By giving it ridiculous power and making it somewhat cartoonish, I think it will be hugely successful on one condition, they have to keep the price manageable. Especially if they want to compete with the cyber truck.
I can't think of a brand that would be a harder sell for the sort of people that want an EV right now.<p>In my mind it screams "big for the sake of big", not efficient or environmentally friendly...
This could help at high altitudes where you don’t get enough air for a naturally aspirated engine. I ran into this problem off roading above Ouray and Telluride, CO at about 12,500ft. Though adding forced induction would’ve given me back some power.
GM made a Chevy Silverado platform 'hummer H2' suv, that's what this article refers to, not the milspec Hummer made by AM General.<p>The GM 'consumer' Hummer was basically a pseudo milspec hummer and this new EV version will presumably be a similar marketing effort.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummer_H2" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummer_H2</a>
Didn't Arnold Schwarznegger have a Hummer EV 20 years ago? Californians derided him for driving around in a Hummer - so his response was to rip out the gas engine.
Ways GM could enter the electric market.<p>Electric Malibu: Totally makes sense<p>Electric Cadillac: Wow, forward thinking!<p>Electric Corvette: Whoa, world changing<p>Electric Hummer: But I. But we. Wait. What?