The quickest manufacturing Hummer on the earth is heading for Australia, thanks to not father or mother Normal Motors however moderately Australian-owned Autogroup Worldwide.
Transformed en masse by Autogroup Worldwide, the 2024 GMC Hummer EV – in each ute and SUV physique kinds – is now transport worldwide to 40+ right-hand drive international locations.
Autogroup Worldwide is an Australian-owned, Sri Lankan-based operation with 30-plus years’ expertise in left- to right-hand drive car conversions.
Specialising in American SUVs, muscle automobiles and pickup vans, it has invested extensively to transform the Hummer EV to right-hand drive in preparation for related new markets together with Australia.
The corporate says the mirror picture conversion, together with advanced electrical and mechanical engineering by the workforce at Autogroup Worldwide, has resulted within the Hummer EV being safely transformed, homologated and made ADR compliant below their ISO 9001:2015 high quality assurance program.
The GMC Hummer EV is immediately recognisable, with a design clearly influenced by the traditional H2 and H3 Hummers, but it surely packs electrical powertrains with heady efficiency figures.
There are a number of variations accessible, together with the Hummer EV 2 with its two motors and 419kW of energy, the Hummer EV 3 with its three motors delivering 610kW, and the limited-edition Hummer EV 3 ‘Omega’ in its Neptune Blue Matte exterior with numerous off-road enhancements.
At a quoted 619kW of energy, the Hummer EV 3 can rocket from 0-100km/h in simply 3.5 seconds and provide a claimed electrical vary of round 500km.
For off-road use the car options rear-wheel steering with ‘crab stroll’ capabilities. Underneath the best boot a Watts to Freedom mode provides loopy acceleration, the air suspension delivers six inches of adjustable raise, and the detachable ‘infinity panels’ present an open-air expertise.
Whereas most variations will include 22-inch wheels, the EV 3 will provide an Excessive Off Street Pack that features 18-inch beadlock appropriate wheels.
With manufacturing restricted to simply 550 items although, it’s unclear if we are going to see any of those extra succesful fashions touchdown into Australia.
Tech options embody 800V DC quick charging, Ultravision digicam system with under-body cameras, a 13.4-inch touchscreen infotainment system, a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, a 14-speaker premium Bose sound system, and semi-automatic parking.
Autogroup Worldwide requires roughly 4 weeks to transform a Hummer EV to right-hand drive and importantly that is with full homologation and compliance permitting for the authorized import of the car into all right-hand drive international locations.
Every car is supported by a three-year ‘full car’ guarantee, backed by Autogroup Worldwide.
“The launch of the 2024 right-hand drive Hummer EV SUV and Pickup builds on our heritage of getting transformed tons of of the older H2 and H3 Hummers within the early 2000s, and the Hummer EV, is now accessible to our clients in right-hand drive international locations worldwide,” mentioned Autogroup Worldwide CEO Rob Hill.
“It’s a testomony to my workforce, whose many years of expertise, alongside our electrical, mechanical and reverse engineering crew plus our extraordinary manufacturing workforce, that Autogroup Worldwide is ready to ship a secure, legally compliant and excellent right-hand drive Hummer EV.”
With anticipated costs to sit down between $150,000 and $165,000, uptake of the Hummer EV could possibly be profitable based mostly on its efficiency and functionality. The massive take a look at although will likely be to see how its vary fares when towing.
