[Auto] The electric Hummer craze continues: Customers try to keep reserving GM vehicle

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The vehicle was unveiled last October and production will not begin until next year, but fans are still looking to get hold of one of these cars despite the fact that the first edition has already sold out.

The craze for General Motors' electric Hummer continues to make headlines in the automotive industry and after it became known that the first edition of the po[CENSORED]r vehicle sold out in just 10 minutes, now the company said that reservations continue to arrive to obtain one of these cars. Although production will begin next year, enthusiasts hope to keep one of these models at will, and according to GMC Vice President Duncan Aldred, people are still looking to reserve electric Hummers even though the first edition is sold out. .

 

 

The Edition 1 is the first version that the GMC brand will market of the new Hummer EV ("electric vehicle" or electric vehicle) and is priced at $ 112,595. GM unveiled the long-awaited vehicle in October, which is a modernized version of the Hummer off-roader it produced between 2002 and 2010 with combustion engines. In addition to the special Edition 1 version, GMC will market three other cheaper versions: the 3X for $ 99,995 in Fall 2022; 2x in spring 2023 for $ 89,995; and 2 for 79,995 in spring 2024. Aldred noted during a press conference that the Edition 1 has become a sought-after vehicle as not only has it sold out very quickly, but many customers who have reserved other versions of the Hummer are willing to purchase an Edition 1 if possible. GM also said the Hummer EV began its winter testing at the Milford Proving Grounds, the company's upstate Michigan facility. The company noted that it has developed the vehicle in only 26 months, instead of the average of 50 months, which has been possible thanks to "numerous virtual tests, which will be the hallmark of GM's programs in the future." The GMC Hummer EV will be produced at Factory Zero, a former GM assembly plant named Detroit-Hamtramck until October and which is being rebuilt with an investment of 2.2 billion dollars to become the center of the company's electric vehicle production. . The GMC Hummer EV will be GM's first vehicle produced with the company's new electric vehicle platform, called Ultium. Among the factory equipment the Hummer EV Edition 1 will have the Super Cruise driving assistance system, General Motors' answer to Tesla's Autopilot, cameras on the underside of the vehicle, 35-inch tires and the so-called Infinity Roof, a panoramic roof from which the transparent panels can be removed to convert the vehicle into a convertible.