Car Tech Blog - 2022 Cadillac Escalade
2022 Cadillac Escalade
This week we got the chance to review the 2022 Cadillac Escalade. Click on the links below to view our video’s on this Sweet ride, or if you prefer click on the link below to our Youtube channel and see all our car videos!
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A General Overview
The brand new 2021 Cadillac Escalade (our vehicle was a 2022) has a total of 38” of screen in the front. There is a brand new 7.2” side display just to the left of the Drivers Information Screen, and 14.2” Drivers Information screen, and a 16.5” center Infotainment screen. All of the screens are OLED, so the blacks are blacker, and the other colors are crisper, and stand out more. The entire set up is curved to the shape of the dashboard, and it looks like it belongs there. Every screen is super responsive with almost no lag time whatsoever.
The Left Panel
On the new 7.2” OLED left display there are 3 basic functions: Trip Meter, Gauge view, and the HUD controls. Under the Trip meters you can see Trip 1, Trip 2, and a blank or calm screen. Under the Gauge view you can select 4 different setups for your Drivers Information Screen. The choices are a full screen navigation map display, An Augmented Reality view that uses the front camera to show the actual road that is in front of you, plus it throws up 3D navigational prompts up in the screen as well. A Night Vision view, which is very nice, although it only uses the center portion of the 14.2” screen, but gives you a much better idea of what is ahead of you at night. In addition, under the Night Vision view, you get an extra icon or button that shows up and the bottom of the 7.2” screen that allows you to adjust the brightness etc of the Night Vision Display. And finally you have a Gauge view which just gives you a traditional Drivers Information Screen in the sense that you now have a speedometer plus tach showing up. This particular screen is a first for any vehicle and I think we will start to see more manufacturers start to develop. Similar screens. It was really, really nice.
The Driver’s Information Screen
The Drivers Information Screen is a 14.2” OLED screen that can be customized via the steering wheel buttons, but also by the left 7.2” dis[play as I described above. The clarity of the screen is truly unique, I can honestly see why OLED screens make such a big difference on electronic displays. As is typical in any modern Drivers Information Screen there are many pieces of information you can choose to display while your driving, things such as Tire Pressure, Media, Phone, Navigation, and you can control some of your Safety Systems as well. The basic set up is that the Speedometer is placed right in the center of the display, and items such as Tire Pressure, Safety Systems etc show up to the left of that, and things like Media, phone etc show up on the right hand side.
The Center Infotainment Screen
The center Infotainment Screens is a whooping 16.9 inch as measured diagonally and is slanted towards the driver, which I found to be very nice. It is also an OLED screen. It is fully customizable meaning not only can you rearrange and change what items are in there in the far left main menu but you can also customize the order of apps on the main part of the screen. The system is super responsive, and contains all the usual things we have come to expect in a modern infotainment system. This particular Escalade had the upgraded audio system from AKG. 36 speakers powered by a 28 channel amplifier, meaning every speaker (minus the speakers that are identical) has its own connection to the amp, so each speaker is only producing the sound it was specifically designed to emit. Boil it all down and that equals great sound.
Some of the unique items in this Infotainment system are as follows. The passenger can adjust their own volume level separate from the rest of the vehicle. Navigational prompts come from the side of the vehicle that you will be turning towards. So for example, if your going to take a left (assuming navigation is running, and a course has been plotted). The voice prompt from the navigation to “Turn Left in 300 ft” comes from the left speakers. Now not only does it do that, but the farther away you are from your turn, the softer the prompts are, the closer you get to the actual turn, the louder the prompts get. Also you can set the whole vehicle to stereo or 3D surround sound which is not to unique, but what is unique is that you can separately adjust the front from the back row. So the back could be set to stereo, while the front is set to 3D Surround. Pretty awesome stuff.
Overall, the new OLED system is pretty incredible to see in person, and Cadillac has done a fantastic job of making everything run smoothly, and look like it was designed to match the rest of the vehicle. That being said, one does have to wonder about the life of an OLED screen. I’ve heard estimates from around 12-15 years, but I guess we can hope thats wrong, or hope that the aftermarket companies can come up with a great cheap replacement incase the entire system were to go on the fritz.
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