Escalade to get 38-inch OLED dashboard
Everything about the Cadillac Escalade is big. The vehicle is physically huge, the wheels are large, the grille is vast, and the price will likely be big as well.
Cadillac is now adding one more mega-feature to the luxury SUV — a humongous curved OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screen that takes the place of the dashboard and the infotainment screen.
Cadillac released a teaser video for the dashboard on Twitter in mid-december, which can be seen by searching “Escalade” at theverge.com.
The screen spans 38 inches from the left side of the steering wheel to the midpoint of the centre console, and is curved behind the steering wheel. A plastic surround encompasses the gauge cluster, but doesn’t break up the OLED screen.
Cadillac calls it an “industry first,” which is technically true, because Byton’s electric SUV is still in the startup phase — otherwise, it would take the crown with its 48inch display.
Cadillac also says the display has “twice the pixel density of a 4K television,” with “perfect blacks and the largest colour range available in the automotive industry.” Perhaps they think we’re going to watch Dunkirk on this thing, but nonetheless, that’s pretty darn impressive.
No other details were mentioned, so we’re just going to have to wait until our first look at the vehicle in February 2020. The 2021 Cadillac Escalade will go on sale in late 2020.