According to a recent study published by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), the GMC Hummer EV produces more emissions than a Chevrolet Malibu ICE sedan. General Motors has now replied that the reason for the electric Hummer’s inefficiency is the fact that it is a “performance-oriented EV” which favors going fast over being frugal.
And GM is certainly right, there are few EVs currently on the market that can even hope to match its level of promised excitement – this is a 9,050-pound off-road-ready electric pickup truck that also has 1,000 horsepower and can hit 60 mph in 3 seconds and 90 mph in under 9 secons. It does need a massive 212.7 kWh battery pack for a range of around 330 miles on one charge, so you can imagine it chews through its electrons quicker than virtually any other EV on the market.