The Hummer is coming back as an electric vehicle

[beamatronic]

By giving it ridiculous power and making it somewhat cartoonish, I think it will be hugely successful on one condition, they have to keep the price manageable. Especially if they want to compete with the cyber truck.

[daxfohl]

It also has to be somewhat more energy efficient than an actual hummer, otherwise it's going to go like 50 miles on a full charge. And charging will take three days.

[kiddico]

I can't think of a brand that would be a harder sell for the sort of people that want an EV right now.

In my mind it screams "big for the sake of big", not efficient or environmentally friendly...

[beamatronic]

I think this strategy is aimed at the people who think they do not want an Ev under any circumstances

[peteretep]

Seems like people who want a Hummer that can do Ludicrous Mode would be a good market.

[Amygaz]

Considering the number of pickup truck EV and large SUV EV in the plan, I think this exactly what many non-EV people want.

[unlinked_dll]

Still waiting on a sub 30k electric sedan that doesn't look like a turd

[MisterTea]

... and isn't full of tablet computers with half finished software that needs constant updating, miles of wire, self driving snake oil, and other electronic wizz bang nonsense. I just want a car. Not an IT experiment.

[adolph]

Do you have a better suggestion for passing air easily? It’s foundational to car movement now a days.

[skunkworker]

This could help at high altitudes where you don’t get enough air for a naturally aspirated engine. I ran into this problem off roading above Ouray and Telluride, CO at about 12,500ft. Though adding forced induction would’ve given me back some power.

[newnewpdro]

Some? Turbochargers don't lose much with elevation, especially if sized appropriately. And even a turbocharged configuration a little down on power would still be doing better than NA at any elevation.

The real nuisance with high elevation is getting enough air over the heat exchangers to not overheat or heat soak the intercooler, air:water would be desirable.

[cm2187]

Sounds like a good location to run out of battery

[olivermarks]

GM made a Chevy Silverado platform 'hummer H2' suv, that's what this article refers to, not the milspec Hummer made by AM General.

The GM 'consumer' Hummer was basically a pseudo milspec hummer and this new EV version will presumably be a similar marketing effort. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummer_H2

[fouc]

Wonder how they'll get on with Cybertruck.

[JulianMorrison]

They will fight each other at monster truck rallies. "Team Cyber" and "Team Hummer" shirts will sell out. Many corn dogs will be eaten.

[dsfyu404ed]

They won't.

H2 EV is to Cybertruck as used Ford Ranger is to CPO Tacoma. The owners of the latter will turn up their nose at the former if they cross paths at all. They're mostly disparate buyer demographics.

[anonu]

Didn't Arnold Schwarznegger have a Hummer EV 20 years ago? Californians derided him for driving around in a Hummer - so his response was to rip out the gas engine.

[daxfohl]

European sustainability: ride your bike

American sustainability: ev hummer

[duxup]

That's pretty amusing. The brand is still recognized...may as well use it and why not try something new?

[tomatotomato37]

Considering it has both the power figures of a Veyron and a size that requires those roof safety lights, I think it's safe to say the brand will still be keeping with their tradition of absolute trash fuel/power economy.

[castratikron]

Potential military application? The Hummer originally came from the battlefield after all.

[LinuxBender]

It's based on the H2 and the H1 geared hub axles would need to be heavily modified to handle electric motors. The H1 was full of defects. I replaced the pitman and idler arm 3 times, ball joints twice, engine once (paid for by AMG), starter once. I had not snapped the geared hub axle, but I know someone that did as they did more off-roading than I. They are designed to break early on purpose to protect the geared hubs. There is also not much room for batteries in the H1. It is designed to be low profile while having a lot of ground clearance at the same time. You would have to use up a bit of the cargo space which defeats the purpose in my opinion. Someone may mention that with electric motors, there is enough torque to not need geared hubs, but that isn't why they were implemented. It was to get the differential away from the ground for more ground clearance.

[nordsieck]

Probably not.

1. Electric vehicles are a terrible fit for military operations

2. The actual HMMWV is a steaming pile of garbage. Not sure why the US Gov would want to buy an expensive version of the same thing

3. The HMMWV was recently replaced by the JLTV - it'll probably be at least 20 years before the next refresh cycle

[dmos62]

Hummer H2 is a modified GM GMT820 made to resemble the military HMMW. It's just a cheap look-a-like. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummer_H2

[daxfohl]

Ways GM could enter the electric market.

Electric Malibu: Totally makes sense

Electric Cadillac: Wow, forward thinking!

Electric Corvette: Whoa, world changing

Electric Hummer: But I. But we. Wait. What?

[jedieaston]

It solves the biggest problem everyone had with the Hummer: gallons-per-mile.

And it competes with the Cybertruck, and they don’t have to worry about a limited amount of space for the batteries. Seems like a good strategy to me, for a first attempt.

[okareaman]

Do electric horses dream of autonomous buggies?