Everyone knows Hummer ! It a giant 4X4 then an SUV sold by General Motors based historic military Humvee. Sold under three generations and three names between 1992 and 2010 (successively H1, H2 then H3), this is a legendary model. For the American people and for General Motors! He was buried at the same time as the brand disappeared in 2010, when GM was going through a serious financial crisis. Black year, during which General Motors put Pontiac and Saturn in the closet and separated from the Swedish SAAB. Even though the Hummer has disappeared from dealerships, we continue to see them occasionally on the road or, of course, at the movies. but new generationa more timely one appeared a few months ago: Hummer EV.
Hummer goes electric
EV for electric car Of course! General Motors decided revive the mythical name your pickup truck/SUV, but without the internal combustion engine. The Hummer brand has also not been revived, this model is distributed by GMC, the premium subsidiary of General Motors. This is GM’s third electric truck along with Chevrolet Silverado EV and GMC Sierra EV. Two body types are offered: a pick-up version (old type H2) and a SUV option (type H3). If the first has been on the market for several months, the second has been around for a long time. Its production has just begun at the GM plant in Hamtramck in Michigan, also known as “Factory Zero”. The new factory dedicated to electric models of the group!
A monster of excesses
The first example from the network has the serial number 001 and will be auctioned with a starting price of $50,000. 90,000 orders have already been registered for the Hummer EV, of which From 50 to 60% for the pick-up version. So this new SUV is just as important for GMC, which is tapping into nostalgia with a model with a name and philosophy very close to the Hummers of old. Dubbed “Edition 1”, the launch edition features three electric motors under development 830 horsepower combined ! Its acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h takes 3.5 seconds. her powerful 212 kWh battery supports fast charging up to 350 kW, thanks to a 800V architecture. Autonomy, taking into account the weight of the car (almost 4 tons), will not exceed 450-500 kilometers. Its batteries even weigh the equivalent of a Honda Civic! A car that, of course, will not be never sold in Europe…
Source: Auto Plus
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