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Report: All-electric Hummer revival being mulled as part of GM EV push
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WPDE-TV ^
| October 21, 2019 | Bengt Halvorson, special from Green Car Reports
The idea of bringing the maligned Hummer brand back as a standalone electric-truck brand is likely to elicit quite the range of responses from longtime social- and eco-conscious car shoppers. General
Motors is seriously considering that, as part of a full-size electric-truck push that will reach its full vigor in 2024 and may bring some new life to the plant that made the Chevy Volt. The potential product plans were reported Friday by Reuters, based on information from the UAW and multiple sources. GM originally gave its first hint that it was considering reviving Hummer back this past June. “I...
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Chinese Chef Spends $630 Making His Own Knockoff Hummer
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Chinahush ^
| 8DEC11 | editorial staff
(From Netease) Chinese folks have always had the self-entertaining mindset to compare little things to big renowned things even just for the slightest resemblance. We
had a post last year talking about a homemade knockoff Lamborghini by a 25 years old guy. Recently a chef from Zigong City, Sichuan Province became famous on the Internet for spending only about 4000 yuan in designing and handcrafting what netizens called a knockoff "Hummer". The 2 meter long, 1.5 meter high homemade auto took Qu Zhibo 3 years to build since he was busy running his own restaurant. Small as it is, it...
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Kerala businessman arrested for hitting guard with Hummer car for delay in opening gate (India)
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The Indian Express ^
| Jan 29, 2015 | Shaju Philip
Controversial beedi businessman Muhammed Nisham was arrested on charge of attempt to murder a security guard in Shoba Group’s residential township in Thrissur on Thursday. According to police, the security guard was hit by Nisham’s ‘Hummer’ car for delay in opening the gate of the township in the wee hours of Thursday.
The security guard Chandrabose has been put on ventilator support after receiving serious injuries. Nisham is managing director of Tirunelveli-based King Beedi Co. Apart from being a prominent tobacco supplier, he has hotel and jewellery businesses in the Middle East. His cars include Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin, Road...
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The Hummer is back. Thank falling oil prices.
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The Washington Post ^
| November 10, 2014 | Chico Harlan
"......Some American consumers and business owners say they weren’t yet confident cheaper prices at the pump would stick. Instead,
they say, they are treating the sub-$3 gas as a helpful little gift, but not as a green light to make major adjustments. “When gas was up around $5, it was killing us,” said David Grant, 50, of Fairfax, who owns a regional pest management company and spends several thousand monthly in fuel for his fleet of Ford F-150s. “I went ahead and raised my prices on everybody else.” This time, Grant said, he’s not lowering those prices, nor is he...
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