Hummer EV

"Mine's bigger than yours" goes electric:

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Way over the top for most people, but this may serve as a gateway vehicle for promoting full EV.

Harry

After looking at the corporate videos for the thing I'd say that it's a pretty impressive vehicle, but it's expensive, at least for my budget. I went to their "reserve yours" site and the "Base" model is $74k and the top-o-the-line that they show in the vid is $114k. Too rich for my budget for sure. AND who in their right mind would spend that much cash on a vehicle and then actually use it as a (way) backwoods rock crawler as shown???

AND who in their right mind would spend that much cash on a vehicle and then actually use it as a (way) backwoods rock crawler as shown???

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Most likely the people that would buy a Land Rover.
OM

I was reading about tit in Overland Journal, quite the beast. It even has crab steering.

skibum69 said:

I was reading about tit in Overland Journal, quite the beast. It even has crab steering.

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Overland Journal is a real nice magazine
OM

ridesolo said:

After looking at the corporate videos for the thing I'd say that it's a pretty impressive vehicle, but it's expensive, at least for my budget. I went to their "reserve yours" site and the "Base" model is $74k and the top-o-the-line that they show in the vid is $114k. Too rich for my budget for sure. AND who in their right mind would spend that much cash on a vehicle and then actually use it as a (way) backwoods rock crawler as shown???

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Yes, but with that open bed, you can get a 1/2 ton load of 2B Limestone and, later, some pea gravel for that patio redo.

I remember Quadrasteer in 2002. It didn't sell so well.

junkjohn said:

I remember Quadrasteer in 2002. It didn't sell so well.

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Didn't Honda have something like that in a car?

36654 said:

Didn't Honda have something like that in a car?

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The Acura division had it in one of their sports models, a compact job that had very direct and responsive steering. Friends of mine owned one and quite liked the way it drove.

Best,
DeVern

Omega Man said:

Most likely the people that would buy a Land Rover.
OM

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I suppose, and there are some Rover buyers that are buying the image, but I suspect that by far more Land Rovers at any price will actually work for a living than the new Hummer EVs will.

I think an all electric vehicle should be applauded, not ridiculed actually. Yes it is expensive. Yes it is audacious. So were the first internal combustion engine equipped vehicles back two turns of the century ago. The times they are a changing, for sure. Hang on. It is going to be a wild ride.

PGlaves said:

I think an all electric vehicle should be applauded, not ridiculed actually. Yes it is expensive. Yes it is audacious. So were the first internal combustion engine equipped vehicles back two turns of the century ago. The times they are a changing, for sure. Hang on. It is going to be a wild ride.

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Applauded, certainly, and no ridicule intended by me. I love new technology and am very aware that as time goes by the technology will get better and better. For now, though, some people seem to forget that the electricity needed to charge those EVs has to come from somewhere, it doesn't just magically come out of an outlet in the wall. Most of the world's electricity is provided by burning coal, oil, or gas. Solar and wind are great ideas but. not "there" yet and hydro is fantastic but not available everywhere. For the commuter the EV may be great but for someone like me who pulls a 5th wheel trailer south every fall and north every spring it's going to be a very long time, if ever, before an EV is up to handling that task. Power-wise, sure a properly configured EV could handle the task, but how much of my time would be spent driving and how much re-charging? (And no, I'm not trying to get political or pro- or anti- environmental). If I were still a commuter I'd be looking at the EVs and hybrids pretty closely, I'm not stuck on burning dead dinosaurs forever!

Certainly not a Tesla Cybertruck...

Elon Musk's entry Cybertruck starts at $39.9K. The top of the line goes for $69.9K, or at least that's what some very minor Google searching came up with.

EV's are interesting, for sure.

The Hummer EV will be on my list when I win the lottery. Yep, I'll get one then.

I think different than the Quadra steer, I don't think the Quadra did crab?

36654 called it right- Honda had it first in the Prelude and called it AWS—All Wheel Steering.

GM introduced “Quadrasteer” in pickup trucks in 2002 but it wasn’t popular. Acura called it P-AWS (Precision All Wheel Steering) when they introduced their 2014 lineup. There’s a slew of manufacturers offering some k8nd of all-wheel steering now, including Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, Lamborghini, and Cadillac.

Let’s hope none of them transfer to MC engineering and try to bring us another Joan Claybrook Special.

DeVern

Electric truck

PGlaves said:

I think an all electric vehicle should be applauded, not ridiculed actually. Yes it is expensive. Yes it is audacious. So were the first internal combustion engine equipped vehicles back two turns of the century ago. The times they are a changing, for sure. Hang on. It is going to be a wild ride.

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I think they're getting there. The price will come down eventually. Based on what I see, and ONLY what I see on the video, it's come a long way. Not quite ready to trade in my diesel for towing the camper yet, but they are getting oh so close. The torque and horsepower numbers are really impressive, I am looking forward to that, electric is the way to go. Don't know what the weight is, the tail wagging the dog isn't such a nice feeling.

Jerry

jerryab9rj said:

I think they're getting there. The price will come down eventually. Based on what I see, and ONLY what I see on the video, it's come a long way. Not quite ready to trade in my diesel for towing the camper yet, but they are getting oh so close. The torque and horsepower numbers are really impressive, I am looking forward to that, electric is the way to go. Don't know what the weight is, the tail wagging the dog isn't such a nice feeling.

Jerry

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Down here in southwest Texas there could be a big market for electric 3/4 ton work trucks. Several but not too many miles a day, on the ranches. They need to be nice but not fancy at a price that competes with the Ford F250 or Chevrolet 2500 work trucks. Plug them in back at the headquarters or the line camp when the day's work is done. And they will be ready to go in the morning. I suspect this is true for a lot of ranch and farming country and for many other applications where the hauling ability is needed but the daily miles are minimal like say, for example, the typical local construction, plumbing, electrician, or HVAC business in an urban area.

GTRider said:

36654 called it right-

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It took me 60-yrs, but I finally got something right.........

I'm feeling ....... GOOD!