GMC Hummer EV Won’t Share Components With ICE Trucks From GM

The electric Hummer will be mechanically, as well as aesthetically unique among other GM models.

GMC Hummer EV prototype screenshot from spy video

Andrei Nedelea

By: Andrei Nedelea

Dec 4, 2020 at 9:53am ET

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The upcoming GMC Hummer EV will be built around a platform called the BT1 and while that may sound similar to the T1 architecture used to underpin the Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra and basically all of GM’s larger SUVs, apparently it’s completely different. So the electric Hummer won’t just look radically different to any other GM offering, but it will also be mechanically unique.

This information was obtained by Muscle Cars & Trucks, by asking GM Vehicle Performance Engineer, Todd Hubbard, who confirmed that there is no parts sharing that he’s aware of between the BT1 and the T1 platforms, or between the Hummer EV and other similar models in the GM roster - this is a bit of a surprise, given that GM is renowned for its propensity to share as many parts, platforms and technologies among its models as it can.

Sure, you can expect some buttons and switchgear to be carried over and be shared with other models, but it seems most of the major bits will be unique to the Hummer. And don’t think it’s going to change too much from the prototype that GM showed during the official presentation - apparently, that’s 98 percent representative of the finished product.

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This is at odds with Ford’s strategy to build its F-150 EV. Unlike GM, Ford will rely on the exact same platform as the ICE versions to underpin the electric F-150; in designing a bespoke electric platform, GM is allowing itself to start fresh and make the most of all the newfound space - just think about the Bollinger products and how you can slide your body from the passenger compartment into the front trunk exactly where the ICE and transmission would have been.