CyberTruck gets a 'muscle electric' rival...
General Motors are planning to resurrect the once-big dog, the Hummer as an all-electric vehicle! GM will reveal at the Super Bowl in a GM/Hummer commercial with LA Laker's LeBron James. Once controversial for its ostentatious muscular & boxy design with horrible gas mileage, became the symbol of waste and often the target for ostracism, vandalism and jokes. GM-LG Chem collaboration on advanced battery technology plans to rival Tesla's CyberTruck in the larger 'muscle' electric truck market.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/05/gm-l...roduction.html https://www.autonews.com/cars-concep...c-pickups-suvs |
Cool!
...now to wait 2 years to see what comes. |
"Hummer" actually makes a good name for an electric.
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Unobtainium at GM
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My advice to them would be,to get a hold of the ghost of Dr. Paul MacCready (easy for Yahweh) and have him walk them back through their own wind tunnel,for a dose of reality.The only way a HUMMER could compete with Cybertruck is for it to remain parked.They really do need to do something about the water supply in Michigan. |
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The only way anyone will compete with Cybertruck is to start with a clean sheet design - adapting any current design will result in DIY specs. Even then Tesla have their massive lead in batteries and electronics - just ask Porsche.
It's interesting that the Tri-CT will have a longer range than any 7-800hp ICE. |
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Presently,the GM Holden Commodore Ute is the lowest drag production 'truck' in the world,at Cd0.309.Cybertruck has a chance to come in around Cd 0.28.Aerodynamics is really the only thing left on the table.Tesla's shape is 'aerodynamics.' For any carmaker to achieve performance parity with Cybertruck, the laws of physics seems to mandate abandonment of styling,and finally surrender to function,after 94-years of dressmaking. |
I'd love if the expense and bulk of batteries created a fundamental shift towards form following function. Our aesthetic tastes are malleable, so it is us that should change what we consider attractive based on the function of the thing rather than sacrifice function to our vanity.
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The psychology was something like,the neighbor must know something I don't,and I want to look into that.It's happening a lot in New York. A friend just took his sister for a Tesla-3 test drive in Phoenix.She's been basically terrified,and intimidated of computer-related technology.Her weakness though,was that she really likes acceleration,and after the test drive,she's now very impressed with BEVs,and is talking of buying a Model 3 come next fall.Her brother's been driving an EV for a while now,she's been receptive,and it only took the test drive to push her over the fence.That simple.I'm not in the demographic for buying a one new,but I'm saving for a used one. |
Some teaser images...
Imagining the 2022 Hummer EV (fall 2021 launch) from profile clues and current GMC Canyon/Sierra pickup design offerings.
https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/Nk...ase-mashup.jpg https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/xW...nder-front.jpg https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/bX...uck-render.jpg |
https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/bX...uck-render.jpg
This reminds me of a VW Beetle with a Rolls-Royce hood and grille. As aerohead says, they need to go all F-117 on the aeroform. Here's a video about a spiritual predecessor to the Cybertruck: How the Media Killed this Incredible Supercar. With a arthropodical monocoque shell, Mosler stood* on the roof and hit it with a sledgehammer. And another on the Cybertruck itself and the suggestions it instantiated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT07a4VP2cQ *In his stocking feet. It was fiberglass, not 30x Stainless steel. :) |
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This look more likely. It's got the military H1 fastback lift-off cap:
https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_g...r-H2-Specs.jpg https://cars2bike.com/2018-hummer-h4/ But hold on, wot's this? https://images.autotrader.com/scaler...mer/263716.jpg https://www.autotrader.com/car-news/...r-brand-263722 Quote:
https://www.motorcarclassics.com/gal...275_main_l.jpg https://www.motorcarclassics.com/201...tric-c-275.htm |
The Haldron Collider inaugurated, Madonna turns 50, the Twilight movie saga begins, Beyonce & Jay-Z got married, Heath Ledger passed, Britney Spears makes a comeback and in 2008 - the Hummer HX was revealed! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xQr9JHQQnw
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