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Today I'm going to tell you everything you need to know about the all-new electric GMC
Hummer EV. Let's get started.
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So I've been driving trucks my whole life. Trucks can go more places than cars can and
do more things than cars can. And anytime a new electric truck comes out I get super
excited. This is the all electric Hummer EV from GMC. This video is not sponsored by the
way. They did bring me out to get a first look. We know that electric vehicles are the
future, and it's super interesting that Hummer, of all people, is one of the first to jump
on board, because environmentally friendly and Hummer haven't previously been used in
the same sentence before.
So the reason I like electric vehicles so much is because the sheer power and torque
is always automatically there the instant you need it. Let's start with the aesthetics
though. So right off the bat with the Hummer EV I can see design elements taken from the
H2 as well as the original military Humvee's. But we'll just do a quick little walk around.
So we get the center lights up here. We get the driving lights right there, along with
these shackles down here in the front.
If you remember from back when they used the military Humvee, the shackles were used to
carry the trucks from helicopters so they were built for some pretty extreme situations.
The Edition 1 of the Hummer EV is going to start shipping in 2022. It will ship with
35 inch tires. But they can accommodate for 37s, which is the same size that the military
Humvee had. And like any electric vehicle, there are cameras all over the place. Like
here in the mirror there are some underneath to help with off-roading, as well as in the
tailgate, the front by the hood, and here, so you can watch the stuff in the bed.
There are 4 doors and one of my favorite things is that each of these roof panels inside can
come off of the truck and have a totally open air environment inside. We'll check out the
interior in a minute, but this back window also drops down, cuz nothing's better than
off-roading and having the wind run through your hair. All of those panels can actually
fit right here inside the frunk. They stack on top of each other so they are out of the
way. And if, you know, it starts raining or something like that, you have the roof of
the truck instantly available to put right back on. And strangely enough there's actually
3 windshield wipers for the windshield.
Coming around here to the bed since we know trucks are the most useful vehicles. This
right here is the tail light so it has kind of like the “H” shape inside for the Hummer.
And then we have the Hummer EV stamp there in the center. This is a 5 foot bed and the
tailgate has some dual functionality with the step, as well as slots for the speakers
for the off-roading parties. It also has the tow package. But one of the coolest things,
if you look in the reflection of the light below the super truck, you can see the body
armor. And that body armor underneath the truck just protects it against rocks and damage
while you're off-roading Another cool thing to go along with the convertible design is
that each of the 4 tires on this thing are air suspension. They are fully adjustable.
Let's go inside of this wheel well right here. You can see this massive air canister right
there. And what the air suspension does is from this stance right here it can go up an
additional 6 inches for a total of 16 inches of ground clearance from the ground to the
bottom of the chassis. And not only that, which is fantastic for off-roading, but each
of the tires can turn independently. So the front and rear tires can angle the same direction,
or they can be angled opposite directions for super tight turning radius. When they
are angled the same direction they call it “crab mode” because you're moving the
whole vehicle diagonally.
But if you're watching this video, you probably don't care as much what the truck looks like,
you're probably more interested in what it's capable of and how it works. So let's go over
here. So behind me is a cutaway of the Hummer EV and it shows the front motor, the battery
and the rear motors so we can get a better look. So one thing that GM has going for them
is that they've been making trucks for over 100 years. They've actually sold over 85 million
trucks. So they kind of know what they are doing when it comes to heavy duty vehicles.
Now the suspension is one of the coolest parts of this. I'll get to the battery in a second,
but this is one of the air ride canisters that go up and down. And the up and down travel
is so much that the half shaft as well has to expand and contract to accommodate for
that lift change. It makes a little more sense when you can see it.
I have an extra half shaft right here. This is the part that goes into the knuckle inside
of the tire. And then this portion right here is where the half shaft can expand and contract
depending on how high or low the air ride suspension is. This thing's a beast. And the
air ride suspension isn't just about ground clearance. I mean, that's what I'm going to
use it for, but it's also about just how the vehicle drives. It can adjust itself over
500 times a second. Those 500 times a second is all about the road conditions, the weather,
how hard it's turning...there's a lot of calculations that go into an electric vehicle.
Speaking of which, let's talk about the battery. So like a lot of other electric vehicles,
the battery pack is in the bottom of the frame to help with the center of gravity since battery
packs weigh quite a bit. But you might have noticed that this battery pack is actually
double stacked. There are 12 batteries in a layer on top, and 12 batteries in a layer
right below it. The cells inside of these modules are actually pouch style, made by
GM and LG right here in America. But that's not all. You might have noticed the high voltage
lines running to the front motor, as well as the rear motor, which we'll get to in a
second. But there are no wires running inside of the battery modules themselves. It'll still
have the high voltage lines of course, but not the rats nest of other smaller wires.
And that's because each of these battery modules are wireless. There's no need for any extra
wires to communicate with the car's computer, which streamlines the manufacturing and the
repair process.
Another thing at the bottom of these modules is a metal plate that can be used to heat
and cool the batteries. Liquid can run through those plates, hot or cold liquid, to keep
the batteries at the optimum temperature. Batteries are kind of like humans and they
like to be in the same temperature range that we do. Internally the motor's operate on a
400 volt system that charges at 800 volt, but we'll get to that in a second.
This is the rear motor, and as we can see there are two high voltage lines going to
each half, and that's because one of these motors drives the left wheel and one of them
drives the right wheel. And because there are two motors back here you get way more
control. Imagine for a second you are in a regular gas powered vehicle and your vehicle
was tipped while you're off-roading so one tire's off the ground. It's just going to
spin and spin if there's not a rear locker. So with GM having two motors back here, the
Hummer EV always has power to both wheels no matter what.
So inside the Hummer EV, there are over 200 kilowatt hours of energy, which equates to
about 350 miles. Now it's a 400 volt system inside of the EV that's powering both the
motors, but the Hummer EV can charge at over 800 volts, which equates to 350 kilowatts
of charging. Right here in this little port. Basically, you never have to go to a gas station
again with the electric vehicle.
Now most people, just like you would charge up your cell phone at night, have a charger
at their house. So you plug it in at night, the car's full the next morning and you're
ready to go. So if you're looking at the battery chassis over here at the base of the vehicle,
all of that is going to be right here where the step plate is. So this portion right here
is going to be the battery, and then the rest of it where humans sit is going to be right
above that. There's already a charging network of 68000 chargers spread out all over the
United States. So road trips are still an option with the Hummer. And if you visit one
of the chargers that can do 800 volt charging, it'll replace about 100 miles of battery in
10 minutes.
So we've covered the batteries and we've covered the exterior, now it's time to see what it
looks like on the inside. So inside the Hummer EV they've taken more kind of like a rugged
approach to the interior. We've taken all 4 roof panels off for the exterior driving.
Remember the back window can come down as well. And there's two toned colors to all
the seats with the Hummer EV logo inlaid in the center.
An Easter egg that you might not catch right off the bat is they've drawn a topographical
map of the Sea of Tranquility, which is on the moon, where the Moon Lander landed. I'd
be willing to bet the Hummer EV would also work on the moon, but there's only one way
to find out. It's cool they would take something as futuristic as an electric vehicle and kind
of pair it up with a lunar lander. Same thing with this foot plate right here. It's the
exact same footprint that we found on the moon. And when I say found on the moon, I
mean we put it on the moon.
Back here in the back we have another three seats. Same Hummer EV logo. The back head
rests. Air conditioning for the back. And then with the air conditioning, we see the
same kind of “H” design that we saw on the back lights. The same “H” design here
as well. Some more topography on the rubber mat that goes in the base. Right here inside
of the rear seats is a little storage compartment that you can put like a first aid kit, or
like a tow strap or something back there. And there's another one there on that far
side. But no matter how nice a truck looks, there's really no reason to buy it unless
it has the power and performance. And lucky for us, electric vehicles have all of that.
The Hummer EV has something called Watts to Freedom which is their own special launch
mode. It drops the suspension down a couple inches, and let's the Hummer get from 0-60
MPH in less than 3 seconds. For reference, an F250 has a 0-60 MPH time of about 7 and
a half seconds. So this will be crossing the finish line while the F250 is still rolling
cold at the starting line. Some people think that, you know, when they think of electric
vehicles they think of like a golf cart or something that isn't super powerful. The Hummer
EV has over 1000 horsepower and 1500 foot pounds of torque. Which, if you know anything
about trucks, those are some massive numbers.
See how much space the rear passengers get to have. Quite a lot of room back here. If
I had to pick one word to describe the interior of the Hummer EV: “utilitarian”. Like
yeah it's nice and premium and pristine. It's also rugged in a way that you wouldn't be
afraid to take it off-road or actually use it as a truck. Because a truck is a tool and
it's meant to be used. It's why I like having a truck. This thing is going to look good
driving around a city, but it also can be useful enough to take it off road in the country.
One of the cool things is on the inside, the interior is actually animal free, which means
they were able to come up with their own texture for the seats, which is pretty cool. Let me
see if I can get a close up look at it. Because it's a man made design, they were able to
choose the texture they want on the fabric, so it's kind of like a grippy pyramid shaped
texture all over the seats. And as well inside of the door. So the dashboard has that same
pyramid texture, and up here is the rear view mirror and the buttons that can control the
back window for the open air driving. With some more topography over there of the Sea
of Tranquility on the speaker grill.
And speaking of utilitarian, if we come around here to this side, there is actually a ton
of space underneath the seats. There is zero wasted space in the Hummer EV. So inside the
driver's seat we have another vent off to the side with the H logo. And a center screen
here in the middle for all the important details. The second screen has GPS coordinates, tire
pressure, the pitch and roll of the truck, as well as all the exterior cameras can be
visible on this center monitor. Like the cameras underneath for off-roading, and the cameras
around the sides. Also right by the shifter and control knob there's some more topography
down there underneath the center console. The steering wheel also has this portion right
here at the top, which has a light and a camera built into it. And that's for something called
Supercruise which allows it to kind of self drive on over 200,000 miles of roads here
in the United States. Supercruise allows you to do the whole lane changing thing while
you're on the freeway, while using the lidar and exterior cameras to keep you safe. And
then if you look away from the steering wheel for too long, the lights turn on and let you
know to pay attention to the road while you're driving.
Everything we've seen today is the top of the line, most spec'd out version of the Hummer
EV called the Edition 1. It's coming off the line in 2022. And it'll cost a little over
$100,000. But there will also be cheaper package options coming out in future years. Reservations
are available right now, so I will leave a link down in the video description if you
want to check that out or get more information. Personally, I'm definitely looking forward
to seeing how this handles in real life. I'm not going to lie, it's kind of nice to see
that so much effort and work went into the interior and the exterior design. There are
some electric vehicles out there that look more like a two dimensional truck, and this
is definitely...it feels like a real vehicle. I mean, don't get me wrong, electric trucks
are cool no matter what they look like on the outside or the inside. I'm just excited
to see where the technology takes us.
Anyway, let me know if you have any questions. Leave them down in the comments. Huge thanks
to GM for letting me come out and get an early peek at the Hummer EV. I'm super excited for
2022. Come hang out with me on Instagram and Twitter. And thanks a ton for watching. I'll
see you around.