GMC HUMMER EV

Have you heard? Hummer is back. But it's not like the Hummer you remember from before. Forget everything you knew about the gas-guzzling Hummer SUVs and trucks of yore, because the new Hummer EV is ditching big, thirsty V-8 gas engines for battery packs and electric motors. A new GMC Hummer EV pickup truck is set to arrive next year, and here's all the information and specs we have so far.

It's a Hummer, but Also a GMC. Hummer used to be a standalone brand for General Motors, but it's now making a comeback under the larger GMC truck and SUV brand. But it's telling that the front end of the truck displays its HUMMER badge so prominently on the grille while the GMC badge is much smaller and placed lower down.

As such, we expect the Hummer's styling to play up its connection with the boxy, rugged, military-inspired Hummer SUVs from the early 2000s, as shown in our illustration above. The teaser of the truck's front end that was shown during its Super Bowl ad, however, does indicate that it'll have a more modern look including LED headlights.

The Hummer will be offered with either one, two, or three electric motors, as GM's product boss Mark Reuss detailed at an event for investors. This likely means that the one-motor version will have a single electric motor on the rear axle, the two-motor version will add a front-mounted motor, and the three-motor version will add a second motor at the rear. We assume that the 1000-horsepower claim will be for the top three-motor version.

GMC will officially reveal the Hummer EV on May 20, 2020, but the truck won't be making its way to customers' hands until fall 2021. There's likely to be some sort of pre-order process announced before then. We think that the most expensive three-motor versions of the truck will go on sale first, with lower-priced models.