Two brand-new GMC Hummer EV Pickups were left mangled after thieves failed to steal the all-electric off-roaders from the GM Factory Zero plant in Detroit.
Per a report from Metro Detroit News, the incident occurred late last month, with a group of suspects targeting a shipment of new GMC Hummer EVs loaded up for delivery at the Factory Zero facility. The thieves attempted to extract the new pickups directly from the rail cars, apparently without the use of ramps or loading equipment.
Suffice to say, the plan failed miserably. Images captured at the scene show the Hummer EV Pickups with tires off the rim, mangled body work, and destroyed suspension. At more than 9,000 pounds, the idea that these massive vehicles could simply drive off the edge of the shipping container and continue across the rail tracks obviously didn’t line up with reality.
One of the Pickups is seen stuck between the rails just a short distance from the shipping container, while a second failed to even make it all the way to the ground, its rear end held up in the air by the lip of the container.
While the Hummer EV is well-equipped to handle rough terrain, it’s doubtful GM’s engineers imagined a railway getaway as one of the possible driving scenarios. We’ll have to wait and see if GMC rolls out an over-the-air software update, but we wouldn’t hold our breath.
For now, it remains unclear how the suspects even managed to start the electric trucks, or if law enforcement have any leads on what happened. That said, theft attempts like this one are not totally isolated. Just last year, GM Authority reported that a group of thieves failed to steal several brand-new units of the Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon off a carrier train in Mexico, resulting in the destruction of several new pickups.
General Motors just rolled out a series of updates for the GMC Hummer EV in conjunction with the 2026 model year, including the new King Crab mode, the limited-run Carbon Fiber Edition, and several other changes.
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Oops.
Why steal THOSE?
Probably not the smartest vehicle to steal. You would have to rip out the OnStar module so it couldn’t phone home. You would never want to pair (hotspot) your phone to it because it could phone home. Given it runs Android Automotive, you wouldn’t want this thing to ever have an internet connection, because as soon as it did, GM would know its location.
Idiots
Although I’m not into EV’s, it is still a shame.
Good. Hope whoever did this has permanent back and neck injuries from bouncing these out of the rail cars.
And as others posted these were definitely not the smartest thieves. Look around, they probably left their cell phones and other ID behind.
Very poor suspension quality. The suspension is too leak for the weight of the vehicle. I saw some Hummers with broken suspensions after going moderate off road trails.
Why take one of these? I’d rather take a Corvette instead. At least is has a real engine.
Yeah right, GM makes lots of real motors that go boom. Just a hater because you can’t afford one. I’d rather be stuck behind an EV in a traffic jam then some idiot rolling coal.
Note to the author of this article, those “containers” you state the Hummers were driven off of, are known as “autoracks” on the railroad I work at. Perhaps other railroads have different names, but containers is not the name I have ever heard for cars that transport vehicles. Well except for when Vegas were shipped in special box cars made just to transport Vegas.
GMguy,
You’re right on the autorack nomenclature.
Don’t know why the author called them “containers”.
At least call them railcars if they don’t know the real names.
And the Vegas were shipped in what they called Vert-A-Pacs.
Can you spell Moron? New age criminal, I’d say minds, but these guys don’t appear to have any brains what so-ever
You can guess the profile of the perps .