Surely the easy-to-understand economics of the situation would dissuade people from driving like a bat out of hell.
Anecdotally, it didn’t.
GMC
This brings us to the expected hand-wringing about the efficiency of the Hummer EV.
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A vehicle that, since its introduction, has been the source of rightful hand-wringing.
Yes, it’s an electric vehicle, but it’s also not all that efficient.
It’s heavy, uses quite a lot of electricity to travel anywhere, and it’s enormous.
GMC
In other words, it’s a Hummer.
Not Surprising
The inefficiency of the Hummer EV has been discussed (again) since its unveiling.
Thats not to excuse GM for putting out something enormous for the sake of enormity.
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GM built the Hummer EV because people would buy it.
In fact, the automaker is slowly working its way through 70,000 pre-orders for the gigantic pickup.
Not Alone
While the Hummer is the target, its not alone as an inefficient EV.
All EV trucks are rolling around with huge batteries so that appease the range demands of customers.
The Rivians max-pack, which offers over 400 miles of range, comes in at a whopping 180-kWh.
Not all truck owners feel the need for speed.
Truck people love their trucks the way convertible people love convertibles.
Moving someone from a gas truck to an EV is a huge deal.
You have to give the people what they want.
And they want trucks.
Not So Fast
That doesn’t let the Hummer EV and its owners off the hook.
We have agas-guzzler tax, and it’s time to consider electron guzzlers.
No matter how you move the number around, that’s just a given.
A lot of those sales are to fleets, contractors, landscapers, etc.
If we could half that in the next 10 years, that would be a huge achievement.
Trucks mean jobs for so many customers.
You might covet a pickup because of your love of pickups, but for many, its a livelihood.
The Whole System
We sometimes put our entire clean future on the conversion to EVs.
The Hummer EV is an easy target because it’s ridiculously large and inefficient as an EV.
It makes for fun headlines, and it’s easy for the average reader to understand.
Articles about the grid, though?
They can be dense and with few options for the average consumer.
We can’t shop around for a better utility company.
There’s no easy consumer call-to-action when talking about the grid like there is with EVs.
It’s important to remember that two things can be true.
Oh, and to the people with the giant trucks: slow down.
Have you not seen the price of gas?
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