The 2024 GMC Hummer EV can cost an electrical automobile faster than the usual 120-volt outlet present in most garages, GMC revealed final week at an indication for the SUV variant of GM’s flagship electrical automobile.
Each the 2024 Hummer EV truck (SUT) and the brand new Hummer EV SUV profit from a brand new 19.2-kw onboard charger and moveable cost wire that comes commonplace on all however the base EV2 fashions. An out there accent connector permits for 240-volt vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) charging at 6 kw, which could translate to greater than 20 miles of added vary per hour for an environment friendly automobile like a Chevy Bolt EV.
The so-called Energy Station generator accent hasn’t but been priced however shall be out there quickly. With it, any fashionable electrical automobile with the SAE J1772 five-pin connector ought to be capable to get a cost from a brand new Hummer EV. That permits the large brute of an electrical truck and SUV to not solely get well an off-road automobile caught within the muck, but additionally energy most electrical automobiles which may have run out of juice on the street.
2024 GMC Hummer EV SUV V2V charger
Each variations of the 2024 GMC Hummer EV additionally acquire vehicle-to-load (V2L) energy era by GMC’s Energy Station generator that may present 3 kw to energy instruments, tenting gear, dwelling home equipment, an air compressor, or different wants with a 120-volt connection. Whether or not at 120 volts or 240 volts, it can function at 25 amps, accounting for the distinction in energy.
Only some different electrical automobiles supply such functionality. The Hyundai Ioniq 5, Genesis GV60, and Kia EV6 can also cost different EVs, however within the U.S. it is restricted to utilizing the 120-volt V2L connector, which gives solely about 1.3 kw of juice.
2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5 – V2L accent
The 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning has a House Integration System that might energy a complete home for a number of days within the occasion of an influence outage, but it surely requires a three-part set up at a price of $3,895. The Rivian R1T pickup and R1S SUV lack bidirectional charging, for now.
Each the Hummer EV truck and SUV use a 400-volt battery pack stacked onto each other in parallel most instances, although it may swap to collection for 800-volt DC fast-charging to allow as much as 300 kw of power to move into the battery. It will recoup 100 miles of vary in 14 minutes, based on GMC. The smaller, extra environment friendly Ioniq 5 can cost from 10-80% in simply 18 minutes.
Vary hasn’t been licensed by the EPA, although GMC estimates about 300 miles for the 2024 GMC Hummer EV SUV.
2024 GMC Hummer EV SUV
The distinction between the truck and SUV is a nine-inch-shorter wheelbase on the SUV and a smaller battery pack, with 20 cell modules stacked 10-on-10 as an alternative of 24 modules stacked 12-on-12 within the truck. Primarily based on IEC requirements, the SUV has a 170-kw battery pack, whereas the Hummer EV truck has a 205-kw battery pack.
The onboard charger improve marks an enormous change in a brief period of time for the reason that 2022 GMC Hummer EV truck debuted final yr with an 11.5-kw onboard charger. The “outdated” vehicles can obtain a bounce, so to talk, however they do not have the capability or {hardware} to cost one other electrical automobile.