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Cadillac is giving buyers the opportunity to customize the flagship electric SUV through its bespoke program, which will be hand-built in Michigan. The catch? It’s not going to be cheap. Cadillac Escalade IQ gets the hand-built treatment If you’ve ever wanted to design your own custom Escalade down to the last detail, now’s your chance. Cadillac launched “Curated by Cadillac Escalade IQ” on Tuesday, a bespoke, ultra-exclusive customization program that lets you create a one-of-one vehicle from millions of design combinations. “We’re extending the hand-built CELESTIQ experience to deliver true customization capabilities for a select number of ESCALADE IQ clients,”…
Czinger Vehicles has teased its new hypercar that will be showcased at Pebble Beach later this week. It’s the Czinger 21C Spider and will be revealed to the public on August 14. The Los Angeles-based hypercar maker specialises in 3D printing and additive technology. The same futuristic tech will go into the Spider version. The exterior design is expected to be similar to the 21C. The tandem 1+1 seat configuration will remain unchanged. That being said, the Czinger 21C Spider might feature a few optimisations on the aerodynamics front. It will be interesting to see how much of a weight…
Elon Musk is making the case that satellite internet, not fiber or cellular towers, will end up wired into every car on the road. In a string of posts on X, the SpaceX CEO wrote that all cars will have Starlink in the future and called satellite connectivity the only way to get super high bandwidth to billions of vehicles. The posts started with Musk endorsing a Cloudflare forecast that traffic generated by autonomous AI agents will soon dwarf traffic generated by humans browsing the internet, a shift he described as not a close call at all. From there he…
It is one of the most absurd and enduring points made by anti-EV advocates. Somehow, gas fans argue that driving a car with zero tailpipe emissions is just as harmful or more harmful to the environment than burning gasoline. The argument usually rests on the assumption that EVs powered by non-renewable energy are just offloading those emissions to the powerplants, making them just as bad. Good news: That argument is wrong. And every year it’s getting more wrong. Let me walk you through why. Why EVs Are Cleaner Than Gas Cars The first thing you need to know is that…
Sinopec, China’s biggest fuel retailer, just gutted one of its Shanghai gas stations and swapped the pumps for BYD’s 1,500 kW flash chargers. And this wasn’t a case of bolting a couple of chargers onto the edge of the forecourt. Sinopec pulled the underground gasoline tanks out of the ground and turned the whole site into an EV-only charging hub. An oil retailer tears out its own fuel infrastructure The station sits at 1209 Huqingping Road in Shanghai, and it’s the first site jointly operated under the BYD-Sinopec partnership. Where the fuel storage tanks used to be, there are now…
Tesla has filed paperwork in Texas for a second massive manufacturing project in the same week it locked down its chip fabrication site, this time for a $10.1 billion solar cell plant in Fort Bend County. The filing, submitted July 22 under the state’s Jobs, Energy, Technology and Innovation Act and first surfaced by Sawyer Merritt on X, lists an internal project name of “Project Crystal Sun” and targets a site off FM 762 and FM 1994 near Richmond, about 40 minutes outside Houston. Tesla is planning to build a $10.1 billion vertically integrated solar cell manufacturing facility in Fort…
160+ exterior colors and 44 interior colors can be mixed and matched, with multiple paint finishes available. Hand-built and hand-painted Escalade IQs get a unique VIN, serialized builder’s plate, and Cadillac concierge. Curated by Cadillac costs $54,995 and is currently exclusive to the Escalade IQ. Customization is the current hotness in the world of ultra-luxury vehicles. Nearly every Rolls-Royce is a bespoke commission, Maybach has expanded its Made to Measure program, and Porsche’s Sonderwunsch and Exclusive Manufaktur programs are more popular than ever. At this point, any true luxury brand needs a program that lets customers tailor their vehicles to…
The 2027 Kia EV3 is getting closer to its market launch here in the U.S. Kia’s affordable electric compact crossover went through the EPA’s range tests. The new EV3 is expected to go on sale this summer, with pricing rumored to start from $35,000. We’ve been eagerly waiting for the Kia EV3 to come stateside ever since our former editor-in-chief, Patrick George, drove one in South Korea back in 2024. After a relatively brief stint behind the wheel of Kia’s electric compact crossover, he summarized the whole experience in the headline: “An Affordable Electric Breakthrough.” Well, the 2027 Kia EV3…
The McLaren P1 made headlines when it debuted back in 2013. It was the world’s first plug-in hybrid hypercar, with a high-voltage battery that could deliver all-electric miles and help with heavy acceleration. Some P1 batteries are no longer delivering the expected performance, but an independent company has a solution. The McLaren P1 went down in history as one of the most impressive hypercars. It debuted in the early 2010s and lived its short life alongside the equally impressive Porsche 918 Spyder and Ferrari LaFerrari. All three became known as the “Holy Trinity” of the car world, but the P1…
If your credit score looks less than stellar, you may have a harder time getting approved for a car loan. Buyers with poor credit often end up with high-interest loans that cost more in the long run, or may find themselves making short-term decisions that can hurt their credit further. While having bad credit doesn’t mean you can’t buy a car, it can limit your financing options. Understanding where your credit stands is a good start toward finding a solution. Understanding Credit Scores What is a good or bad credit score? Well, it depends on the scoring model. The most…