The dream off-roader of all 90’s people is here after a decade with hefty makeovers. Yes, the General Motor Company’s off road weapon Hummer H2 which went to extinction on 2010 has now evolved as Hummer EV for 2022. Almost over a decade after its extinction – GMC engineers have been pouring their efforts to mold out a sensible off-roader with jaw-dropping design and technologies.
The road to electrification of future automobiles has already been on a bullet train’s pace since the appearance of TESLA Motors on the western hemisphere. Now after most sophisticated design and technology reveal of Tesla’s Cybertruck, half the world went crazy on accepting its futuristic design. Settling over this issue GMC has revealed its vengeful competitor loaded with features and amusing technologies.
The Next generation electric powertrain has not changed Hummer’s natural habitat and its pure purpose. 3 electric motors powered by the under floored battery pack juices out 1000 horsepower and a dubious 11, 500 lb-ft of torque when the tires reach the road. This makes 0-60mph in just 3.0 sec, well we can’t even imagine to watch its pickup with these kind of out of the world performance specifications. Most notably the battery pack is arranged in a 24 pack stack module in the base of the car which will trail you along until 560 Kms in a single full charge. The 800v battery management system can charge at a speed of 350Kw on a DC fast charger.
The tough rugged exterior design is universally unique and incomparable to any of the cars in this world and yes, not a bit. The electric giant comes alive with the expressive headlight bar when under charging exaggerating its state of art.
The purposefully Engineered 35 inch tires at a wrangler territory glimpses an optimal balance of on and off-road performance and for those who demand more, Hummer EV is providing options till 37 inch tires. The wide box flares on the front and rear fenders provide plenty of clearance and still rooms for 37″ when you are so much inclined. The Ultra vision with underbody cameras hiding in 18 places provides real-time views to help you pick the best line along the trail. In addition, those hiding cameras include wash function and replaceable lens protectors. While all those hidden cameras need protection during extreme off-road conditions the Hummer EV protects the underbody utilizing sturdy steel plates and shields around the differential and battery pack acts as a underbody armor.
The front hood bay where the engine use to be, now has enough space to stack your detachable roof panels and make your car a open theatre for star studded skies at night time. Opening the door to peep in takes you to a trip on luxury seats and panels gluing the taste of moon colors poured over them. Remembering the GM’s support and connection to NASA on designing the moon rover, the interior of the hummer shows moon inspired touches – such as moon-boot footprint on the dead pedal and speaker grills show the sea of tranquility.
A large 13.4 inch display in the centre serves as the infotainment theater and there’s also plenty of room for a 12.3 inch fully digital instrument panel as well. A cluster of connectivity features available as standard, including Apple car play/ Android Auto capability , a wi-fi hotspot and GM’s onstar telematics system. Are these features not enough? well we got your mind voice and here we go for main features.
Jaw-dropping features:
1. The crabwalk – Weird isn’t it? But this is putting science on the easiest way to understand – The crabwalk is a setting which utilizes 4-wheel steering and can turn up the rear wheels to 10 degrees on either directions which will technically allow your car to drive diagonally at low speeds skipping transverse tight trails like a boss.
2. The Extract mode – So let’s say you struck up on getting over a tough spot in the middle of the rocky terrains, here were extract mode comes handy. This first of its kind Extract mode will activate its adaptive air suspension to raise upto 6 inches upwards to get past tough obstacles.
3. Super Cruise – We would have heard about cruise control and several other driver assistance safety systems but this one is not that kind of whatever it is. The super cruise mode will change your Hummer EV as a Robocop for moments it is activated – Offering the technology of Hands free driving and lane changing for more than miles you could imagine only for the roads available on maps.
Isn’t all these cool stuffs and technologies amazing enough to blow your mind? Okay, we understand you and finally let you know about the least known facts to cool off your mind and imagine your drive on the Hummer EV.
The Hummer EV will be released in 4 variants notably – Edition 1, Hummer EV2, Hummer EV2x, Hummer EV3x where each one differs its specifications and features based on its price. The GMC hummer is only set to floor on production in 2021 starting with the edition 1 and followed by the release of other variants from 2022, 23 and 24. The Auto giant General Motors have not shown any intentions of India returns and thus making it clear for the shattered clouds of production plans of Hummer EV in India.
For more Instant and amazing graphic portrayals of Hummer EV pls visit the below link:
https://www.gmc.com/electric-truck/hummer-ev
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Siva Sankar (Cva)