Production of the GMC Hummer EV Pickup began at the GM Factory Zero plant late last year, but with this being a relatively advanced vehicle, GM has not rushed itself in ramping up production of the truck. It will soon begin producing the GMC Hummer EV at a more rapid rate, though, with the company set to increase production at Factory Zero in the second half of 2022.
In its second-quarter earnings report published Friday, GM indicated that it would increase production of the GMC Hummer EV at Factory Zero in the second of this year after it delivered just 99 units of the “electric supertruck” in Q1 and 272 units in Q2 for a total of 371 units in the first six months of 2022.
GM said earlier this year that it had received more than 70,000 pre-orders for the GMC Hummer EV across both the Pickup and SUV model variants. GM said previously that it planned to produce roughly 23,000 examples of the GMC Hummer EV Pickup at Factory Zero this year, meaning the vast majority of vehicles produced there in 2022 will be built over the next six months.
GM said previously that it expects the GMC Hummer EV SUV to outsell the Hummer EV Pickup, with the SUV expected to account for roughly 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 Factory Zero, however it won’t enter production until next year. Roughly 75 percent of the people that have reserved a GMC Hummer EV are new to the GMC brand, the automaker recently revealed, while about 70 percent of these reservation holders say they are s first time EV buyer, as well.
So far, the only GMC Hummer EV Pickup units that have been built are of the range-topping Edition 1. Less well-equipped versions of the Hummer EV Pickup will begin to hit the market once production of the Edition 1 concludes, starting with the EV3X this fall, the EV2X in the spring of 2023 and the entry-level EV2 in early 2024.
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Many of these will be put in a garage and not be seen till they appear at an auction someday. Will be like GNX Regals with 55 miles or less that are emerging at auctions lately.
So sad the pickup is out first cuz it’s dog ugly compared to the SUV.
“GMC Hummer EV Production To Increase In Second Half Of 2022” Well it cant go any lower.
Yup. In most assembly plants, 272 is just a little over half -for one day!
22,000 / 272 = 80 quarters = 20 years.
Just a perspective. Factory Zero will have to make 172 per day starting today, but today is a Holiday.
Why? this is because there are roughly 120 working days left in 2022 (already including holidays).
Divide 22,000 / 120 = 183 Hummers per day.
Like Caddy man says: ZIPPY CHANCE
LOL, they sold 272 units? Wow they are losing their @ss!
This will be a huge loser for GM. GM needs new leadership now!
When you are a publicly traded company isn’t it illegal to BS the public about your forecasts over and over again?
I’m surprised the article didn’t mention the main reason for the production increase…. Lordstown is coming online. And GM will now have a lot more battery cells available to produce more EV’s. Currently all the cells for Ulitium vehicles in North America are being produced on a low volume pilot line (hence the really low volume to date).
if GM is only making 12 per day with over 65,000 on preorder. It will take 15 years to meet just preorder demand.
Don’t hold your breath! They’re struggling to make 12 per day right now. Cybertruck plans to make 700 per day when they open production.
Problem is they chose to make the vehicle with the most batteries first. So every truck strains limited battery supply. However need to get these out as they are money in the bank and higher profit margin. They are not the only company with production problems..