GMC has just provided us with our first good look at the upcoming Hummer EV pickup and SUV. A video was posted online previewing the two models that also happens to feature LeBron James. From clay sculptures to prototypes in various levels of completeness, GM is allowing the world a sneak preview of what’s to come.

A couple of the more revealing images come in silhouette photos of both the truck and SUV at the end of the video. The truck has a big four-door crew cab and an exceptionally small bed behind it. The angle from cab to bed is also notable. It’s not easy to see exactly what’s going on since it’s shrouded in darkness, but when we saw the Hummer pickup, it was rocking sail panels that resemble the ones on the truck we’re looking at.

The truck’s general shape is off-road oriented with squared-off, sharp lines tracing the entire silhouette. Its big, knobby tires and blocky wheels are clear indicators of what GM was aiming for with this electric pickup. As for the SUV, comparisons to the Ford Bronco four-door will be inevitable. If our eyes are picking up the scale of this photo correctly, though, the Hummer SUV appears to be a slightly larger vehicle than the four-door Bronco is. Although, the wheelbase for the SUV is shorter than that of the Hummer truck. That’ll help it off-road. Those small bumpers and short overhangs along with the bumper cutouts should be hugely beneficial to approach and departure angles, as well.


GMC’s shots of the Hummer in the studio are equally as revealing. We can see what looks to be an intense front skid plate and two big tow hooks. In addition to the off-road gear, GMC has allowed a look at the frunk. The front “grille” is one piece with the hood of the truck, so the whole assembly pulls up. That makes for what appears to be a very easy-to-load front trunk compared to other EVs that force you to lift items up and over the front of the car.

The whole removable roof assembly is exposed in this video, too. We can see the crossbars that the removable panels attach to and also what the truck looks like with the tops removed. The SUV appeared to have removable roof panels from our short glimpse of it in a studio awhile back.

Other new details GM mentioned in the video include Adrenaline Mode, Crab Mode and Next-Gen Super Cruise. We don’t know what Adrenaline Mode or Crab Mode do yet, but they’re certainly off-road modes that GM has designed specifically for this electric Hummer.

Finally, we got a reveal time: Fall 2020. GM will give us something more specific as the time approaches, but the wait won’t be long at this point. Once it’s revealed, GM says you’ll be able to reserve the Hummer online for delivery in fall 2021. That means we’re just a little over a year away from being able to drive the electric Hummer truck and SUV.

A trademark application has revealed yet another evolution of the logo expected to adorn GMC's new Hummer EV pickup truck, bringing back the big "H" badge utilized on the H2 and H3 model lines of the expanded SUV lineup's heyday.




The image included with the filing depicts a logo that should be familiar to Hummer fans (or really any American who left their house between 2003 and 2010), with "EV" supplanting the old numerical model indicator. The "Hummer" and "EV" typeface appears to be a direct lift from a filing that surfaced back in April.

This should provide some comfort to folks who are fans of the idea of a future-proofed, all-electric pickup, but want something that embodies the charisma and road presence of the models sold in Hummer's now-deceased, not-so-environmentally-spectacular incarnation. While we don't yet know really any details of the new all-electric SUV, we do know it will be sold via GMC dealers, meaning the revived nameplate will not bring the rest of the Hummer brand along with it.

We haven't really seen much of the new truck, save for teasers and hints here and there. Even the "reveal" back in June only gave us a vague, big-picture look at the truck's silhouette, and various companion images and videos have hinted at features such as a removable roof assembly.

The truck’s general shape is off-road oriented with squared-off, sharp lines tracing the entire silhouette. Its big, knobby tires and blocky wheels are clear indicators of what GM was aiming for with this electric pickup. As for the SUV, comparisons to the Ford Bronco four-door will be inevitable. If our eyes are picking up the scale of this photo correctly, though, the Hummer SUV appears to be a slightly larger vehicle than the four-door Bronco is. Although, the wheelbase for the SUV is shorter than that of the Hummer truck. That’ll help it off-road. Those small bumpers and short overhangs along with the bumper cutouts should be hugely beneficial to approach and departure angles, as well.

GMC’s shots of the Hummer in the studio are equally as revealing. We can see what looks to be an intense front skid plate and two big tow hooks. In addition to the off-road gear, GMC has allowed a look at the frunk. The front “grille” is one piece with the hood of the truck, so the whole assembly pulls up. That makes for what appears to be a very easy-to-load front trunk compared to other EVs that force you to lift items up and over the front of the car.

Since the new Hummer is effectively a mutt, we can look forward to seeing features from its sister brands, including the next-generation version of Cadillac's Super Cruise. We'll have to wait until the truck's formal unveiling in the fall, ahead of which we expect to start getting more concrete details from GM. GM says you’ll be able to reserve the Hummer online for delivery in fall 2021. That means we’re just a little over a year away from being able to drive the electric Hummer truck and SUV.

They say water signs are abnormally observant, intensely emotional, apt to get lost in thought, desiring of inclusivity, a bit on the mysterious side, and are limitless in their creative potential. Those born under the sign of the crab are summer babies, like me—born July 22nd. I don’t know what any of that has to do with Hummer, but apparently it’s a Cancer and proud of it. So proud that it has gone and tattooed it’s assumed Zodiac sign right into its logo.

GMC tweeted on Thursday this new logo with the tagline “Real revolutionaries forge their own direction.” There’s no way of knowing what that means, mostly because it’s meaningless. Some have posited that this is the as-yet-unannounced but totally “leaked” Crab Mode that the Hummer EV will be able to access. Nobody knows yet what Crab Mode will do, but the assumption is that the Hummer EV will be able to turn its wheels in opposite directions to crab left or right in an effort to make it more versatile off-road.

If GMC is willing to completely brand this vehicle on this one piece of marginally useful and unproven tech, then it must be pretty great. I don’t know that I’ve seen a crab-branded car before, so we can add that one to the list. I guess it makes sense in that it’s hard on the outside and soft on the inside? And it has pincers to defend itself from predators and grasp unsuspecting prey?

We won’t know for sure that the Hummer EV doesn’t have a thick mineralized chitin exoskeleton and a pair of defensive chelae protrusions until it officially drops later this fall. Of course, even once we’ve seen the thing in the white buttery flesh, you still won’t be able to purchase one from a dealer showroom for an additional year.

If you were hoping to get crabs with your Hummer, it’ll still be a while before they come. *sigh*

The 2022 GMC Hummer EV has finally been revealed, and it certainly looks the part. It has chunky, squared-off styling, big tires pushed to the edges, and a towering fascia. But it’s not a case of form over function. On the contrary, the Hummer EV is has some pretty wicked technology and gear under the skin.

The first version of the Hummer EV that will be available is the tricked-out Edition 1. It features three electric motors, which allows for torque vectoring. These motors make 1,000 horsepower, though GMC still hasn’t given real-world torque numbers. The motors are fed by a 24-module Ultium battery pack. The pack can provide an estimated 350 miles or more of range.

Not only that, but it supports 800-volt fast charging up to 350 kW. That’s comparable to Porsche’s charging system, and GMC says it can add an extra 100 miles of range in just 10 minutes. Later, a two-motor Hummer EV and a three-motor version without torque vectoring.

The Hummer EV rides on fully independent suspension with adaptive air shocks. They can provide continuous damping adjustments for comfort, and have a height adjustment range of 6 inches. When set in its max-height off-road mode, it has two additional inches of ground clearance, and the "Extract Mode" will lift it six inches higher than default. The Edition 1 model also comes with standard 35-inch mud terrain tires, and combined with the suspension, the Hummer EV has a fording depth of 2 feet and the capability to climb over an 18-inch vertical obstacle.

The 2022 GMC Hummer EV has finally been revealed, and it certainly looks the part. It has chunky, squared-off styling, big tires pushed to the edges, and a towering fascia. But it’s not a case of form over function. On the contrary, the Hummer EV is has some pretty wicked technology and gear under the skin. Read more at Autoblog.com.

Owners will be able to easily add more clearance since GMC made the wheel arches large enough to accommodate aftermarket 37-inch tires. Additional off-road goodies include skid plates along the chassis, rock sliders, the previously covered four-wheel steering with Crab Mode diagonal driving, and 18 camera views including angles under the truck for getting over rocks. Those cameras feature sprayers, too to keep them clean. Detailed information on torque output, torque vectoring, tire pressure, vehicle angles and more are also displayed on the infotainment screen.

Speaking of that infotainment screen, it’s a massive 13.4 inches and is paired with a 12.3-inch instrument display. They feature proudly in a squared-off, rugged-looking interior. The Hummer EV will get the latest version of Super Cruise, complete with automatic lane-changing. The Edition 1 gets the removable roof panels as standard, and those roof panels are clear, so you can still get some sun with them in place. Those panels are all stowable in the front cargo area.

As with the GMC Sierra Denali, the Hummer EV gets the MultiPro tailgate that has a flip down step and multiple closed positions for different purposes.

GMC is taking orders for the Hummer EV Edition 1 right now, but there will be a wait for it. Production begins late next year. It starts at $112,595.

In fall 2022, following the Edition 1 rollout, will be the regular top trim starting at $99,995.

In spring 2023, we’ll get a mid-level trim that has three motors, air suspension and four-wheel steering, but no torque vectoring. That one will start at $89,995.

Eventually, there will be the base two-motor Hummer EV that will do without the torque vectoring, air suspension and four-wheel steering. It will start at $79,995. It doesn’t come out until spring 2024, though.

The 2022 GMC Hummer EV truck debuted Tuesday with 1,000 horsepower and up to 350 miles of range. It marks the return of the Hummer name after a decade-long absence and is the most ambitious electric vehicle General Motors has attempted. Here are three quick takes.

This is how major vehicles will be revealed going forward
The unveiling during Game 1 of the World Series on Fox and during The Voice on NBC could only have been bigger if done during the Super Bowl. A two-network debut complete with LeBron James providing voiceover for the commercial. On Fox, World Series play-play man Joe Buck neatly set up the spot and told millions of viewers that the order bank was now open. Then the Hummer debuted in what looked like a cut from the next Transformers movie.
OK, this is not how every major car will be revealed, but the direct-to-consumer, as-many-eyeballs-as-possible, made-for-TV (or social media) event will be a key strategy going forward. In the last few months, the Detroit, Los Angeles and New York auto shows have all played leapfrog with dates, confusing many observers. The pandemic has obviously exacerbated the decline of auto shows, but if you’re an automaker, why share the spotlight in a convention hall? Most car reveals won’t be network TV spectacles, like the Hummer, but streaming services and other platforms will make a lot more sense than traditional means as companies compete for new buyers.

This is how the Tesla Cybertruck should have looked
Most would say the Hummer is pretty cool looking. The headlights, the grille, the blocky fenders and huge wheels — yeah, this looks straight out of central casting. It’s what you expected the reborn Hummer to look like, nominally now in the service of the GMC brand. Tesla made the Cybertruck a bit too crazy. Sure, it’s attention-getting. But look at the Tesla. No one can objectively say the Cybertruck is aesthetically pleasing, from the shape to the features. It’s out-of-step with the graceful Model S and Model 3 sedans. The Hummer is futuristic, has interesting elements — like underbody cameras for off-roading and a T-top — and a massive presence. It doesn’t need to do more. The addition of Super Cruise technology, however, is a nice touch.

GM is serious about EVs
The Hummer leads a blitz of EVs from GM, which is quietly yet ambitiously laying out an electric future. The company is retooling three factories to build electric vehicles as part of a $2 billion plan to upgrade its North American operations. Cadillac’s future, anchored by the Lyriq crossover, will lean heavily electric, and the company promises other EVs across its portfolio. Underscoring this, GM is developing its own new electric propulsion system, Ultium Drive, and its own battery cells. With Daimler, Volkswagen, Ford and many others investing heavily in EVs, GM is showing it’s not going to sit idly by.

The AM General HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle), or Humvee, was developed for the Military in the 1980s and became an iconic fixture in the U.S. as General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. rolled through the Iraq desert in one during the early 1990s Gulf War. Before we knew it, Arnold Schwarzenegger had one and GM bought naming rights and built the H2 from the Tahoe/Suburban platform, exuding exorbitant machismo and burning copious hydrocarbons.

Those days are long gone.

GM’s Hummer H2 last rolled down production lines in 2009 and the name synonymous with excess slowly disappeared into the horizon, sweating under the undeniably warming climate. And now the Hummer is back. GM rebirthed the Hummer name, this time as a GMC model rather than a brand. And it will emit exactly zero hydrocarbons into the air. GM thinks of it kind of like America’s first journey to the moon. You know—kind of a big deal.

Three electric motors and a floor full of batteries replace the big V8 and gas tank. Two of the three motors are mounted at the rear axle, both in the center, placed in such a way so they're somewhat similar to a differential, with half-shafts out to the wheels. The third motor mounts in the center of the front axle. All three are about the same size and produce more or less 380 lb-ft of torque.

Before heading to the wheels, the front motor spins a single drive down gear with a 13.1:1 ratio gear and an electronically locking front differential. The rear motors spin 10:1 gears and, because each wheel has a motor, it has no diff. But through software, the drive can mimic a locking diff with torque vectoring or an open diff or whatever it wants.

And while GM’s claim of 11,500 lb-ft of torque is a bit silly, as it's wheel torque, which is inflated compared to what we’re used to seeing, it’s more legitimate than you might think. Because you have one-speed gears, that’s the torque you have at all times. In multiple gear transmissions, you have big torque in first gear, lower in second, and so on and so forth. Regardless, total torque from the motors is still impressive. GM claims between 1,000 and 1,100 lb-ft before it reaches the torque multiplying transmissions.

Providing the necessary electrons to produce the aforementioned torque is a huge battery stored under the floor. While GM did not reveal Kwh battery pack size, the pack is made up of 24 modules claimed to give a 350-mile driving range. GM took clever packaging and wiring harness efficiencies learned from the Chevrolet Bolt and implemented them here, including a wireless battery management system. Doing it this way simplifies reconfiguring and resizing the battery pack without changing wiring harnesses. Future, less expensive Hummer EVs with smaller packs have the Bolt to thank.

But the Hummer EV goes beyond Bolt in many ways, including charging capability. GM claims charging the Hummer EV from 20 to 80 percent charge on a level two, 220 volt, system takes about 30 hours. But the pack is wired such that it’s two 12-module packs, each at 400 volts, running parallel. The system can then switch to run in series, making it an 800 volt system that can accept a 350 kw charge, the fastest currently available. GM claims you can get another 100 miles of range in 10 minutes that way.

Holding the battery in place is a big metal box also functioning as the core of the Hummer EV frame. Think of it like a steel sandwich, two rectangular plates at the top and bottom supported by vertical rods throughout. From there, sub-frames are mounted and the body is attached. But the body also incorporates structure, like a modern unit construction platform. It’s all very complex. It’s also very stiff, according to GM. And despite using several grades of high-strength steels and other “light weighting” materials, it’s going to be heavy.

With the platform, GMC installed a four-wheel independent suspension with control-arms used on both axles. Among other things, this allows for an impressive 13-inches of wheel travel. GMC then added air springs that can adjust ride by nearly eight inches. From standard ride height, the Hummer EV can drop two inches for ingress/egress and “Watts to Freedom” launch control. It also lifts two inches above standard ride height for off-road and terrain mode. GMC has also what is called extract mode, which lifts an additional four inches or six inches from standard, to help clear some gnarly terrain. Extract mode is low speed only.

If you’d rather go around instead of over something, the Hummer EV also has the most articulate rear axle steering we’ve seen, with 10 degrees of wheel movement that can operate in the same or opposite direction as the front steering. That means despite having a footprint similar to a Cadillac Escalade, it has a turning circle of a bit more than 37 feet. More like a Chevrolet Sonic.

Long story short, the GMC Hummer EV is a technological gauntlet thrown down at the other automakers. GM claims 0 to 60 mph goes by in three seconds when using its aptly named Watts to Freedom launch control. The Hummer can also handle stage 4 Moab trails, run in the desert like a Ford Raptor, and recharge like a Porsche Taycan. Oh, and it’s a convertible. Oh and full of other tech tricks.

But it’s really even more than that. GM claims the Hummer EV is being developed largely virtually, using computer aided engineering and heavy work on simulators, and that it’s being done more than two-years faster than typical development cycles. If GM pulls this off, this is nothing less than the future of the automotive industry.
Let that soak in. Wow. Moonshot indeed.

When the 2022 GMC Hummer EV was revealed, GMC noted that there would be lower trims available. The company has since provided a few more details on those lower trims, which is helpful to know now that the only trim on sale next year, the Edition 1, was sold out in a scant 10 minutes. However, it's going to be a long time before they're all available.

The entry-level GMC Hummer EV is the EV2. This is the model that will start at $79,995, and unlike the Edition 1, it gets just two motors, one for each end of the truck, each with electronically locking differentials. Output is down to 625 horsepower and a torque rating of 7,400 pound-feet. Note that this and all other reported torque numbers are after the torque multiplication by the single-speed transmissions, hence the extremely high numbers. The company hasn't given torque numbers at the motors, which would be more comparable to other electric cars. Range is also reduced to 250 miles, probably due to a smaller battery pack. Fast charging is also restricted to 400-volt charging, so it won't be as fast as the higher trim models. The removable roof panels, retractable rear window, MultiPro tailgate, Super Cruise and 35-inch tires are standard. This model only gets fixed steel suspension and two-wheel steering. The EV2 will be the last of the trim levels to go on sale, with a target of spring 2024. Yes, as in 3.5 years from now.

The next level is the EV2X, which will be available a year earlier in the spring of 2023. It gets the same powertrain as the EV2, but adds 800-volt fast charging and a 300-mile range. It also gets the adaptive air suspension and four-wheel steering, plus the associated party tricks of Crab Mode and Extract Mode. This model costs $89,995.

The earliest Hummer EV that isn't an Edition 1 and therefore not yet sold out will be the EV3X, the entry-level three-motor model. It goes on sale in the fall of 2022 at a price of $99,995. It's not quite as potent as the Edition 1, though, with an output of 800 horsepower and 9,500 pound-feet of torque. It also lacks the "Watts to Freedom (WTF)" launch control feature. But it does get torque-vectoring with the dual rear motors, which can also lock their speeds to be equal like with the mechanical locking differential at the front. The EV3X's range is 300 miles like the EV2X.

As for the Edition 1, it started $112,595 before it was sold out. Customers are to expect them in fall 2021. It has transparent roof panels, a 350-mile range, launch control and the headline-grabbing output of 1,000 horsepower and 11,500 pound-feet of torque (again, with the aforementioned torque figure caveat). GMC hasn't said whether there will be additional examples offered later, or an equivalent trim. We're expecting many of the Edition 1 features will at least be available as options on the EV3X.