Even with the segment’s focus on utility and practicality, there’s something to be said about a good-looking, well-designed pickup. Now, we’re getting a look at exactly that with this clean and simple truck rendering from the GM Design team.
Recently hitting the web via GM Design’s social media feed (@generalmotorsdesign), this pickup truck rendering was created by GM Creative Designer Logan Phillips, and includes a single three-quarters view of what appears to be an all-electric off-roader. The electric powertrain is hinted at by the blocked-off front end, which does not include the usual air intake expected of a vehicle motivated by internal combustion. Rather, the fascia shows off broad, horizontal body components that stretch across the nose and enhance the vehicle’s natural visual width, while lower in the fascia, we see a U-shaped bumper section. Higher in the front, there are C-shaped lighting elements in the corners, which appear to be LEDs.
Of course, the most interesting view of this GM pickup truck rendering has to be the profile. The truck looks to be divided into three sections, with large divisions between the front fenders, doors, and rear cab. A matte metallic blue finish was applied to the majority of the body panels, with matte black providing some contrast on the hood, window surrounds, front bumper, and along the roofline. There’s also some graphics added around the rear fender.
Then we have the stance, which is dominated by a set of large alloy wheels shod in knobby off-road tires. The truck rides high, suggesting some agility in the rough stuff, while we’d expect a flat underfloor thanks to the all-electric powertrain. A three-motor powertrain similar to the GMC Hummer EV Pickup would certainly be appropriate here.
Naturally, this design is little more than an idea at this stage, but we certainly wouldn’t mind seeing this thing progress into something a little more production friendly.
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I like the going simple idea, but the nose looks like a Dodge or Toyota.
RAM has the nicest nose of any pick up followed by GMC Sierra.
This sketch could be a Hummer. That range needs to be built up and eventually go on to be a full line brand
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I hate the appearance and where the future of vehicles is going.
MY NAME IS UNDER THE DOOR! “Logan” that’s my name.
Dodge design language through and through. . . Ram / Durango front end with even some challenger vibes somehow
looks like a Lego toy to me.
Concept artists=don’t understand anything about how things work.
Look at the bed section, and how it’s divided from the doors, yet connected to the roof. On a BOF truck, the bed is sectioned off so it can flex independently of the cab without bending the cab when going over big bumps or hauling a large load. You hit a pothole and that roof rips itself right off. You could go like the avalanche and connect the cab and the bed, but the cab strengthens the whole body so there’s not much flex. Here it’s just the roof attached, so there isn’t much strength and the force is multipled 🙄
That’s the door smart guy. I guess you don’t know how things work. This isn’t the 70’s with noodle frames. They are so stiff they can have a solid 1 piece body attached to them with weight and no issue. Plus this is a BEV, so the battery makes it even stiffer. It is a perfectly fine design for hauling heavy weight…
I believe you are not looking at it completely. the roof line still exceeds the length of the door and the weird door frame setup. It also looks as if the bed has hinges at the front and there is a door into the bed from the side.
BTW even the boxed frame pickups today have frame flex. but I am not sure how much that matters.
Seems to neglect visibility in favor of … something. Why such a wide B/C support?
The chassis on electric trucks is full of batteries and not intended to flex. Fully independent suspension all around buffers the body from the twisting effect that standard trucks undergo.
I like the design. I think the designer was heavily influenced by Tesla’s truck – very clean and futuristic – but with more conventional aspects that make it less comical. If this was put up against the Tesla truck, I think it would clobber the Tesla in sales.
well at this point 2 years after it was announced, anything would beat the Tesla truck, they still haven’t sold one.
4 years. Wasn’t it announced in 2019?
It seems made in SketchUP ! At least is Normal, not a Stranger … cars today are
The height of the truck appears too low to accommodate a typical truck sized battery. The battery would use up about 6” of floor height. I think cabin height would be cramped without raising the roof to compensate for the higher floor.
This is a rough sketch of an idea that is lacking many details.
Best to take this for all it is and nothing more.
The layout is ok but that is about all we have here.
If a Jeep, Hummer, Toyota and Dodge had a baby.
A regular cab short bed? Ain’t that ironic.
Looks awesome for a concept sketch. Of course these designs are not made to be hyper realistic. But keyboard experts feel they need their uneducated opinion to be heard.
Good platform to bring a full size Blazer back. ICE only plz!