A GMC Hummer-inspired SUV will race on off-road programs across the globe this 12 months as a part of GMC’s new multiyear sponsorship with Chip Ganassi Racing.

Chip Ganassi Racing’s electrical SUV incorporates a grille, graphics and bodywork impressed by the Hummer EV pickup. It should compete within the first Excessive E season, beginning with a race in April.

“I am unable to consider a greater match than showcasing the look of GMC’s Hummer EV in Excessive E with Chip Ganassi Racing,” Jim Campbell, GM’s U.S. vp for efficiency and motorsports, mentioned in a press release.

“Each GMC Hummer EV and the Excessive E sequence are designed to be revolutionary — to problem perceptions of electrical automobiles and to showcase their true functionality.”

The Excessive E five-race international championship occasions might be held in Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Greenland, Brazil and Argentina.

The races had been designed partly to advertise EV adoption, the assertion mentioned.

The Hummer pickup might be “a sport changer when it comes to how the world views off-road EV functionality,” mentioned workforce proprietor Chip Ganassi.

GMC revealed the Hummer in October, and reservations for the primary version, due out late this 12 months, crammed up in minutes.