GMC unveiled the Hummer EV pickup lineup in October 2021, and a single-motor, entry-level version was part of the plan. The entry-level version was to be launched sometime in the spring of 2024. However, the GMC head honchos seem to have changed their minds.
Three years and a half ago, GMC launched the Edition 1 with a starting price of $110,000. That version instantly sold out. The EV3X followed in the fall of 2022, starting at $99,995. In the spring of 2023, it was the turn of the EV2X to join the lineup with an MRSP of $89,995.
Customers were expecting the entry-level, the EV2, this time, without the "X," to drop sometime in the spring of 2024. It would still feature a dual-motor setup but is underpinned by a 400-volt electric architecture instead of the 800-volt of the upper trims.
It should have also received a smaller battery pack instead of the unit with a capacity of 246 kWh but only 212 kWh usable. The new unit should have stored enough energy for a range of up to 250 miles (402 kilometers). Furthermore, the standard equipment list was supposed to be cut short to justify the lowered price.
Back in 2021, this version was supposed to start at $79,995. However, the spring of 2024 has come, and there is still no sign of the long-awaited GMC Hummer EV. GM Authority cites unnamed sources that indicate that "there will be no 2 model for the 2025 model year" outside the 2X.
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Production of the GMC Hummer EV2 has been reportedly delayed at first and eventually scrapped. Therefore, the trim won’t be available for the pickup truck, nor for the SUV. At least, they won't be here in 2025. So, General Motors will stick with the 2X and 3X trims for both the pickup and SUV.
And it seems that GMC doesn't really need to make any changes to the lineup that rolls off the production line of the GM Factory Zero plant in Michigan. There were 1,668 customers who ordered a Hummer EV, Pickup or SUV, in the first quarter of 2024.
That translates to an 83,300 percent increase from the same period of last year when GMC only sold two units. There were 825 customers who went for the pickup and 1,203 who chose the SUV.
Right now, the entry-level in the pickup range is the EV2X Pickup, which starts at $98,845. At the opposite end of the lineup sits the EV3X Omega Edition Pickup, with the exclusive Neptune BlueMatte paint and the Extreme Off-Road Package, kicking off at $150,295.
The entry-level SUV can be purchased for the same price as the pickup, but the EV3 Omega Edition SUV is a $130,300 affair.
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