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GO GREEN, GET BROKE: Test Finds New Electric Hummer Costs Over $100 to Charge – More Than It Costs to Fill up Most Gas Tanks
in canceled news ^ | August 25,2022 | by Arsenio Toledo

Posted on 08/25/2022 10:40:46 AM PDT by Hojczyk

A test has found that it costs over $100 to fully charge the battery of an electric pickup truck, far more than it would cost to fill up the gas tank of a large gas-powered truck of similar quality.

In 2010, General Motors stopped manufacturing Hummers, a brand of pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) that were massively criticized for being massive gas-guzzlers. In late 2020, GMC, a division of General Motors, came out with the new GMC Hummer EV, a line of electric battery-powered pickup trucks and SUVs. (Related: Range test finds gas pickup can tow 2,000-lb trailer 2.8 times farther than new electric pickup.)

When news broke out that General Motors was once again manufacturing Hummers, the vehicle’s popularity made pre-orders of its electric successor sell out within just 10 minutes of the announcement. However, a test conducted by the automobile publication Car and Driver has proven that the new Hummer EV is far more costly to drive than a regular gas-powered car.

“GM is marketing the Hummer in this EV world as the ‘Hummer of the Future,’” wrote Peter Corn for MotorBiscuit. “While it may be more environmentally friendly – depending on where the electricity comes from – it actually doesn’t appear very cost- or time-effective.”

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To: Hojczyk

far more than it would cost to fill up the gas tank of a large gas-powered truck of similar quality
= = =

20 gallons (small for a large SUV) at $5 (low in many places) = $100

Article fails.


21 posted on 08/25/2022 11:11:31 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: Hojczyk

The oversized electric golf kart fanbois will not be amused.


22 posted on 08/25/2022 11:15:09 AM PDT by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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To: Ikeon

My friends who have trucks restore houses and simply pass the cost on to the customer.

However they are independent contractors, not employees.

The EV Hummer will never go as far as a gas or diesel truck. The energy density in a battery is 100 times less than in regular fuel.

And it also depends on whether you have a load or if you are driving in cold weather.

If you tow something heavy like a camper the range is pitifully low:

https://electrek.co/2022/05/31/ford-f-150-lightning-loses-range-towing-23-foot-airstream-trailer/


23 posted on 08/25/2022 11:26:08 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: Hojczyk

Why electricity doesn’t cost anything.
You just go to a free charging station .
You must be racist; or something?

Right? Isn’t that how they respond?


24 posted on 08/25/2022 11:28:50 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: Magnum44
Yes, in the late 50's there really was a small Harley called THE HUMMER


25 posted on 08/25/2022 11:34:42 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (If a liar's pants really did catch on fire CBC, ABC, CNN and MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
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To: Hojczyk

“The current rate at the station was $0.43 per kilowatt-hour”

At my house I pay about $0.12 per kilowatt-hour. Seems like EV charging station rates have always been a lot higher than what it would cost to charge at home.


26 posted on 08/25/2022 11:39:06 AM PDT by brianl703
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To: Hojczyk

And at 43 cents per kwh, it’d be cheaper to run just about any plug-in hybrid on gas!


27 posted on 08/25/2022 11:40:10 AM PDT by brianl703
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To: Hojczyk

But they are saving the planet. Just like the couple that drove with pride in a Yugo, in a Yugo.


28 posted on 08/25/2022 11:42:54 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Hojczyk

“The current rate at the station was $0.43 per kilowatt-hour (kWh). Bringing the Hummer EV to 90 percent charge cost the publication $81, including sales tax.”

Charging at my house at night rates would be less than $20.


29 posted on 08/25/2022 11:45:52 AM PDT by TexasGator (ice )
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To: Hojczyk

Less than 1% of autos and light trucks on the road in America are electric.

And autos and light trucks are the easy part.


30 posted on 08/25/2022 11:46:41 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: Reno89519

“I’d love to have an electric version but 100 miles for over $100 is simply not practical.”

Where do you get 100 miles. The range is 329 miles.


31 posted on 08/25/2022 11:50:10 AM PDT by TexasGator (ice )
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To: Fido969

“Electric plants use fuel to make electricity.”

And more efficiently than gas engines.


32 posted on 08/25/2022 11:51:19 AM PDT by TexasGator (ice )
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To: Hojczyk

Only a fool would buy and electric vehicle.


33 posted on 08/25/2022 11:58:11 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: Hojczyk
Their electric meter...


34 posted on 08/25/2022 12:02:09 PM PDT by moovova
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To: Impala64ssa

Love the ad!

(Snicker, snicker)


35 posted on 08/25/2022 12:09:14 PM PDT by RedMonqey
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To: Taxman

Ping


36 posted on 08/25/2022 12:24:39 PM PDT by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA!)
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To: Impala64ssa

i don’t get it.

no, i get that, i just don’t get it.


37 posted on 08/25/2022 12:31:02 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: TexasGator

Then that electricity has to go down lines and get stored in batteries. Unlike gasoline which you just dump in the tank until you need it.


38 posted on 08/25/2022 1:24:57 PM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: Fido969

“Then that electricity has to go down lines and get stored in batteries. Unlike gasoline which you just dump in the tank until you need it.”

And after dumping it in the tank you get 20% of the energy to the wheels.

With combined cycle NG plants you get twice the energy to the wheels.

And EV’s can use electricity generated by nuclear and hydro plants.

One member here powers his EV with his roof solar panels.


39 posted on 08/25/2022 2:17:37 PM PDT by TexasGator (ice )
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To: Fido969

“Then that electricity has to go down lines and get stored in batteries. Unlike gasoline which you just dump in the tank until you need it.”

You can plug in an EV at home. You have to go to a gas station to fill up.


40 posted on 08/25/2022 2:20:00 PM PDT by TexasGator (ice )
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