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The reality is 90% of BEVs are going to be forgettable appliances like GM and everyone else makes today, only electrified. There will be a few outstanding designs, but few and far between I suspect. Just a lot of generic appliances for generic consumers. I know I'm being cynical, but probably not that unrealistic. Love those rims...seen a few photos of early 70s Challengers and Firebirds with them.

Not going to happen, though...most EV cars will be pill shaped aero disposable appliances with zero style and personality, available in black, silver or white.

'70 GS with Motor Wheel Spyder rims ~

I never saw those kinds of wheels before. Lookin' at the '70 GS Spyder rims. I like 'em! "Aerodynamic" jelly bean / pill / used bar of soap shapes have ruled car design since the 1990s. It wont change much, if any, with EVs. Its a bummer because aerodynamic shapes need not be that way to be aerodynamic. Rounded surfaces do help, but the overall design doesnt need to follow that form all the way through. But that is just an opinion, I really dont know much about aerodynamic flow so... Here, let me take a jab in posting 1 or 2 beautiful cars instead of talking about shyte I have no knowledge about... (Proceeds to post "aerodynamic" blobs )

Everything is perfect in BE World! ?

'71 GP SSJ ~

It's been whisper quiet on the Atlis front. Quite a while ago they showed this concept off, spouted some lofty claim numbers with it. At least it looked fairly 'butch' [unlike the wheel chock Tesla] and had a usable bed [unlike the wheel chock Tesla]. But in googling it the other day, I found this 2021 image, and it was captioned 'redesigned'. Uh-oh. If true, and serious, wave goo-by to the Atlis, but at least it will have company in the EV scrap bin with Workhorse and Bolinger. These upstarts NEED to realize that styling HAS to go hand-in-hand with functionality in trucks.

^ I don't think I would call it a 'mistake' - dozens upon dozens of very rare engines have been built over time. I do think Cadillac should have kept the CT6 (and the 4.2TT - my bad on calling it a 4.0L earlier) in production until the Celestiq / a replacement model was ready.

Cancel a model / powertrain and its "failed". Continue a model / powertrain and its "recycled". OK, bucko.

One can always dream and dreams is what brings change. I will dream that we can have Style and BEV in the same setup. Yes, Yes, it is without all the smelly unburnt hydrocarbons. Yesterday had to deal with being behind a very noisy toxic spewing Power Stroke. So glad when we can get these destructive autos off the road.

Correct the same thing all the German brands have been doing and are doing now till 2030 when they also are scheduled to kill off all ICE sales. Maximize money potential while improving the BEV. I can totally see an Escalade V and Escalade V Blackwing in BEV using the 1,000 hp tri motor setup. You get the V at 750 hp and the Blackwing at 1,000 hp with a 0-60 3 sec run. Best yet is as @oldshurst442 posted, performance will be way better due to a lower center of gravity with the battery pack versus ICE. Best is yet to come for Escalade.

A possible 70th anniversary model Z06? With 2 new colours to commemorate 70 years of Corvette?

Nothing is written in stone, but in Nov of 2019, the report was that the Blackwing 4.0 V8 was not going to power the Escalade. Cost cutting measures were to be implemented on the Escalade as the cost of independent suspension development for the Escalade used up all the allocated development money for the Escalade and therefore the cheaper SBC V8 was to used instead. But that was in 2019. Its 2022 now... Listening to the video, and maybe I need to clean out the wax from my ears, but the sound of that engine coming from the Escalade V did not sound like how a Corvette usually sounds like. https://gmauthority.com/blog/2019/11/report-blackwing-v8-wont-appear-in-cadillac-escalade-ct5-v/ In the case of the Escalade, the source told the publication that the SUV’s new independent rear suspension has sucked up a lot of the development funds allocated to the program, so GM has decided to settle for one of its pushrod V8s instead of the DOHC V8. GM may use its 6.2-liter L87 V8 in the SUV, which produces 420 horsepower and 460 pound-feet of torque. We also know a high-performance Escalade variant is under development, but if this new report is accurate, that variant will likely use the supercharged 6.2-liter LT4 V8 from the C7 Corvette Z06 and Camaro ZL1 rather than the Blackwing V8.

https://gmauthority.com/blog/2021/03/cadillac-chief-engineer-hints-at-high-performance-escalade-v/ Reason why Escalade does not get Blackwing designation is that Cadillac engineers and marketing folk want to reserve that for vehicles that will be the pinnacle of performance and track capabilities. And an Escalade, due to weight and high center of gravity, will not have that. From March 7, 2021 when Cadillac head engineer Tony Roma was hinting at an Escalade V. He said that not all Cadillac vehicles need to be Blackwings and proceeded to explain that statement.

I actually believe we could see a pure form like this again in an EV format. I think we have not even begun to explore how we could optimize style in EV format yet. Love this car!

Companies can work on two things at once especially when they get IPOs as large as Rivian has. Rivian is intentionally throttling production out of Normal because they learned from Teslas failures when starting up production. Rivian also has a big fat 500,000 vehicle contract to build vans for Amazon they need to start getting working on.

The Blackwings just recycled the engines from the ATS-V and CTS-V. It isn' like they took the CT6 turbo 4.2 V8 and put it in the CT5 or CT4 which was at least an engine designed for Cadillac. And they didn't do a performance hybrid or anything new. Which is why I think they'll recycled the supercharged 6.2 for the Escalade-V because GM probably doesn't want a spend a dime on ICE engine development anymore, basically what they have now is what is going to exist to 2030.