Classic SUV Hummer revived in electric car format: $ 105 thousand and launch in 2023

In October 2020, the GMC division, part of the General Motors concern, presented the Hummer EV electric pickup truck, which the audience liked very much – the first production car was even sold at an auction for $ 2.5 million. And yesterday, April 4, GMC representatives presented an updated version of the classic off-road Hummer – on electric power plants, of course, with high ground clearance and a two-piece body. However, there are not so many differences from the pickup – the manufacturer clearly decided to unify production in order to reduce the cost of production models.

Left SUV, right – pickup

A clear difference between the models can be seen only in the back, where the pickup, which is not surprising, has an open side, while the SUV has a fifth door with a spare wheel there. At the same time, what is interesting, regardless of the choice of model, the user receives a removable roof as a bonus – the panels can be easily removed by placing them in the front trunk (where the engine of the ICE car has a motor, the electric car has a lot of free space). But “under the hood” the models have much more differences, and some of them look rather strange. For example, an SUV is equipped with a less capacious battery, which boasts a shorter range – only 480 kilometers, while a pickup truck can travel about 560 kilometers on a single charge.

Classic Hummer SUV revived in electric car format: 5 thousand and launch in 2023

In addition, in the top configuration, the owners of the Hummer EV get a 1014-horsepower electric power plant, while the SUV does not have this option – it gets only 842 horsepower in the “top”. On the other hand, the new model will be able to fight off its value with the ability to drive off-road – with the Extract Mode option, the ground clearance reaches 404 millimeters, which is enough to drive through the most difficult locations where a pickup truck would not be able to drive as much as it wanted. And for a top-end configuration without additional options like mud tires and additional view cameras, the user will need to pay only 105 thousand dollars – this is relatively affordable by the standards of the electric car market.

Classic Hummer SUV revived in electric car format: 5 thousand and launch in 2023

And it is the top-end configuration that the manufacturer plans to sell already in 2023, while an intermediate version with a cost of $ 90 thousand will be presented at the end of 2023 (simpler electric motors with 634 horsepower). The company also has plans to present the most affordable version of the SUV with a cost of $ 80,000, but this will only happen in 2024. In the database, the user will receive a spring suspension, a simpler power plant and 400 kilometers on a single charge.

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