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Cadillac is making a big bet on electrics. Just how big? The president of GM\\u2019s luxury division just told Reuters that most \\u2013 maybe even all \\u2013 of Cadillacs models will be fully electric by 2030.

The automaker predicts it will give its models one more refresh in their existing gasoline versions and then begin its move towards electrics.

The first foray could be the large Cadillac SUV GM expects to begin producing at Detroit\\u2019s Hamtramck plant in 2023. The plant, according to Reuters reports, will face a $3 billion overhaul between now and then to accommodate the Escalade\\u2019s EV lookalike.

A compact electric SUV is also in the works, with Cadillac planning to kick off, again, in 2023.

For Carlisle, the transition timeline is still way up in the air, and the company wants to see improvements as it relates to both battery charging time and capacity, suggesting that the 300-miles-per-charge standard will need to increase, maybe even to 400.

And that\\u2019s not the only notable change we\\u2019ll see from Caddy: the automaker says it will begin modifying the way it names its vehicles, shifting from number letter combinations that, let\\u2019s be honest, nobody can keep straight, to actual words. That\\u2019s because, says Carlisle, \\u201cEscalade is an awesome name.\\u201d We agree. Much better than CT6.

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