Posted on 10/05/2022 11:04:17 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
It must be one of the more dramatic failures of an electric vehicle chronicled thus far. And it could have ended up much worse.
In a video posted on YouTube on Tuesday, Roman Mica, publisher of the website The Fast Lane Truck, recounted how his website had purchased a brand new General Motors Hummer EV. Price: $115,000.
After only a few days, and with fewer than 250 miles on the vehicle, the Hummer had problems in spectacular fashion. Alone on a busy highway, Mica found himself stranded. In true journalistic fashion, he pulled out his camera and documented what had gone wrong.
The Hummer ceased to budge.
The shifter wouldn’t move. The trunk refused to open.
The only things working during the ordeal were the windshield wipers and the hazard lights.
(Excerpt) Read more at westernjournal.com ...
CAR-ma........................
In Trains, Planes and Automobiles the John Candy character said to the cop after the car was a smoking pile of burned out trash: "But the funny thing is the radio still works fine. Just fine. That's about it, though."
Pow pow power wheels. Pow pow power wheels. Pow pow power makes them go!
Don’t worry, out resident battery brains will be here soon to explain away all your misgivings.
Typo.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles was the title.
A modern day Pinto equivalent (minus the gas tank issue) wouldn’t be so bad.
I like my vehicles to not have a lot of electronic BS on them, which is why I have a few vehicles that are 20+ years old.
They are already working on all electric airplanes to carry us——hopefully farther than that guy traveled. I’ll stay on the ground and watch.
“There would have to be a big vehicle with a generator that roams the highways to give you some juice.”
I’ve actually seen a special roadside assistance vehicle for EVs. It was a regular car, like a compact wagon, with a GIANT battery pack taking up the rear of the vehicle. This wasn’t the vehicle’s power source, just an additional battery they carry to jump/recharge the dead EV. I imagine they’d have to sit there for quite a while to give it a good charge.
I Bought a $115,000 GMC Hummer EV and It IMMEDIATELY Left Me Stranded!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIXfp7pVFV4
I read just this morning how EVs are safe in floods and there is very little chance of being electrocuted, but be absolutely sure you don’t try to operate them, or plug them in, or leave them within 50 feet of a building or other cars in case the battery explodes, or get near them if you see bubbles because it probably poisonous gasses.
Sounds safe.
“They are already working on all electric airplanes to carry us...”
No, they are “working” on all electric airplanes to fleece investors.
The Bluesmobile was pre catalytic converter and ran great on regular gas. It got to where it needed to go.
Some startup is working to market pilotless EV commuter airplanes to the LA area. And people will get in them!
Fix the cigarette lighter.
Did he get a sandwich and beer when the Hummer stopped?
That will never be the case with today's cars 40 years from now since all electronics and chips will be obsolete and unavailable by then and their only worth will be for scrap.
More like a real hum-dinger!
They can’t even get the chips to complete the build on today’s new vehicles.......
They also took the Hummer off-road vs the Bronco. GM said they set out to build not the best EV off-road, but the best off-roader period. It didn’t live up to the hype. The Bronco was vastly superior.
I Found The Limit & Then Went Beyond It: GMC Hummer EV vs Ford Bronco Extreme Off-Road Review!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0hKgVXFRW0
well, at least he had blinkers
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