(That’s me in the red shirt.)
Posted on 11/18/2022 5:49:54 AM PST by lowbridge
It seems like the apple doesn’t really fall too far from the tree. While the GMC Hummer EV is a zero-emissions vehicle designed to be a strong statement of General Motors’ dedication to the electric vehicle revolution, some of the pickup truck’s behavior definitely seems to be very similar to its gas-guzzling combustion-powered predecessors.
The Hummer EV is equipped with a mammoth battery pack that has roughly 210 kWh of capacity. That’s about the size of a Model S Plaid and Model X Plaid’s battery pack combined. With this in mind, it is no surprise that charging such a massive battery would take quite a bit of power. This was something that became evident during a charging session at an Electrify America station.
YouTube host Kyle Conner of the Out of Spec Reviews channel recently tested how much it would cost to charge a Hummer EV Edition 1 from 0-100% at an Electrify America station without any incentives or memberships. The results were quite shocking, as the monster all-electric pickup truck’s charging session ended up costing $96.89 before taxes and fees. It also took 152 minutes, or about two and a half hours, to charge the hulking EV from zero to full.
It should be noted that the YouTube host’s demonstration would probably not be true for many drivers of the Hummer EV. For one, Conner charged the vehicle from 0-100%, which resulted in an extended charging time. Typical EV drivers charge their vehicles only until 80% or so, which makes sessions much shorter and more affordable. Incentives or memberships tied to Electrify America would also lower the price of charging the Hummer EV.
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Not taking up for EVs, cause I will never own one, but ironically, had a friend last week who has a H2 Hummer and he was raging cause it cost him $97 bucks to fill it up.
“Typical EV drivers charge their vehicles only until 80% or so, which makes sessions much shorter and more affordable.”
And much more frequent.
How many miles is that at 80 mph into a 15 mph headwind at 20 deg. F?
it doesn’t mention range (I wonder why?)......
I don’t drive a pick-up, but my friend has one, says he gets 17 mpg.
$97 @ 3.50/gal buys 27.7 gallons....@ 17 mpg gets you 470 miles. does this thin g get 470 miles on a single charge?
No. The range on a full charge is supposed to be 329 miles.
Mathematical word problems are two fold racist.
Numbers are racist, and Grammar is Eurocentric…thus racist.
Coal hogs.
May as well include driving from Phoenix to Yuma in July with the AC working to overcome 115°F. Still waiting for Mr. Fusion to become available as the powerpack.
Charging to 80% vs 100% is not shorter nor more affordable, unless one bases all of their financial decisions on the minimum payment cost on their credit card?
Idiots.
Funny they don’t mention little details like that, huh?
What gets me is that F=MA has not been repealed. When you’ve got a HUGE mass vehicle like this, you gobble up LOTS of energy driving it and you are still consuming lots of the earth’s resources. Doesn’t matter one white if it has electric motors or an ICE driving the wheels.
But the target market is those people who think nothing of living in 25,000 sq ft beachfront mansions, flying their Gulfstreams all over the world and enjoying their $500 million yachts. Those are our betters and they deserve the finest things in life, energy use be damned.
NOT zero!
But $97 in gas doesn’t take more than 15 minutes, and time is money...
How long did it take to spend that $97?
Oh, I concur.
Again, was not taking up for EVs and will never own one.
I live in a rural farming area and no one around where I live has an EV nor is considering one.
“Can’t discharge student loans by bankruptcy”
The price of electricity is a political commodity. For example, the bigger the company the higher the electric rate. (Because companies are all rich, evil and suck the blood out of the workers...don’tchaknow?) Electricity for taxpayers is subsidized. Presumably, when lots of people are driving electric cars, the price will be subsidized. The reason it is high now is because the government wants individuals and companies to build charging stations. Therefore, those stations are allowed to charge whatever they want. But once there are enough charging stations the government will step in and regulate how much can be charged. (Which will kill the growth of charging stations.)
Dunno.
Did not ask either.
He was raging hard.
All I could do was chuckle.
HUH? We’re expected to pay the credit cards? 😲😁👍⛽
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