A new report says that the next generation of Cadillac Escalade will also come with an electric drivetrain. Eventually.

The current Cadillac Escalade is getting on in years and if GM wants to maintain the Escalade’s momentum as one of their best-selling vehicles, it will need to be taken back to the drawing board for a redesign soon. That redesign is apparently well underway, with reports from various outlets suggesting that we could see a fifth-generation Escalade as early as 2021.

A rumor from a few weeks ago suggested that the next-gen Escalade will be an exciting one. Rather than having to resort to companies like Hennessey to get a super powerful, super huge SUV, Cadillac will start offering the fifth-gen Escalade with the supercharged LT4 V8 engine from the current Chevy Camaro ZL1 and the previous-gen Corvette Z06. In those applications, the engine puts out 650 horsepower and 650 lb-ft of torque, which would put the Escalade just shy of the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk in terms of power.

Now a new rumor says that not only will the next-gen Escalade come with a boatload of power, it’ll also get an electric powertrain too. And not just some measly hybrid thing (although that seems likely as well)--we’re talking a pure EV SUV.

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2019 Cadillac Escalade
via Cadillac

According to Cadillac Society, who quotes anonymous sources within the company, the electric Escalade will arrive sometime after the next-gen SUV’s debut. It’ll also have a 400-mile range. And that’s it. That’s all we got.

That range will at least tie the Rivian R1S, set to debut in 2020 with a 400+ range battery. The current Tesla Model X has a range of 325 miles, although we can expect that range to improve somewhat over the next two years. An Escalade with a 400-mile range would be on the leading edge of what is possible with current battery technology.

No details on the powertrain were given, but we can likely expect something with decent performance figures, especially if Caddy wants to compete with the likes of Rivian.

(via The Torque Report)

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