Since then and through the pandemic, GM has dripped dropped new information about the absurd vehicle. At the time I said you absolutely knew it was a Hummer EV, even though it looked a lot different than the Hummers from a decade ago. If GM hadn’t taken my camera prior to viewing, I would have had a hard time not snapping some pictures. At the time the interior was fully fleshed out and it certainly had a squared-off desert interior motif that evoked memories of the original Humvee. We actually got a quick look at the prototype in March 2020 but weren’t allowed to take pictures. James famously got his first Hummer in high school. NBA Basketball star LeBron James was the anointed spokesman. All of these are absurd numbers, even today, and it was thought that this was GM drawing a line in the sand against the new EVs coming from Rivian and Tesla Cybertruck along with Ford’s F-150 Lightning. Along with the Cadillac Lyriq, GM in 2020, right before the pandemic, announced the Hummer EV with 1000hp, three-second 0-60, and 11,500 lb.-ft. The leadership under CEO Mary Barra decided its high-end vehicles now made the most sense to electrify. GM decided its Chevy Bolt compact wasn’t the right way to approach the electric vehicle market, at least not yet. GMC Hummer EV announcedįast-forward to 2020. But especially with the H2 and H3 models that weren’t great off-road, got abysmal gas mileage, and frankly looked a little tired, the brand went out of style in the 2010s. Sure, rappers, athletes, and celebrities like Arnold Schwarzenegger loved the Hummer. Since its demise, the Hummer name had come to represent “excess” for better or worse. Hummer HX concept – hint at what was to come Hummer = excess That was a shame because GM had some interesting ideas for the Hummer including the Hummer HX convertible, which turned into a 60-mile convertible EV and is still somehow sold as crazy golf carts. GM shut down the Hummer business in 2010 and the brand with it. In the 2008 implosion when GM went into bankruptcy, the Hummer brand was shopped around but never found a home. GM then built the H3 alongside its other pickup trucks out of Louisiana. General Motors bought the Hummer brand in late 1999, though AMG continued to manufacture the civilian vehicles through to the H2 model. The original AMG Hummer was a consumer derivative of the military Humvee, which itself was an informal derivation of the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). After a few days with this beast, it is clear that this thing has all the bells and whistles – but with a huge 200+ kWh battery, is the Hummer brand still a little excessive? GMC Hummer EV background GMC flew Electrek out to Scottsdale, Arizona, last month to test-drive the new Hummer EV on proving grounds, backroads, highways, and desert trails. Heavy-duty ball-spline half-shafts maximize axle articulation for the precise maneuverability in the 2022 GMC HUMMER EV Pickup.
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