The 2022 Cadillac Escalade was unveiled with GM’s latest Super Cruise semi-autonomous suite of driver assistance systems, but due to the ongoing semiconductor shortage, the system won’t be available for quite some time.
Cadillac originally intended on offering Super Cruise as a standard feature on Escalade Premium Luxury, Premium Luxury Platinum, Sport, and Sport Platinum models but earlier this month, said it would instead be an optional feature. It has now been confirmed that Super Cruise will not even be available as an option for the luxurious new SUV.
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According to a report from GM Authority, the car manufacturer confirmed that the system will not be available at the outset of production for the 2022 Escalade. It isn’t known when the feature will be again available for the Escalade but it likely won’t be until GM’s supplies of chips improves.
This isn’t the first time that the chip shortage has prompted GM to remove a feature from some of its new vehicles. In June, it revealed that a number of 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, 2021 GMC Yukon, Yukon XL, Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV models would ship without start-stop functionality. Vehicles impacted were those equipped with a V8 engine and 10-speed automatic transmission.
Other car manufacturers are also feeling the impacts of the shortage. Just a couple of weeks ago, Jeep revealed that it would no longer be offering its advanced Quadra-Lift air suspension with electronic adaptive damping for the new Grand Cherokee L.
