I’ve to confess, I used to be a bit stunned when GM introduced that it will begin its new Ultium battery-powered electrical car push with the GMC Hummer EV. It simply felt a bit unusual. I imply, a Bolt EV redesign is correct there, and so is the Silverado EV. Why then, would GM begin its oh-so-serious push into fashionable electrical autos with the EV model of the truck which — seemingly by destiny — ramped its manufacturing simply as GM was killing off the EV1 program?
Now, the Hummer EV’s EPA paperwork have been filed (credit score to Car and Driver for first reporting on the filings), and so they present that the hulking all-electric car stayed actually true to the spirit of its gas-guzzling predecessor. Contemplating its dimension, weight, and effectivity, the Hummer EV may very well be described as a car that’s, for all intents and functions, made to be an emblem of extra and consumption. Granted, the paperwork solely reference the Hummer EV’s 1,000-hp, $110,295 Version 1 model, however the specs are fairly telling.
As per the EPA documents, the Hummer EV Version 1 is supplied with an Ultium battery pack that has a usable capability of 212.7 kWh. That’s an enormous pack, over twice as massive because the batteries on two Tesla Mannequin X Plaid autos. It additionally dwarfs the battery packs utilized by different all-electric pickup vehicles just like the Ford F-150 Lightning and the Rivian R1T. Even Rivian’s once-announced 400-mile battery pack, which the corporate introduced a number of years in the past, solely featured a planned capacity of 180 kWh.
In accordance with the filings, the Hummer EV Version 1 would obtain a mixed EPA vary of 329 miles per cost or a really modest 47 MPGe mixed. That is very a lot in character for a Hummer, after all, however one shouldn’t overlook that the Rivian R1T obtained some criticism among the many EV neighborhood when the R1T received a 70 MPGe rating. In comparison with the R1T, which is hardly essentially the most environment friendly electrical car at this time, the Hummer EV is a flat-out guzzler — it’s simply consuming up electrons this time round.
Plenty of the Hummer EV Version 1’s inefficiency could possible be on account of its weight, which was listed within the EPA paperwork as a whopping 9,063 kilos. What’s fascinating is {that a} good portion of the car’s curb weight is consumed by its battery pack, which weighs 2,923 kilos. That’s heavier than a complete Toyota 86. This, in a method, makes the Hummer EV a reasonably fascinating car, at the least safety-wise. Stopping over 9,000 kilos of steel and batteries after it goes 0-60 mph in simply three seconds takes isn’t any small activity, in spite of everything, and one can solely hope that GM has additional safeties constructed throughout the car to make sure that it’s as protected to function as doable.
It’s nearly ironic, or at the least poetic to some extent, to see the Hummer EV change into a car that’s simply as extreme (and wasteful?) as its fossil fuel-powered predecessor. Contemplating its lack of efficiency and its large battery pack, one can nearly surprise if GM deliberately designed the car to be as unfriendly to the atmosphere as doable. That being mentioned, one nearly can’t assist however root for the Hummer EV. The Hummer model, in spite of everything, ended up being canceled prior to now on account of low gross sales, and a variety of it was because of the autos’ unhealthy gasoline effectivity.
Hopefully, such is not going to be the destiny of the Hummer EV.
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