GMC offers the Hummer EV in both SUV and pickup versions and delivers several versions with various powertrain systems. This massive beast is capable, opulent, and carries the Hummer name proudly while being completely different from the H2s and H3s of old. Using a massive battery pack, this GMC can travel for up to 381 miles on a single full charge.

Here are some things you’ll want to know about the GMC Hummer EV.

This is a massive beast

The battery pack in the Hummer EV models weighs as much as a Honda Civic. This massive battery tips the scales at nearly 3,000 pounds, but that’s not even half the weight of this big vehicle. The heaviest version of this GMC is the pickup truck model at the Edition 1 trim, which comes in at 9,640 pounds. The SUV version is a little lighter at 8,900 pounds. That means the Hummer EV could be a Class 3 medium-duty truck based on this curb weight.

Incredible size and road presence

The GMC Hummer EV is extremely wide, which gives it the road presence that you’ll see with this big vehicle. The Hummer name has always been associated with massive vehicles, some of which were too massive for their own good. The new electric versions of these vehicles are the new definition of excess. Still, the Hummer EV isn’t larger than every gas-powered SUV or truck in the market, but it’s pretty darn close.

The Hummer EV proves what an EV can do

This massive electric truck and SUV pair aren’t made to be extremely eco-friendly and green, but they only use electricity to power the motors. Instead of being one of the greenest vehicles in the world, this massive GMC is more of a showcase vehicle than anything else. It shows off what EVs can do by using one of the largest battery packs in the market and offering drivers several amazing features that make it more fun to drive and enjoy. This show-stopper is a lot of fun to see on and off the road.

This EV is inefficient

Yes, the GMC Hummer EV is a fully electric vehicle, but that doesn’t make it efficient. It takes a lot more electricity to charge the batteries in this EV than three smaller models. The batteries are massive at 246.8-kWh, which is more than three 82-kWh batteries for the Tesla Model 3 Long Range AWD. The driving range is impressive, but that doesn’t make the Hummer EV efficient. Still, this massive EV is something to admire, and it can handle nearly every situation.

This massive EV has some really cool features

GMC didn’t simply build a massive version of the Yukon and give it a retired name. Instead, they gave this amazing EV lots of great features. The Hummer EV has several surprises in store for drivers. Here are a few of them:

Watts to Freedom

The Watts to Freedom feature is the launch control system that allows this massive EV to use all of its power at once during a rocket-fast acceleration from 0 to 60 mph. This big SUV can hit this market in 3.5 seconds or less, which makes it faster than some sports cars.

CrabWalk

GMC created the Hummer EV to be an incredible off-road vehicle. The addition of the CrabWalk feature makes it much easier to travel at angles around various obstacles on the trails. This feature turns the rear wheels to allow the vehicle to drive at angles to move around obstacles on the trails.

Extract Mode

Some vehicles are built to be high off the ground, and this big GMC electric vehicle is one of them. Of course, some obstacles still might be too big for the Hummer EV at its normal height. The Extract Mode allows the driver to raise the height by six inches using the air suspension, which allows this massive vehicle to travel over taller obstacles in its path.

Extreme Off-Road Package

Adding the Extreme Off-Road Package to this big vehicle gives it more capability on the trails, which ensures it can tackle most of the terrain it might face. This package has 18-inch wheels, 35-inch mud terrain tires, a front e-locker, rear virtual locker, five skid plates, and rock sliders with built-in steps.

The GMC Hummer EV is an incredible electric vehicle, built to be the excessive vehicle that shows what EVs can do.

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