@Oakwood, for me personally, I have zero issue with a 5-foot bed, for a number of reasons.
- One...this truck is not going to be used to haul plywood or other similarly-sized objects very often, if at all. Hummers were virtually never used as work vehicles or vehicles to haul with, but as toys, weekend vehicles and trucks you just liked to be seen in. A 5-foot bed should be more than most ever need to haul gear, camping equipment, yard tools and materials, etc.
- Two...the shorter this bed is, the greater the departure angle, and the better the Hummer EV SUT is off-road. If this had a six-foot bed, not only will you have more rear overhang to decrease departure angle, but you'll also have a lesser breakover angle underneath the truck resulting from the longer-than-needed wheelbase. Since we've already heard that the new Hummers have been mostly described as a thoroughly-modernized H3 (Hummer EV SUV) and H3T (Hummer EV SUT), and the H3T bed was plenty big enough for the people who bought them, with off-road capabilities in mind, I like the idea.
- Lastly...GM probabky doesn't want to have inter-corporation competition between the Hummer SUT and the soon to be released Silverado EV. The Silverado will be billed as the utilitarian EV truck, with the Hummer SUT being the off-road/lifestyle EV truck. Giving the Hummer a 5-foot bed keeps it from killing the Silverado before it has a chance to live. Well that, and of course the prices. But I think anything to differentiate the Hummer EV SUT from the Silverado EV is welcome within corporate ranks.
I don't know if anyone agrees, but I think the 5-foot bed is a good idea. If the truck gets a folding midgate like the H2 and Avalanche did...even better!
- One...this truck is not going to be used to haul plywood or other similarly-sized objects very often, if at all. Hummers were virtually never used as work vehicles or vehicles to haul with, but as toys, weekend vehicles and trucks you just liked to be seen in. A 5-foot bed should be more than most ever need to haul gear, camping equipment, yard tools and materials, etc.
- Two...the shorter this bed is, the greater the departure angle, and the better the Hummer EV SUT is off-road. If this had a six-foot bed, not only will you have more rear overhang to decrease departure angle, but you'll also have a lesser breakover angle underneath the truck resulting from the longer-than-needed wheelbase. Since we've already heard that the new Hummers have been mostly described as a thoroughly-modernized H3 (Hummer EV SUV) and H3T (Hummer EV SUT), and the H3T bed was plenty big enough for the people who bought them, with off-road capabilities in mind, I like the idea.
- Lastly...GM probabky doesn't want to have inter-corporation competition between the Hummer SUT and the soon to be released Silverado EV. The Silverado will be billed as the utilitarian EV truck, with the Hummer SUT being the off-road/lifestyle EV truck. Giving the Hummer a 5-foot bed keeps it from killing the Silverado before it has a chance to live. Well that, and of course the prices. But I think anything to differentiate the Hummer EV SUT from the Silverado EV is welcome within corporate ranks.
I don't know if anyone agrees, but I think the 5-foot bed is a good idea. If the truck gets a folding midgate like the H2 and Avalanche did...even better!
