GMC teases Hummer EV SUV overlanding idea with photo voltaic roof

GMC introduced Thursday that it’s working with EarthCruiser Overland Automobiles to create a GMC Hummer EV overloading idea due by late summer time 2023 and previewing a manufacturing model.

The idea would be the first product of a partnership that the businesses say will outcome within the growth of “top-tier, zero-compromise journey autos” leveraging EarthCruiser’s engineering tech, in accordance with the businesses.

Overlanding is the mix of off-road journey, off-the-grid car tenting alongside the best way, and a do-it-yourself ethos. Lately it is developed to one thing nearer to a market phase and extra gear-focused. 

2024 GMC Hummer EV SUV

The idea is predicated on the GMC Hummer EV SUV, and whereas a darkish and obscured however sharp teaser shot doesn’t present a lot fairly but, it does clarify that the roof is roofed with photo voltaic cells. With that, don’t be stunned if the overloading idea takes the Hummer EV’s vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) charging functionality to the subsequent degree—maybe with the power to specify which portion of the battery pack’s capability goes to driving and which portion goes towards powering the remainder of the approach to life.  

If such an idea strikes forward to manufacturing, GMC is likely to be at the forefront of providing such uplifted vehicles primarily as manufacturing facility builds. 

2024 GMC Hummer EV SUV

Ford has welcomed every kind of uplifts with its E-Transit electrical vans, however for now its 68-kwh battery capability and lack of four-wheel-drive are the limiting issue for any overloading uplift. The brand new era of Mercedes E-Sprinter vans arriving this yr have a big battery pack however are for now solely supplied with rear-wheel drive. Rivian has teased overloading potential in numerous methods and it’s near the approach to life that the model pitches with its autos, however to date it hasn’t delivered a specialised mannequin for such makes use of. 

The Hummer EV weighs greater than 9,000 kilos in pickup truck type and practically as a lot as an SUV, so it is going to on no account tread flippantly. However for these set on such a big car as the premise for an overloading rig, versus a diesel, as an illustration, it might be the inexperienced selection in spite of everything. 

2024 GMC Hummer EV SUV testing in Moab

GMC factors to greater than a century of professional-grade vehicles and sees it as a part of the model’s imaginative and prescient of the longer term. “EarthCruiser merchandise have confirmed their efficiency in environments world wide and we’re excited to affix them on this subsequent chapter of journey and exploration.,” stated GM govt engineer Josh Tavel in an organization launch on the venture.

The GM truck model doesn’t but say how the brand new model is likely to be out there, nevertheless it mentions its personal AT4 off-road sub-brand. Between the Hummer EV pickup truck (SUT), the Hummer EV SUV, and the upcoming Sierra EV Denali electrical pickup, it is going to quickly have three distinct totally electrical vehicles within the lineup—so count on this overloading idea to be certainly one of many extra way of life extensions but to return.