakers in the front head restraints and headliner, a rear-seat entertainment system with twin 12.6-inch screens, massaging front seats, a power-adjustable heated steering wheel, head-up display, tri-zone automatic climate control, suede-style headliner, rearview camera mirror, panoramic power sunroof, power running boards with LED lighting, auto-levelling headlights, and a hands-free tailgate. The standard navigation includes augmented reality, where you can bring up a live forward camera view in the cluster, and the directions will overlay it.  2025 Cadillac Escalade EV Redesign

Engine and Performance

The gas-powered V8 is a very good fit to this big vehicle, moving with authority from stops or when passing on the highway, but remaining smooth and linear when you just want to move moderately through tighter traffic. The Escalade EV’s steering is smooth and responsive, and when manoeuvring at slower speeds it can feel a bit smaller than it actually is – at least, until you’re trying to squeeze it into a parking spot. At higher speeds, there’s the expected body roll around corners, although it never feels tippy. Its natural habitat is the highway, where it effortlessly eats up the kilometres in comfort. The brakes stop it smoothly and accurately. Magnetic ride control is standard on the Sport Platinum, which almost instantly softens or stiffens the shock absorbers depending on road conditions.  2025 Cadillac Escalade EV Redesign

2025 Cadillac Escalade EV Fuel Economy

The Escalade EV ESV with the gas engine is rated by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) at 16.6 L/100 km in the city, 13.1 on the highway, and 15.0 in combined driving. I drove my tester unloaded and mostly on the highway, and surprisingly came in under the highway number at 12.8 L/100 km. It calls for premium fuel.

The Jeep Grand Wagoneer L meets the Escalade EV at 15.0 L/100 km in combined driving, but the Lincoln Navigator L undercuts them both by a considerable margin at 10.5 L/100 km.  2025 Cadillac Escalade EV Redesign

2025 Cadillac Escalade EV Safety Features

Standard driver-assist features include emergency front and rear braking, adaptive cruise control, a self-parking system, bird’s-eye camera views, blind-spot monitoring including trailer coverage, rear cross-traffic alert, lane-keep assist, and a safety alert seat, which vibrates a warning if any of these systems detect an issue, such as you’re drifting out of your lane.  2025 Cadillac Escalade EV Redesign

My tester was also equipped with Super Cruise, a hands-free highway driving assist system. It works on pre-mapped highways, covering about 644,000 km across Canada and the U.S. When you’re on an applicable one, an icon appears in the cluster, and you can activate the system and then take your hands off the wheel, although you still need to pay attention.

2025 Cadillac Escalade EV Price and Release Date

The Escalade EV ESV’s price is as large as its footprint, starting at $113,098 in Luxury trim and going to $146,598 for either the Premium Luxury Platinum or my Sport Platinum tester – and then to $199,398 for the new supercharged V version.

This extended-length full-size is a small niche segment, and the Cadillac’s base prices are the priciest. The Jeep Grand Wagoneer L starts around $109,995 and goes to $131,500; while the Lincoln Navigator L comes in a single trim at $120,000, and optioned close to my tester rings in at $128,450 (all prices including delivery). A step down from the Escalade EV, its mechanical-sibling GMC Yukon XL tops out with the Denali Ultimate trim at $124,803.  2025 Cadillac Escalade EV Redesign