Just last week, GM Authority was the first to report on a new alloy wheel design for the 2022 GMC Hummer EV. Now, we have another exclusive on this hotly anticipated all-electric utility with news that the new Hummer may come equipped with Nitto Terra Grappler G2 tires.
Per an image that shows the 2022 GMC Hummer EV stripped down to its bare platform, we see the new, smaller-diameter wheel design that GM Authority exclusively covered last week. Wrapping those silver alloys is an aggressive tire compound with thick sidewalls and a knobby tread pattern.
Enhancing the image of the tire, we find some script along the outer sidewall that appears to indicate this particular set of tires is Nitto’s Grappler G2 series.
Offered as an all-terrain light truck tire, the Grappler G2 combines on and off-road capabilities that could make for a great fit for something like the new GMC Hummer EV. However, there are a few caveats worth mentioning here.
First, General Motors has yet to provide any official confirmation that the upcoming GMC Hummer EV will indeed offer Nitto Grappler G2 tires. Secondly, and perhaps most importantly, the tread pattern seen here doesn’t match up with the tread pattern of the actual Nitto Grappler G2 tires currently on the market. As such, this is all just speculation at this point.
Regardless, the GMC Hummer EV is said to offer “incredible on- and off-road capability,” which means it’s gonna need the right rubber underneath it to fulfill those sorts of promises. What’s more, the new Hummer will lay down an astonishing 1,000 horsepower and 11,500 pound-feet of torque in top-trim form, sprinting to 60 mph in just three seconds. Even with 4WD, that sort of output demands some seriously hardcore rubber, making tire choice even more critical.
As a reminder, the GMC Hummer EV will be offered as both a pickup truck and an SUV, and will ride on the GM BT1 electric vehicle platform. GM’s Ultium battery tech will provide the juice, with range-per-charged expected to top out at 400 miles for certain variants. Production is expected to take place at the GM Detroit-Hamtramck facility, with a full reveal dropping this fall.
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Can they just reveal the Hummer EV already? And then just take my money.
So this is interesting…but not unexpected.
Here’s an exerpt from an article on Motor Trend, way back when the BT1 chassis was first shown in public:
“However the power is metered out, it appears to be going to the ground via BF Goodrich Mud Terrain T/A KM3 tires, which are manufactured in sizes ranging from 28 to 39 inches. It’s not clear whether this tire will be offered from the factory, at the dealer, or if it was just used for this mock-up. It’s also not clear what size tire will be offered from the factory, though similar factory built off-road trucks such as the Ford F-250 Tremor have 35-inch tires standard.”
The tires on that chassis model were BF Goodrich Mud Terrains…some of the best off-road tires out there. That was awesome news. I think, assuming the Nitto’s are included as well, they’ll probably be the base tires, the “street tires.” The Mud Terrains will likely be for the hard-core variants of the Hummer, whether that’s the dual-motor variant, the tri-motor variant, or both. The Nitto tread design isn’t nearly as aggressive as the Mud Terrains.
I cannot wait to see the Hummer EV soon.
Sounds very promising.
I want BF Goodrich AT tires. They last forever.
I don’t think I have ever seen anyone say that BFG AT KO2’s last forever before. It’s a great tire for the first 50% of tire wear, after that not so much. I ran them on a 2500HD for years. I put 2 new BFG’s on it every year. It towed heavy, so there is that. As good as that tire is initially, I never found it good enough to justify how fast they wear out.
They’re the best tires ever made. I had KO’s on my Hummer H2 from the factory that lasted 70,000 miles then put a new set on and they have 30,000 miles on them.