Several Cadillac Escalade IQs Destroyed In EV-Fueled Fire That Lasted 18 Hours

A blaze in Fort Worth, Texas, earlier this week destroyed six all-electric SUVs, all of which appear to be the $127,000+ Cadillac Escalade IQ. The blaze, which broke out at Frank Kent Cadillac, took almost 18 hours to control, and it highlights how difficult is to contain and extinguish an EV fire. Stellantis recently filed a patent showing a way to quickly separate a damaged battery from the vehicle. Jaw-dropping images captured at the scene show several of the Cadillac EVs involved in the fire. The Fort Worth Fire Department hasn't said how the inferno started, but it described how challenging it was to control and eventually extinguish the fire. Although an incident like this may make you worry about owning an EV, remember that EV fires occur far less often than those involving combustion-powered cars.

Larte Design specializes in over-the-top carbon-fiber body kits, and there’s one for the Cadillac Escalade-V Caddy’s biggest gas-fed SUV looks pretty restrained from the factory, but what about with a Larte body kit? Not so much. Since it's a purely cosmetic twist, Cadillac’s factory warranty is preserved. Cadillac lightly facelifted the Escalade for the 2025 model year, showing particular restraint with the top-flight V variant. Despite packing a supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 with 682 horsepower under the hood, the V basically looks identical to more modestly powered Escalades. It’s perhaps taking a page from the full-size Range Rover playbook, where big power is not something you necessarily advertise. However, there are always going to be customers who bought the most powerful Escalade partially because they wanted everyone to notice. For these individuals, may we present the Larte Design Esthete body kit for the Escalade-V, offering a more visually striking take on the top-of-the-line Caddy SUV. Emphasis on striking, as looking at these pictures feels a bit like getting punched in the face.

Classic gems, tasteful customs, legendary supercars - for Silvian, they're all fair game. He's been in love with cars and motorcycles for as long as he can remember, so it made perfect sense to eventually turn that passion into a full-time writing career. Around six years and more than 3,000 articles later, he is still going strong and doesn't plan on hitting the brakes anytime soon. We all know China doesn’t take kindly to those pesky pop-out door handles, having mandated an all-out ban back in February. It will come into effect on January 1, 2027, and Chinese lawmakers at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) aren’t planning to hang up the gloves just yet. As a matter of fact, the door handle saga might’ve been just the warm-up. MIIT’s crosshairs are now aimed at a trending feature we really wouldn’t mind seeing less of – annoyingly large touchscreens prone to distracting the driver. Quite frankly, we’re more than happy to cheer them on in this regard, and others may want to consider taking this particular page out of China’s rulebook.

With prices going up on, well, everything, having the ability to work on your own car (as long as the electronics allow for it) is a big money saver. There's a decent segment of individuals who can't do these things on their own, though, and it's possible, video games can help their journey to learn. Former Jalop Andrew Collins brought up the concept in 2020 with a video game called "Wrench," a grease-less automotive simulator that let you get your virtual hands dirty fixing cars in VR. A similar game released in 2021 called "Car Mechanic Simulator. " Now in 2026, "Wrench" has returned in a much more mature and updated version. YouTuber TalksWithNoise took to testing the concept in real time with a recent video, "I Tried Using a Video Game to Fix My Miata. "

Johnson joins CarBuzz on March 2026. He's currently studying MA Automotive Journalism at Coventry University in the UK which is the only course in the world to focus on this specific subject. He studied history in university which he combines the research and writing skills to produce contents related to automotive topics. Johnson’s passion for cars orginated from his early childhood which he grew up watching iconic Japanese anime Initial D and Pixar movie Cars and fell in love with all the stuff related to cars. According to Johnson’s family, he would be able to name the models and make of the vehicles on the road from a very young age.

Like any lifelong railfan, I’ve been addicted to trains since I was a kid. I can prattle on all day about my favorite Chicago Metra locomotive, or about how Chicago became the rail capital of America. Usually, I just use The Autopian as my outlet for the thoughts rattling around in my brain. Recently, I finally took my enthusiasm down to the small scale. In doing so, I’ve discovered that tiny trains are gloriously fun, but also ludicrously expensive. I think I’ve spent more on scale trains than I have on my last car repair. I don’t know when the exact moment was that I fell in love with trains, but I do know it happened in my childhood. One of my favorite things to do as a kid was to watch Wisconsin Central freight trains passing through Lake County, Illinois. The images of those red and yellow locomotives remain burned into my memory more than two decades later. Nowadays, I find myself going to that same depot in Antioch, only now the trains are emblazoned with Canadian National logos.