⁍ The GMC website showed a ‘reservations full’ banner over the Hummer EV ‘Edition 1,’ due to start production in the fall of 2021.
⁍ The next version of the truck, the $99,995 Hummer EV 3X, is not scheduled to begin production until the fall of 2022.
⁍ GM is taking orders on its website, and Aldred said the company’s intent is to offer no-haggle prices.
– General Motors says it has sold out the first year’s worth of its new Hummer EV electric pickup truck, which was unveiled Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The next version, the $99,995 Hummer EV 3X, is not scheduled to begin production until the fall of 2022, Reuters reports. The Hummer EV was designed and engineered in 18 months, GM officials said during a presentation Wednesday. The brawny truck can ‘crab walk’ sideways on rough terrain using its four-wheel steering system, and has a ‘Watts to Freedom’ mode that accelerates the truck to 60 miles per hour in 3 seconds. The Hummer EV is in part a response to Tesla’s Cybertruck, which has a very different but equally eye-grabbing design and a bevy of extreme performance features. The Cybertruck’s starting price is $39,900, though a model with 500 miles of range starts at $69,900. The head of GM’s GMC division, Duncan Aldred, said about half the brand’s dealers have agreed to sell the Hummer EV lineup. GM is taking orders on its website, and Aldred said the company’s intent is to offer no-haggle prices. High-performance electric pickup trucks could be a crowded niche in the US market, with eight companies promising to launch models by the end of 2021. Ford Motor Co is promising an electric version of its F-series pickup, though Ford has said its electric pickup will be aimed at customers who want to use the truck for work.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-electric-hummer/gm-sells-out-first-year-of-electric-hummer-production-idUSKBN27639J