Who Needs a Hummer EV? — The $110k Hummer EV Pickup weighs 6 tons, gets up to 1000 horsepower, and can reach 60 mph in 3.3 seconds.
For reference, an F1 car goes zero to 60 in 2.6 seconds.
It’s a f*cking incredible piece of machinery from a traditionally gas-guzzling brand.
Hummer, and other legacy car brands, are designing new EV models to be huge and incredibly powerful in order to cater to the traditional truck guy.
- EVs are starting to lap gas cars in terms of power and acceleration, and brands are souping up their vehicles to entice consumers with unbelievable speed
- It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to wonder how safe a 12,000-pound tank zooming down the road is
- Americans love big cars, and there isn’t any sign of that changing amid the transition to EVs
The U.S. has the highest traffic death rate in the developed world, so ensuring that the next generation of cars doesn’t regularly mow down pedestrians, or slam into each other, is pretty important.
Federal agencies have thus far been more focused on the climate benefits of EVs than the safety risks from their insane power and heavy weight.
These cars are basically computers on wheels, so hopefully, that intelligence can keep everybody safer on the road.
But if I see one of these Hummers zooming past me, I’m getting the hell out of the way.
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