Posted on 07/27/2022 5:55:37 AM PDT by Red Badger
Hummer has re-enlisted in the U.S. Army.
The military branch has purchased a GMC Hummer EV pickup for evaluation.
The vehicle will be a top of the line Hummer EV Edition 1, which has a list price of $112,595. The exact amount paid by the Army was not announced, but it will be delivered by the end of August.
The tests will be used to better understand how a commercial electric like the Hummer EV pickup can perform on a military operational mission profile as it looks to develop a future electric light reconnaissance vehicle (eLRV), Steve Herrick, product director, Ground Mobility Vehicles, U.S. Army Program Executive Office Combat Support and Combat Service Support told Fox News Autos.
The Edition 1 is equipped with every feature offered on the Hummer EV, including a 1,000 horsepower tri-motor drivetrain and an air suspension system with an "Extract" mode that can raise the vehicle by six inches if it gets stuck.
The Hummer brand was originally spawned by the commercialization of the military High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, which was nicknamed the Humvee after entering service in 1984.
The U.S. military is in the process of replacing the aging Humvee fleet with a variety of vehicles, including a proposed Joint Light Tactical Vehicle that GM Defense is competing for.
GM Defense in 2020 began supplying the Army with an Infantry Squad Vehicle based off of the high-performance Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 pickup.
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What’s next Electric Aircraft Carriers? I better shut my mouth someone is dumb enough to try to sell this to Biden and he is stupid enough to buy it.
Because all future battlefield are charging station ready....🙄
Will there be crossover with the civilian market for Hummers?
You know Miley is 100% behind this.
Will our enemies be required to install charging stations across any potential battlefields?
btt
We have to capture that wind farm quick, before we discharge.
That’s the goal.
Considering how those EV batteries burn, the armor on those alone will be beyond what the vehicle can handle. Otherwise, those vehicles are rolling death traps for the crew.
And tease the USN to try to break the air/sea blockade, thus getting in range of CCP land-based missiles.
They will just have enough electric charge off the battery to get the WOKE troops to the front line, after that they will be on their own, until the generators catch up with them.
Austen and Vanilli-Milli are set on STUPID. That’s why they were chosen to join the rest of the idiots and freaks making up the Biden regime.
Imagine what the enemy will think with all those vehicles just sitting around, being recharged? TARGETS!
Ummm…
Considering that most military vehicles come onto the scene after the enemy’s infrastructure has been reduced to rubble —
Where is the electricity going to come from?
The tactical advantages of an EV scout are enormous as well, but any general who accedes to political pressure to ‘electrify’ their forces should be hanged.
I’ve read that the ChiComs are switching their civilians to electric cars powered by coal fired utility plants and saving petroleum for the military.
Where do I plug in sarg?
I think Tora Bora has mountain outlets…
Oh no, I would not get on one of those. How do you recharge it over the Atlantic?
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