Our Hummer is about to meet its new FoMoCo rival. Tune in May 19th at 9:30 EST to check it out!
It will be exciting to see what the Blue Oval has cooked up... I have mixed expectations, building an EV off of an ICE platform never works very well.Our Hummer is about to meet its new FoMoCo rival. Tune in May 19th at 9:30 EST to check it out!
I don’t know about “rival”. Maybe if they’ve got an electric Raptor up their sleeve 😜Our Hummer is about to meet its new FoMoCo rival.
Me too, I cannot wait to see it, but I have low expectations, body on frame construction makes a great mass production pickup, but poor EV, and looking at all the prototypes it looks like they just modified the center frame rails and stuffed in batteries where they could. Nowhere near as cool as the purpose built unibody Hummer, and Silverado EV. The GM cousins should be more mass efficient, and much stiffer in bending and twisting moments as the unibody construction is the way to go on EV's.First look at the F-150 Lightning's badge. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the truck.
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That's a great looking badge for the side of the bed. So much better than most of the badges/decals Ford has used on other trucks (ie the FX4 and FX2 ones).First look at the F-150 Lightning's badge. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the truck.
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Not sure why you are calling the Hummer a unibody. The BT1 platform is body on frame.Me too, I cannot wait to see it, but I have low expectations, body on frame construction makes a great mass production pickup, but poor EV, and looking at all the prototypes it looks like they just modified the center frame rails and stuffed in batteries where they could. Nowhere near as cool as the purpose built unibody Hummer, and Silverado EV. The GM cousins should be more mass efficient, and much stiffer in bending and twisting moments as the unibody construction is the way to go on EV's.
The Hummer is absolutely a Unibody as are all BT1 vehicles. Definitions for those that do not knowNot sure why you are calling the Hummer a unibody. The BT1 platform is body on frame.
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GM BT1 Vehicle Platform
The BT1 platform, otherwise known as BT1, is an upcoming General Motors electric vehicle architecture designed for pickup trucks and SUVs. It will underpin pickup trucks and SUVs from three[...]gmauthority.com
Picture of a Hummer painted body structure so you can see there is no separate bolted on frame, the structure is welded together as part of the chassis. It all leaves the body shop and goes to paint as 1 structure, welded together...A type of body/frame construction in which the body of the vehicle, its floor plan and chassis form a single structure. Such a design is generally lighter and more rigid than a vehicle having a separate body and frame.