The Kreisel Electric Hummer H1 EV Drives Under Its Own Power: Video
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Last month, Austrian startup Kreisel Electric introduced a prototype battery-electric Hummer H1 – with some help from Hummer enthusiast and eco-conscious California Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger. Now, in a new video from Kreisel, we get to see the electron-powered tactical SUV drive about with its environmentally responsible new powertrain.
That powertrain is comprised of two electric motors – one driving the front axle, and one turning the rear – and a 100-kWh battery pack. Power is rated at an admirable 360 kW (483 horsepower) max, which is significantly better than any of the internal-combustion engines the Hummer H1 ever left the factory with. The bounty of low-RPM torque characteristic of electric motors ought to lend itself well to off-road endeavors, too, although we don’t currently know how high torque peaks.
Despite a 3,300-kg (7,300-pound) curb weight, the Kreisel Electric Hummer H1 EV boasts as much as 300 km (186 miles) of range on a full charge, and while that may not be sufficient for your average road trip, it’s more livable than a lot of the volume-production EVs currently out there.
Check out the video above from Kreisel Electric to see the startup’s new Hummer H1 EV prototype in action. Sadly, it seems we’ll have to wait before we get to see the eco-conscious SUV tackle any trails.
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You’ve got to wonder whether a turbo-diesel with an urea injection would work better as it would give provide good performance and mileage.
1, this doubles the price of the already intense machine.
2, the lack of horsepower in hummers is because their Chevy big block (yes it was a chevy design before being sold to other manufacturers) is tunned way down. You can almost double its power by taking a screw driver and turning up the injectors
3, this is the unarmored version. What would be the range of the fully armored hummer on EV?
4, that range as is, doesn’t compete with the long hauls that hummers are used to, and if you have to really lay down the power, the capacity of the batterydrops rapidly.
5 Oshkosh. The new military diesel powered machine gets ridiculous range and 400horses as a conservative platform.
6 electricity. It has come a long way from the early 1900’s when electric cars were first invented. Both ICE and electric are far from perfect. Gas has a long way to go before becoming obsolete. Right now the average thermal efficiency of a gas motor rest between 40-50%, so we could see that rise to 80 % in the next 50 years accompanined by increase in fuel combustion potential (aka, Mazda’s compression ignition engine) that could increase fuel potential; by 40-50%. we might see pickups getting 80MPG with gas while only reaching 60-70 MPGe around the year 2050