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All-Electric Hummer Is Coming with 1,000 HP and 11,500 LB-FT
Posted on 1/30/20 at 9:07 pm
Posted on 1/30/20 at 9:07 pm
Not a Typo
Autoweek
Of course you may need your own nuclear power plant but what they hell...
Autoweek
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According to GMC, the electric Hummer will have 1,000 hp and 11,500 lb-ft of torque. Yes, ELEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED. We even called GM to make absolutely sure there wasn’t a misplaced comma, and were assured it was accurate. While we don’t know how much the GMC Hummer weighs, the folks at GMC did say it’ll sprint from a dead stop to 60 mph in three seconds.
Of course you may need your own nuclear power plant but what they hell...
Posted on 1/30/20 at 9:14 pm to cajuncarguy
Nothing can match a electric motor for low end torque since maximum torque occurs at zero RPM. Besides the simplicity of power transfer it’s why locomotives are driven by electric motors, and Tesla cars destroy any internal combustion engine powered muscle car off the starting line.
This post was edited on 1/30/20 at 9:18 pm
Posted on 1/30/20 at 9:22 pm to cajuncarguy
And there’s more! You can get all the way from the CBD to Tiger Stadium on a full charge!
Posted on 1/30/20 at 9:31 pm to EA6B
But no electric vehicle, especially one the size of a Hummer, will have 11,500 lb/ft of torque regardless if it's at the 1st rpm or 4000. I haven't done the math yet but you will need a shite load of lithium ion batteries and an giant cooling system for those batteries.
Posted on 1/30/20 at 9:46 pm to cajuncarguy
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giant cooling system
Posted on 1/30/20 at 9:58 pm to Purple Spoon
The only way those numbers work and the vehicle is actually useable for more than 5 miles is if it has some sort of diesel power plant to keep batteries charged.
Posted on 1/30/20 at 10:28 pm to xrockfordf150x
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No, no, no, no, no, this sucker's electrical, but I need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity I need.
Posted on 1/30/20 at 11:04 pm to cajuncarguy
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But no electric vehicle, especially one the size of a Hummer, will have 11,500 lb/ft of torque regardless if it's at the 1st rpm or 4000.
Pretty much every OTR truck will exert over 100,000 lb-ft at the axles in first gear. Something you, and so many others, miss is that with a directly coupled electric motors driving the wheels there is no gear reduction to take advantage of even though it is mechanically more efficient.
Posted on 1/31/20 at 6:46 am to Clames
I assume most know that. And the torque characteristics of an electric motor. But what stood out to me was the raw torque number. Without looking it up I don’t think even Tesla’s envisioned 18 wheeler had anything close to that number at the Motor output before any reduction by a transmission or differential.
Posted on 1/31/20 at 8:41 am to cajuncarguy
From a non mechanic
Would That much torque at the pedal be bad on transmissions and UV joints and such?
Would That much torque at the pedal be bad on transmissions and UV joints and such?
Posted on 1/31/20 at 9:06 am to cajuncarguy
BTW, very sad to see the print edition of Autoweek be terminated.
Posted on 1/31/20 at 9:08 am to cajuncarguy
I'm leaning towards the Cybertruck.
The Cybertruck is more practical than this monster.
:letthatsinkin:
The Cybertruck is more practical than this monster.
:letthatsinkin:
Posted on 1/31/20 at 9:22 am to cajuncarguy
Yes, yes...because you know more than the hundreds of engineers at GM
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