General Motors has confirmed the official maximum towing capacity and payload rating for the 2022 GMC Hummer EV Pickup Edition 1.
During a media call hosted this week that was attended by GM Authority, Vice President of Global Buick GMC Duncan Aldred announced the following towing and payload figures for the GMC Hummer EV Pickup Edition 1:
- Tow rating: 7,500 pounds or 3,402 kilograms
- Payload rating: 1,300 pounds or 590 kilograms
These towing and payload ratings are comparable to those of the 2022 Chevy Colorado mid-size pickup. When equipped with the available 3.6L LGZ V6 engine and two-wheel-drive, the Chevy Colorado LT Crew Cab Short Box has a maximum tow rating of 7,000 pounds and a max payload of 1,543 pounds. The towing capacity for the Colorado also climbs to 7,700 pounds when the available 2.8L LWN Duramax turbodiesel engine is equipped.
While these towing and payload capacities may seem slightly low for a vehicle with 1,000 horsepower, it’s worth pointing out that the GMC Hummer EV Edition 1 is tailored more to off-roading rather than towing with its oversized tires and soft suspension, which may affect its towing/payload performance. The vehicle also weighs over 9,000 pounds by itself, so a GMC Hummer EV Pickup towing a 7,500 pound trailer equates to a very heavy ~16,500 pound rig.
GM also confirmed the range of the GMC Hummer EV Pickup this week, which sits at 329 miles. It’s not clear how towing a 7,500 pounds trailer would affect the vehicle’s range.
The GMC Hummer EV Pickup Edition 1 is produced at the GM Factory Zero plant in Michigan. Pricing for the Edition 1 trim starts at $112,595, although this version of the truck sold out 10 minutes after the order books opened last October. Customer deliveries of the pickup will begin in December, meaning we’ll likely see the GMC Hummer EV Pickup on public roads before the end of the year.
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…. this is really very USA … it is what u guys love to drive in the highways, it is for u, not for us
But this is what 1000 horsepower gets you? This thing is bigger than a Silverado 1500 and rides on 8 lug wheels. It should perform like an hd truck. That’s why I’m gonna save up for a duramax.
It wasn’t designed for that
This truck is more ZR2 than standard Colorado.
This is not a towing or major hauling vehicles. But the parts of this will be taken and applied to a new truck built to address load and towing and that is the Silverado E. We should see in creases in hauling, towing and range as they will not go so extreme with the vehicle as they did here. Even then we should see more increases once they move to a HD version.
How far can it tow it’s 80th, so say 6,000lbs
This is a white elephant. Hope Hollywood buys it.
There will be lots of people buying this and the SUV, no question.
Define lots?
Sold out
Lol oh so the supposed 10k that sold out of the edition 1 or whatever they call it that means a lot to you got it lmao.
How many escalades do you think are sold?
However you spin it, that’s not impressive. Expected much better numbers for this “super truck”.
the tow rating for a trx is 8100lbs
I still don’t get how this qualifies as an eco friendly green vehicle.
Batteries are toxic to the environment and mining is needed for the minerals.
It’s well over 9000 lbs, so it will break up and degrade roads quickly.
11,000 tq and that weight, sure to go through those tires pretty quick.
It’s cool to look at, but I would like to be able to go from socal to mammoth without stopping to recharge.
Funny, I don’t care either way but I’m almost positive they claimed around 30k or so for towing when they were touting this thing 6 months ago
the biggest mistake is looking at it as a eco friendly option even tho it is better for the environment (over its lifetime). The electric car offers a better product to the average consumer and that’s why they should be bought.
Still more evidence of the pointlessness of this thing.
My 6 wheeled Polaris Ranger has more payload capacity. Also, for those that REALLY go off-roading, how you going to pull over 9,000 pounds out of a mud hole??? At over 112k I am not sure I would go into the kind of places they say this thing is designed for. Admittedly most jeeps never see the dirt but this Hummer is an albatross. Will be a parking lot beast. LOL
Good point. Outside of press release videos and photos of these on handpicked off road courses they won’t be on the trails or dunes.
Wonder what happens if you get stuck and the battery goes dead trying to get out? Never thought about how you would recharge one of these things in the woods or middle of the desert. Can EV’s be recharged to a workable level without a charging staton?
I believe it comes with a very long extension cord …..
The DMV will be charging a weight fee on this one.
this is fair, the trx has a tow rating of 8100lbs…. I googled it
I see a common mistake often made by many judging on the comments here. TOW and PAYLOAD capacity are not simply based on what a vehicle is capable of moving. The biggest factor in the equation is how much can it SAFELY STOP in a panic situation. DON’T confuse ability with capability.
How can that be a mistake? What you said could be said of every vehicle out there so I am not sure that comment means anything to a buyer. Will it carry more?, probably, but so will every other vehicle. The only FACT is they set the capacities within a metric they feel comfortable with, which seems extremely low.
My comment refers to the previous comments by others questioning the ratings because of the high torque figures electric motors produce. I merely wanted to point out that the numbers provided by GM reflect true towability including STOPPING and emergency avoidance maneuvers. You have to read my comment in the context it was made, not merely stating the numbers are lower.
9,000 pounds. Think about how ridiculously overweight that is. What a waste of engineering talent and resources on a vehicle for Hollywood celebrities and NBA prima donnas which will not be driven off-road.
I have never looked at weight on EV’s. I wonder of this is a hallmark of those vehicles? Obviously a battery has massive density but it does seem ridiculously heavy.
A Tesla Model S, which is a pretty large sedan sold as a luxury car weighs 4,500 pounds. A similarly sized ICE Cadillac CT6 weighed 4,000 pounds while an S Class Mercedes weighs about 4,800 pounds. Thus, the Tesla is not significantly heavier.
A Hummer EV weighs 9,100 pounds and a Chevy Tahoe weighs 5,400 pounds. A Jeep Grand Cherokee tips the scales at 4,200 pounds so unlike the CT6/Model S/S-Class comparison, the Hummer is drastically heavier than a similar ICE-powered SUV.
They engineer sales. At $112,000 they planned to sell to movie stars, etc. with zero concern if said vehicle ever gets off road or not.