A new mid-size electric Hummer could soon sign up for the lineup in North America, according to a leaked report in the United States.
According to Bloomberg, General Motors plans to expand a smaller Hummer pickup truck to sell alongside the existing model, opening the door for the Hummer logo to be exported to more foreign markets.
While the vehicle is meant to be a design concept right now, the smaller Hummer would give GM a chance to compete with an electric Ford Ranger Lightning in the U. S. It is in the U. S. and Australia, as well as with other promised electric pickups like the Tesla Cybertruck.
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A spokesman for the company’s GMC department declined to comment on Bloomberg’s report.
GM has already introduced several models under the Hummer brand. The original and iconic Hummer, the civilian edition of the Humvee army truck, manufactured between 1992 and 2002, eventually spawned the Hummer H2 (2002-2009), but the smaller Hummer H3. which he sold in Australia through Holden in 2007 and 2008.
Powered through a 3. 7-litre five-cylinder petrol engine generating 180 kW and 328 Nm, the Hummer H3 featured low-range all-wheel drive and the option of either a five-speed manual or a four-speed automatic.
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While the U. S. auto giant While the U. S. has yet to verify if there’s a midsize Hummer in development, it’s conceivable that the vehicle could run on GM’s BEV2 EV EV electric vehicle architecture, the same platform that underpins the Chevrolet Blazer EV, Chevrolet Equinox EV, Cadillac Celestiq, and the upcoming Honda Prologue.
Like the existing GMC Hummer EV pickup and SUV, the smaller styling would likely offer all-wheel drive and wonderful performance.
The Hummer on sale in the U. S. The US now has 746 kW and an estimated torque of between 1485 Nm and 2033 Nm from its 3 electric motors, enough to send the 4100 kg van to 100 km/h from a stop in 3. 1 seconds.
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