Key Takeaways
- Entry-level GMC Hummer EV2 trim reportedly canceled.
- The EV2 was targeting an $80,000 starting price.
- The cheapest trim is now the EV2X, starting at over $95,000.
- GMC representatives call claims “pure speculation” but won’t confirm EV2’s status
According to recent reports, the entry-level GMC Hummer EV trim has been canceled before ever reaching production. Citing unnamed sources, GM Authority reports that the more accessible EV2 trim “has been dropped altogether” after it was originally intended to arrive for the 2024 model year in both pickup and SUV forms. With no more context provided, we reached out to General Motors to ask for confirmation and got the following response:
“It’s pure speculation and we don’t comment on speculation or future product plans. Hummer momentum is accelerating, we’re continuing to ramp up production and sales every day and just had a record Q1.”
Indeed, Hummer sales are up by record levels – 3,260 were sold last year and 1,668 have already been sold so far in just the first three months of 2024. Production has been slow to ramp up but is now improving.
However, GM’s response doesn’t give us much clarity, and at the time of writing, the configurator is not showing the EV2, so we’re assuming there is some truth in this report. Although the GMC Hummer has never been cheap, it would have been much more affordable in this form, with an initial target MSRP of just under $80,000. Now, it’s in six-figure territory across the range, and nobody on a budget will ever buy one.
What Was The EV2 Supposed To Offer?
The GMC Hummer is famous for its CrabWalk feature, its insanely high curb weight, and its outrageously cheeky torque claims, but the EV2 would have been a little different in each of these areas. Instead of 1,000 hp, this would have generated around 625. Liberties would still have been taken with measuring the torque at the wheels, but instead of a claimed 11,500 lb-ft, the EV2 claimed 7,400.
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Adaptive air suspension, rear-axle steering, and the CrabWalk would have been eschewed to keep costs down, and the result would likely have been a lighter vehicle, partly due to the fact that it would have only two motors, but more because it would have come with a smaller battery pack providing just 250 miles of range.
The New Entry-Level Hummer
With the death of the EV2 (if the rumor proves accurate), the cheapest trim is now the EV2X, which does get four-wheel steering and the CrabWalk feature. Unfortunately, instead of an $80,000 entry point to ownership, you’re now looking at nearly $100k – the EV2X Pickup and SUV both start at $96,550. If you want a tri-motor Hummer, the EV3X models cost $104,650. Finally, if you opt for the range-topping EV3X Omega Edition (the First Edition is long sold out), you’ll pay $128,005 for the SUV and $148,000 for the pickup. The price difference here is because the former gets a 20-module battery while the latter gets a 24-module battery offering up to 381 miles of range.
All pricing here excludes the $2,295 destination fee.
