GMC Hummer EV Orders Backlogged 2+ Years

The GMC Hummer EV is essentially the most inconceivable of hits, however it’s gone triple platinum. The 9,000-plus pound electrical truck isn’t simply bought out. GMC has a backorder record of “two years or extra” for the hulking off-roader, says model chief Duncan Aldred.

The corporate stopped taking orders for the Hummer pickup and SUV in September as a result of they’d piled up greater than 90,000 orders. Now, Aldred tells GM Authority, the corporate can provide a tough time estimate on clearing the backlog.

The location stories, “GM has solely produced 2,570 items of the Hummer EV Pickup as of September 2022, a far cry from the 90,000 items wanted simply to satisfy reservations.” Nevertheless, the Michigan website the place GM builds the truck, often known as Manufacturing facility Zero, is tooling as much as produce them quicker.

The Hummer is the one GM electrical truck in buyer arms however may very well be one in every of three inside a yr. It plans a Chevy Silverado EV and a GMC Sierra EV for the 2024 mannequin yr.

Other than their electrical drivetrains, these two are standard pickup vans. The Hummer is one thing else.

Accessible as a pickup or an SUV, it’s an opulent trip and a hyper-capable off-roader. The Hummer, with digital camera views 360 levels across the automobile and beneath its chassis and a “crab stroll” 4-wheel steering system that lets it journey practically sideways, can get out of just about any scenario on the path.

The primary spherical of Hummers GMC is constructing are essentially the most luxurious – a particular launch version with a price ticket of practically $112,000. Lesser variations had been accessible for round $87,000 till GM halted orders due to the scale of the pile.