General Motors has so far received more than 65,000 pre-orders for the GMC Hummer EV Pickup and SUV, with initial demand for the battery-electric vehicle exceeding the automaker’s expectations.
As GM Authority reported previously, GM has plans to produce roughly 23,000 examples of the GMC Hummer EV Pickup this year, which is more than the automaker had initially planned to build. This was in response to higher-than-expected demand for the vehicle, with GM receiving 59,000 pre-orders by early February of this year – a number that has now climbed to over 65,000.
While GM is happy with the demand for the vehicle, it now faces the rather laborious task of getting these vehicles to buyers as quickly as possible – and it still may take a couple of years for most reservations made this year to be fulfilled, GMC boss Duncan Aldred told CNBC this week.
“What we’re looking at now is how can we build the maximum amount and how can we deliver, fulfill these reservations as quickly as possible?” Aldred said. “We’re doing all the studies on that and we’re confident we can go a lot quicker than we originally thought, but it still means a reservation now probably means delivering in (2024).”
GM has said that it expects the GMC Hummer EV SUV to outsell the Hummer EV Pickup, with the SUV making up 60 percent of Hummer EV sales and the pickup taking the remaining 40 percent. The 2024 GMC Hummer EV SUV will be built alongside the pickup at GM’s Factory Zero plant in Detroit, however it won’t enter production until 2023.
GM sold one GMC Hummer EV Edition 1 in December – the first production example it built at Factory Zero. We’ll get a clearer picture as to how many examples of the pickup it has delivered this Friday, when the automaker reports its first-quarter sales results for 2022. Production of the vehicle is still in its early stages at the newly renovated Factory Zero plant and is expected to ramp up throughout 2022.
Aldred also told CNBC this week that its plans to increase production at Factory Zero will carry over into next year, as well, saying the company is “going to build quite significantly more than our original plan,” for the 2023 fiscal year.
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Coolest thing GM has made in ages. Wish I had the scratch for one.
Why do you keep using h4cksaw name when he called you out yesterday? You are not him.
My legal first name is h4cksaw.
He called you out yesterday and has several times prior to that. You’re not him.
That doesn’t change what my parents put on the birth certificate.
Here’s the thing. You’re lying, and the real h4cksaw doesn’t like ev he called you out several times you don’t respond anytime he says something to you. Did it trigger you that bad he doesn’t like ev that you are trying to use his name to make it seem like he does?
I don’t know what any of that has to do with my legal name, Andy.
It’s ok keep trying. People have called you out for it the real h4cksaw has called you out. I’d imagine you will be banned soon.
OK I’ll keep trying.
Maybe change your name to Jack-Off!
Oh so you’re back to using Shockandawe’s name now.
Lol, 90% going to California? Serves them right! Enjoy!
Why are you so invested in a poster’s name?
No love for the C8?
Anyone know why this thing is so damn heavy? It’s over 9,500 pounds. The new Lyriq is also heavy for it’s class. It seems the Ultium platform is a pig.
Batteries in general are heavy. I would not expect an electric vehicle to be light.
#1 the batteries are really heavy
#2 supposedly this a kinda heavy duty vehicle
Lots of battery, lots of tires, 3 motors and it is a big vehicle.
Even a Porsche Cayenne is just about 6000 pounds.
Looks like this plan is working well.
Hopefully all these high end EVs pay for some EVs that are not rich people toys. GM still has no competitor for the Mach E or EV6. Not sure if the bottom end Silverado E with match the Lightning base price either. Once the EV pivot does occur there will be great volume at medium price points. Some OEM wil lead there. Appears it will not be GM
I would love to see this with a 6.2 and 1 Battery!
Lol, 90% going to California? Serves them right! Enjoy!