This new Hummer truck is one of the most exciting trucks I’ve reviewed! The juice is 19.2 KW High Voltage Charging Module. Imagine a pickup truck that weighs 9640 lbs. 7 ft. wide, 3 motor EV and can do, 0 to 60 mph in 3 sec. This is with a 24-module ultium battery, that can tow an 8500 lb. trailer with 2 motors, 12,000 lb. trailer with 3 motors. Not towing this battery can run for 381 miles. That special 24-module battery, a $10,000 option, and Extreme off-road package another $10,000, bring the MSRP to $128,760. Of course it does. But the mile range drops closer to 350 miles with those options. GM in EV terms claims MPGE 58. 35 in all-terrain tires, front and rear axle lockers, can go anywhere. We buried it in 2 feet of snow going uphill at Bunce School trail near Estes Park. Look at it this way, millions of dollars cheaper than an Abrams Tank and you CAN buy it. Power is 1000 hp and 1200 tq.
Then there is the luxury, this truck has Super Cruise, hands free driving. Bose premium surround sound with 14 speakers. Tri-Zone climate control. 12 power drivers seat. What I think all trucks should have, Air Ride adaptive suspension. Dramatically improves for a smooth ride. And you can adjust the height. Low for climbing on board and High for climbing rocks and deep snow. Screens in the dash are 13.4 in. instrument screen and 12.3 in. in front of the console. The 4 top clear roof panels come off like a Jeep or Bronco. Now if you are as old as me, you’ll remember the Hummer has 4-wheel steering with Crabwalk. Like the first 4×4 Case tractors, made for one-way plows. The first GMC Denali had Quadrasteer. Which did all that and had a wider Dana rear axle that helped with control on the road. It was the best towing a trailer. Sad to see Quadrasteer get dropped.
Off road with one pedal driving in low range. With one pedal, touch the brake to slow down, off the brake pedal and it speeds up to what you set it. Since the Hummer, has regenerative braking, braking charges the battery. But you want to adjust the tension, or you will brake as vigorously as you accelerate with this rocket. Back in the day the military Humvees didn’t have wheel brakes, it was a brake pad on the driveshaft like our old farm trucks emergency brake. It took skill to brake the old Humvee, if you braked hard, it would bounce like a basketball. GM is the king of cameras; the Hummer proves that adding cameras under the frame. It’s a great feature seeing what you are driving over, holes, racks and how close to the edge of the road. Only a 5 ft bed on these super trucks, with sprayed in bedliner. Protection with rocker panels and full body skid plates. As soon as I win the lottery, the Hummer X3 Pickup is on the list.
