Outfitted with the full range of electric propulsion and off-road goodies, the 2022 GMC Hummer EV shows the full capability of GM’s future EVs.
Gas prices are rising and there's a modern Hummer in town, though wisely this time it's electric.Motor Authority
I drove the Hummer EV Edition 1 through a series of exercises and sat in the passenger seat as an engineer demonstrated the Watts To Freedom mode that unlocks the power to catapult a truck that weighs more than 9,000 lb from 0-60 mph in about three seconds.Exercise 1: Drive on a gravel track The Edition 1 uses three motors—two in the back and one in the front—to deliver what is expected to be more than 350 miles of driving range. Each of the motors makes 255 kw or 341 hp to arrive at 1,000 hp and 1,200 lb-ft of torque. Two lesser motors will be offered in the Ultium range, making 241 hp and 83 hp.
A left-hand turn on the gravel road also gave me the chance to goose the throttle and let the truck drift through the turn. No problem. The immediate torque works like a clutch kick to help induce a drift.Exercise 2: Crab Walk The Hummer EV Edition 1 comes standard with a four-corner air suspension and adaptive dampers. The air suspension raises the truck 1.8 inches from its standard 10.1 inches of ground clearance in Terrain mode and can raise it all the way to 15.9 inches in an Extract mode. It can also lower the suspension 3.5 inches.
Hummer didn’t have me test Extract mode, which works up to 12 mph. It will help pull the tires out of muck and clear larger obstacles. GMC says the Hummer EV will be able to drive through more than 28 inches of standing water in Terrain mode and 32 inches in Extract mode, and scale an 18-inch vertical obstacle.Exercise 4: Ride and handling
Cornering wasn’t nearly as impressive. Physics simply conspired to keep the Hummer EV from being any fun in corners. At more than 9,000 lb, and riding 10.1 inches off the road on tires with a chunky tread pattern, the truck wanted to lean, push, and slide in the few turns I experienced. With more traction on pavement than gravel, the truck also leaned rearward and the hood rose during hard acceleration. That type of movement could be better controlled.
We’ll test Watts To Freedom for ourselves when we get behind the wheel, likely early next year. That will give us a feel for the power from behind the wheel and for the handling with the ride height lowered.
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