Typo in the last sentence. Should have read: "Could it someday become a symbol of a new, more sustainable erection?"
On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 9:38 PM brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > (?vaporware? as -GM pr- , automakers @their wasteful-worst) > > https://chargedevs.com/newswire/hummer-to-be-reborn-as-gm-electric-pickup-truck/ > Hummer to be reborn as GM electric pickup truck > January 11, 2020 Charles Morris; WSJ > > [image > > https://468y981o84o43v2wo2600a0gcj-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Hummer-AdobeStock_.jpeg > ice > ] > > We’ve often accused the legacy automakers of lacking imagination, but now > we > see that at least someone at GM has a sense of irony. The company’s first > announced electric pickup truck will be called a Hummer. > > GM will not be reviving the Hummer make, which choked to death in 2010, but > will sell the Hummer pickup under the GMC brand. > > The Wall Street Journal reports that the e-Hummer “is likely to be sold in > small volumes as a rugged, jeep-like pickup truck for off-road > enthusiasts,” > according to “people briefed on the strategy.” It’s expected to go on sale > by early 2022, and will be among the first of several large electric SUVs > and pickup trucks from GM. > > GM will build this beast, and other electric trucks, at its > Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, which was marked for closure before the > company announced plans for a $3-billion renovation in October. > > WSJ says GM plans to run an ad for the new irony-mobile during next month’s > Super Bowl. > > Aside from the headline-grabbing comedic aspects of the announcement, this > is a milestone because it represents a 180-degree turnaround for GM. Until > recently, most electric offerings from non-Tesla brands have been small, > practical cars, which, as any marketer will tell you, hold little appeal > for > US buyers. Now GM is going to electrify the biggest and baddest surrogate > sex organ in the auto industry. No specs have been announced, but it’s safe > to assume that the e-Hummer will boast plenty of horsepower and towing > capacity. > > A Sierra Club official once said the Hummer “embodied the worst impulses of > the American auto industry.” ... > [© chargedevs.com] > > > > https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/10/gm-buys-super-bowl-air-time-to-resurrect-an-all-electric-version-of-the-hummer-sources-say.html > GM buys Super Bowl airtime to resurrect an all-electric version of the > Hummer, sources say > 2020/01/10 GM is resurrecting the Hummer, buying Super Bowl airtime to > debut an all-electric pickup version of its gas-guzzling ... General Motors > is resurrecting the Hummer as an all-electric pickup ... > > https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/46593858-Hummer-Iconic-Brands-That-Disappeared-CNBC.jpg > > > > > For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: > http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > > > {brucedp.neocities.org} > > -- > Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- Michael E. Ross (919) 585-6737 Land (919) 901-2805 Cell and Text (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Tablet, Google Phone and Text -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200111/792c3a23/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
