![]() Under new CEO Jim Hackett, that is changing fast. The blue-oval company has lagged in battery-electric vehicles for a decade. If you’re fitting a battery over 100 kWh, that means a high price-and, consequently, low volumes. Reuss said confidently that every EV coming off the lines in Hamtramck would be profitable for GM. Pricing hasn’t been released, but it’s safe to assume it will be high. The GMC Hummer EV SUT should be available at GMC dealers before the end of 2021. That will pay for retooling Hamtramck to produce only EVs, as well as GM’s share of a joint venture with cell-maker LG Chem to build an entire cell factory in Ohio to supply it. GM is starting to discuss its future EV plans more openly, and while much of that has to do with boosting its stock price-and there are reasons to be openly skeptical-the company has committed $5 billion to electrification efforts. ![]() This one seems pretty likely to make its way to dealerships. For the rest, we’ll have to wait for the formal introduction, which is scheduled for Detroit this May. An ad for the Hummer EV that was aired during the 2020 Super Bowl touted 0-60 acceleration of about 3 seconds, and total output of 1,000 hp (750 kW). ![]() GM President Mark Reuss said battery pack capacities for GM’s new global electric-car skateboard architecture would range from 50 to 200 kWh. One corresponds to the old H2 SUV, the other is much like the H2 SUT, or Sport Utility Truck, with butch looks, four doors, and a very short open bed. Reporters were shown two future electric Hummer prototypes. This time, Hummer is not its own brand, but a model line within the profitable GMC luxury truck brand. ![]() The company says it has taken 250,000 reservations for the truck. Tesla cites a payload of 3,500 pounds and towing capability up to 14,000 pounds. Tesla says its top-end Cybertruck, which was unveiled in November 2019, will have a range of 500 miles, use 3 motors and active suspension, and deliver 0-to-60-mph acceleration in less than 3 seconds. If the company’s claims are to be believed, it accomplishes all that. It had to be as aerodynamic as possible, and sturdier than the toughest, existing “Built Ford Tough” or “Like a Rock” pickups, and it needed to garner enough attention to market itself. Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen, who created the timeless lines of the Model S, set out to reinvent the idea of a pickup truck for a new electric era. It’s hyperaggressive, entirely angular, wedge-shaped rather than three-box, and generally looks more like a dystopian-movie prop than a proper pickup truck.īut there’s method in Tesla’s madness. Given the global economic slowdown resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, we expect some of it to change-perhaps including launch delays or withdrawals by startup manufacturers.īy far the most jaw-dropping among EV pickup designs, the Cybertruck completely redefines the traditional notion of what a truck looks like. NOTE: The information in this article was current as of April 2020. The list ends with startup makers planning to launch their first-ever production vehicles. We’ve ranked them in rough order of prominence and the likelihood of production, starting with established makers that have produced hundreds of thousands of vehicles or more. What follows is a list of battery-electric pickup models expected to go on sale in the US over the next two to three years. ![]() While a few are marketed as crossover utility vehicles, none have been the full-size pickup trucks that make up a huge and very profitable segment of US vehicle sales. Over the first 10 years of their existence, most modern battery-electric cars have been compact hatchbacks or Teslas. Posted by John Voelcker & filed under Features, Vehicle Features. ![]()
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