Demand for the GMC Hummer EV has been astronomical, while the supply has been quite the opposite. Production of the Hummer EV Pickup started off very slowly, and operated at a snail’s pace throughout the end of 2021 and the first half of 2022. Thankfully, this seems to be changing.
During the month of September, GM built 750 units of the 2022 GMC Hummer EV Pickup at the GM Factory Zero plant in Michigan. While this may not seem like much, this represents almost 30 percent of all Hummer EV production so far. When including the 140 units built during the 2021 calendar year, total production of the all-electric supertruck amounts 2,570 units as of September 30th.
Over the summer, GM favored Cadillac Lyriq production over the GMC Hummer EV Pickup. Looking at the numbers, as Lyriq production began ramping up at the GM Spring Hill plant in Tennessee, fewer Hummer EV Pickups were built. This is likely due to the limited availability of Ultium battery cells, with more dedicated to the Caddy. It’s worth noting that Hummer EV production was also idled for a month as the GM Factory Zero plant received future product upgrades, and will be idled again in November.
| GMC Hummer EV Pickup | Cadillac Lyriq | |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2021 | 15 | - |
| Nov 2021 | 75 | - |
| Dec 2021 | 50 | - |
| Jan 2022 | 250 | - |
| Feb 2022 | 210 | - |
| Mar 2022 | 250 | 20 |
| Apr 2022 | 275 | 50 |
| May 2022 | 400 | 50 |
| June 2022 | 125 | 80 |
| July 2022 | 50 | 250 |
| August 2022 | 120 | 265 |
| September 2022 | 750 | 1,000 |
| Total | 2,570 | 1,715 |
Notably, the table above does not include production numbers for the BrightDrop Zevo 600 delivery van, which also utilizes GM Ultium batteries.
Due to the opening of the first Ultium Cells plant in Ohio, battery pack supply has increased considerably. As such, more Hummer EVs were built last September than any other month.
In addition, GM indicated last July that it intended to ramp up production during the second half of 2022. This development couldn’t come sooner, as GM currently holds 90,000 reservations for the GMC Hummer EV Pickup and GMC Hummer EV SUV, and is no longer taking orders for the time being.
As a reminder, 2022 GMC Hummer EV production began late last year at the GM Factory Zero plant (née GM Detroit-Hamtramck plant) in Michigan. Output is sourced from GM Ultium batteries and GM Ultium Drive motors, with the Hummer EV Pickup Edition 1 model producing 1,000 horsepower and 11,500 pound-feet torque.
Under the skin, the GMC Hummer EV rides on GM’s dedicated electric BT1 platform, which also underpins the GMC Hummer EV SUV along with the upcoming Chevy Silverado EV and GMC Sierra EV.
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It looks like the Lyriq and Hummer will end the year pretty solidly.
750 at $110,000 is $82,500,000 worth of sales. That’s a good month.
It’s absolutely insignificant. GM’s annual revenue last year was $127 billion. $82.5 million isn’t even 1% of GM’s average monthly sales.
$82.5 million in sales per month is nearly $1 billion annually. That’s not insignificant. That’s a good launch and hopefully GM can build off of it. To put things in perspective, $1 billion in sales is the current target for Lucid Motors, a start-up EV company. It’s highly unlikely at this luxury end of the spectrum that the Hummer EV will ever be in a position to sell large quantities annually. It’s a luxury lifestyle truck, not an Chevy Equinox. Expectations should be matched for its class.
Put an LS or Duramax engine as optional
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Multiply that ‘750’ per month by 10!
The battery technology does Not perform up to the hype – ask any Ford battery powered F – 150 owner about range and towing.
Let’s get real and stop wasting resources on environmentally unsound lithium laidened experiments.
What are their margins though
Anyone watch Roman from TFL truck break down after taking delivery of the hummer. Not good
Yep not good. I watched it the same day it dropped on YouTube and was embarrassed. Obvious software glitch that GM to their credit updated quickly, Roman unknowingly made the situation worse by trying to reset the software which bricked the vehicle. Good thing Tommy used the manual to open the frunk to gain access to the secondary battery and do a hard reset. GM need to let Hummer owners be able to to a software reset and go into limp home mode. What happened to Roman was potentially very dangerous.
I reserved one the first night it was released. I was 70% sure I was going to get one until I saw the taillights were $3045 each. That is just ridiculous, Even for a upscale truck. The buy in price isn’t the worst part. Is the $750 a year Michigan license plates, the insurance, and future repair parts cost.
At $750/yr an owner isn’t coming even close to paying their fair share of taxes for road use and maintenance that this overweight, battery-powered thing causes. Even a diesel-powered, dually, crew cab, long-bed pickup only weighs around 8,000 libs while these Hummers top the scales at well over 9000lbs. A diesel-powered one ton getting say 12mpg and driven the average of 15,000 mi/yr. pays $852.75 in fuel taxes in Michigan so that $750 is inadequate.
Parts are so expensive now because every spare part could have been another $100k+ truck built. As supply catches up with demand the parts will not cost that much.
What’s the source on Lyriq production? And what qualifies as a built unit?
Why does GM spend $millions of dollars advertising their electric autos when GM cannot produce enough of them to satisfy the orders that GM already has on its book? It will take GM 3 years to build enough Lyriq’s to satisfy their orders, but every time I turn my TV on, WOW!! a Cadillac electric Lyriq advertising, and GM is posting low sales on Buick autos. Give Buick some of this marketing expense that you are wasting on autos that you are not fully capable of building at scale now.
Since these are new products you have to build momentum in the market. People don’t buy cars like cell phones. If I just purchased/leased a car I’m not going to be back in the market for a new one for years.
Very expensive toy
Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t GM sell the Hummer line to a Chinese company years back?? And now this is what they give us? There’s also talk that the Chinese have a lot of involvement with the development of the EV F150. The uniformed public makes the Chinese richer every day. This whole push for EV makes me sick.
You’re incorrect. The sale never went through, so GM kept the rights to the Hummer.