The Hummer EV is an electric truck for people who think EVs are stupid

Enlarge / The 2023 Hummer EV has gone from idea to production in just two years. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin)

GMC provided two nights in a hotel and a flight from Washington, DC, to Phoenix and back so we could drive the new Hummer EV. Ars does not accept paid editorial content.

PLEASANT VALLEY, Ariz.—The headline figures verge on the ridiculous: More than a megawatt of power. A curb weight so heavy that you'd need a special license to drive it in some countries. A lithium-ion battery that's almost twice the capacity of anything else on the road. A zero to 60 mph time of just three seconds. And despite the worst efficiency of any electric vehicle we've driven to date, it still has more than 300 miles of range.

If all that sounds like overkill to you, or if you already think EVs are a good idea, you are not the target audience for GMC's new Hummer EV.

Instead, GMC is positioning the Hummer EV as "an all-electric super truck with zero emissions and zero limits" (except perhaps a road's weight rating). It's meant to convert the electro-curious over from gasoline or diesel to electrons. So think "off-road re-creation Rivian R1T rival" rather than "blue-collar Ford F-150 Lightning fighter."

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