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The new Hummer EV is over 4 tons and does 0-100km/h in around 3 seconds. Between the obvious danger per the article, there’s also lots of extra wear on roads,
by hiharryhere 4y ago
The new Hummer EV is over 4 tons and does 0-100km/h in around 3 seconds.
Between the obvious danger per the article, there’s also lots of extra wear on roads, particularly small residential ones.
Lots of external costs.
- crazysim 4y agoIt can't legally drive on some small residential roads.
- rootusrootus 4y agoI'd like to see a source for that. It's wide, but it's still within federal limits.
- lightedman 4y agoMany residential neighborhoods have around a 3-ton vehicle weight limit (some go by axle count.) This was designed to stop semi-truck towing trailers from parking in neighborhoods. I lived in one and got chewed out when my OTR cousin stopped in for a night with his whole rig.
- rootusrootus 4y agoI would expect such a low limit to be relatively rare. It precludes a lot of regular vehicles -- everything from a basic UPS delivery truck to almost any regular pickup bigger than a Toyota Tacoma. A Hummer EV has a similar GVWR to an F250, and considerably lower than a typical F350, which are common residential vehicles (for better or worse).
- thatguy0900 4y agoI would assume that the enforcement is very selective. Noone wants to weigh your car but if you drive a semi to your driveway they can ticket it
- wyre 4y agoFord F-250 is 3 tons [1]. A one ton difference from the Hummer EV. [1]https://www.ford.com/trucks/super-duty/models/f250-xlt/ https://www.ford.com/trucks/super-duty/models/f250-xlt/
- rootusrootus 4y agoAn F250 generally has a GVWR of 9900, which is essentially 5T. It could be spec'd with a 12400 limit, but most are not. Far more common on an F350, though, to see 13000+. I expect you're talking about curb weight. 6500 pounds for a gasser F250 is pretty typical, a bit north of 7000 for a diesel (which is 3.5T). But it's impractical to go by curb weight, the real number is GVWR. Can't tell what someone might be carrying and it all goes to the road.
- cycomanic 4y ago> It precludes a lot of regular vehicles -- everything from a basic UPS delivery truck to almost any regular pickup bigger than a Toyota Tacoma For someone from Europe this sentence is insane. Calling a truck heavier than 3 tones a regular vehicle is just mindboggling. In most (all?) of Europe you need a special license to drive a vehicle that is over 3.5 tonnes.
- ipnon 4y agoMarques Brownlee mentioned the car is illegal on some of his local roads because they have a 4 ton weight limit and the car weighs 9,046lbs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFdX6zL5h8Q&t=95s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFdX6zL5h8Q&t=95s
- fennecfoxy 4y ago10 Tonnes for a consumer vehicle anyone can buy and drive? Wow!
- flyingfences 4y ago9000 pounds is 4.5 tons.
- fennecfoxy 4y agocries in metric
- flyingfences 4y ago9000 pounds is 4.018 British Tons.
- stjohnswarts 4y agoI'm not worried about those as much as the midsize and up SUV's, there will be very few Hummer EV's on the road statistically but mid size SUV's have become almost the standard American car.
- Tokkemon 4y agoWell, I live in the burbs and have a kid in his carseat in the back, plus stroller and groceries. Not to mention I'm a rather large man and when we last looked for cars I literally couldn't fit into a lot of them, I need more space. Even more, great gas mileage and reliability, and very safe. "Compact SUVs" or whatever they call the Subaru Forester now and it's ilk are exactly perfect for my family, especially with another kid on the way.
- Munksgaard 4y agoMy wife, kid in a car seat, and I recently went on a two weeks vacation in our VW Polo, baby stroller, disassembled om changing table and two weeks worth of luggage included. Granted, the car was jam-packed, but it makes me think you could get the things you listed to fit in a smaller car.
- Doxin 4y agoNever mind that even a larger european car like a citroën berlingo is wildly smaller than most american SUVs.
- cycomanic 4y agoOn the outside, cars like the berlingo offer so much more room on the inside than even large SUVs it's not even funny. Goes to show that many of the "I need a large car because I have a family" arguments, are really more about looking big from the outside, not so much about internal practicalities.
- nephanth 4y ago
- sschueller 4y agoYou can't legally drive the hummer EV in Switzerland on your standard license (B permit) . The max weight allowed is 3500 kg. I doubt we will see this vehicle Europe for sale.