Sounds like the Hummer name brand will be a BEV truck, with Lebron as spokesman. Supposedly doing a commercial doing Super Bowl. Interesting.
Yeah I heard about this a few weeks ago. It would give legs to the notion of killing off their smaller cars. Smaller car death also included the demise of gm's small PHEV, the volt. Could GM Bring Hummer Back as an Electric SUV Brand? It's one thing to build an electric vehicle, & quite another, if you have little to no infrastructure to get them around the nation conveniently.
Ya, considering how inefficient they would be they would have to have a tiny range or huge battery pack. The latter means huge expense.
With the success of the Wrangler(will get a PHEV), and soon release of the Bronco(hybrid option), bringing back the Hummer name could be a good marketing move. I doubt anything bearing the Hummer name now will be of the excess of the H2. I liked the H1, but it was a high priced niche vehicle that worked for that niche. The later models were just typical full frame SUVs with different bodies. For those that can't wait for a Hummer BEV; HOME - BOLLINGER MOTORS
$125k. They can keep their simplistic box on wheels. The Rivian looks a lot better and has a better price point with better range. The R1T might replace our Prime down the road if all goes well.
Source: GM’s electric Hummer will be a hit General Motors (GM) will bring back its Hummer name starting in 2022, according to news reports, adding the monster truck to its GMC lineup. There will be no gas- or diesel-powered version this time, just an electric. GM will supposedly run a Super Bowl ad with NBA wizard LeBron James on Feb. 3 to announce the reincarnation. Reminds me of the Prius vs Hummer threads from over a decade ago: EV1 - crushed and gone Spark EV - gone Volt - gone Bolt - on life support I'm reminded of this Jerry Clower story: Guess I'll skip the Super Bowl this year . . . to avoid the announced commercials. Of course the reality is it will be a jacked-up, knobby tired, Tahoe body with angular drag and noise body panels and costing I-Pace and Taycan prices ("you can get less but you can't pay more.") Bob Wilson
Hummer getting new life | PriusChat We only know the name is coming back. I expect it to be sized to compete with the Wrangler and Bronco. It won't larger than the 1500 truck class. Bigger than that, and it is exempt from CAFE, which means it won't help pull up GM's average.
hope no one minds if i add to the list below; Just like like dog poo, on the bottom of your shoe that you just can't get rid of, GM, unable to sell the Hummer line to chinese manufacturers, they just keep on trying & trying to push that thing. And Totota has their own sticky mess on the bottom of their shoe. Hydrogen .
I'd be shocked if the range is more than 200 miles. They don't have battery costs down as low as Tesla and this thing will need a ton of them to go very far.
GM isn't going to be taking old Hummers and converting them to EVs. The Chevy Blazer was originally a full size SUV. Eventually, it was renamed the Tahoe. It is now back as a mid-size unibody between the Equinox and transverse. In the time period between the original and new current one, the name was used for a compact SUV. Beyond the name likely coming back for a BEV, we know nothing about it. Assuming it will be like the FSP H2 is the same thinking that others use to prejudge the Prius.
So you are thinking they will make some small little toy truck with the Hummer name? I would agree that they won't likely be as big as the H2, but I'd be shocked if they weren't as least as big as the H3. And that is no small vehicle. I stand by my prediction that it won't be over 200 (maybe 205 or 210 just so they can pass the EPA for 200). Caveat is that if they plan on making this a 6 figure vehicle, then all bets are off.
Counting the rear mounted spare, the H3 is 10 inches shorter than the Model X. It was about the size of the 4dr Wrangler and Mustang Mach-E. Depending on how it is configured the Mach-E has an announced target range of 210 to 300 miles. The Model X is in the same range. I expect Hummer styling to mean inefficiency in the aerodynamics, but the Bolt isn't a slouch in efficiency; around that of the long range Model 3. So I don't expect this Hummer EV to be a FSP of an electric. PS: It's weird that English uses shorter to describe something smaller in terms of length or height.
The original Trailblazer was the S10 Blazer with a different trim package, then it became it's own model. The new Trailblazer look different than the new Blazer and has a smaller engine.
