GM revives the Hummer name for a new monster electric pick-up truck boasting around 1000bhp and huge off-road chops. Hummer started out as a military vehicle built by AM General – the Humvee – before spawning a civilian version with the familiar Hummer name – selling the first two to Arnold Schwarzenegger who had lobbied […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals ELECTRIC Hummer H1 from Kreisel Electric
Austria’s Kreisel Electric has built an electric Hummer H1 SUV, which has been revealed by Hummer loving Arnold Schwarzenegger at their new Plant. Arnold Schwarzenegger is known for his love of the monster Hummer H1, and he’s Austrian. So who better to reveal an electric Hummer H1 in Austria? Kreisel Electric has opened a new Research and […]
Hummer Dead – Probably
The sale of Hummer by GM to China’s Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery has been stopped by China’s Government. Is this the end for Hummer? Now that GM has finally got rid of Saab to Spyker it looked as if it was also on track to divest itself of the anathema of modern car sensibilities – the […]
Hummer bought by Sichuan Tengzhong
Who’s bought Hummer? Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company, apparently. Never heard of them! We’ve got used to quite a number of Chinese car companies lately. BYD have been in the news with their MOU with VW, and BYD has also hit the headlines with its new car battery technology for EVs and of course […]
Hummer sale agreed
After the official bankruptcy of GM was declared yesterday, GM has announced that it has also reached agreement to shed its troublesome (certainly in these eco-friendly times) Hummer operation. GM are reporting that they have reached a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ with an unnamed buyer to take Hummer of their hands later in the year. MOUs […]
California leads the way with Hydrogen cars
Now this is something I really approve of. As many of you will have seen on last week’s Top Gear, May was out playing with the Honda’s FCX Clarity in California, and commented, just as we have, that this is the real way forward for electric cars. The Honda FCX Clarity is the first proper […]