DETROIT – Normal Motors will shut reservations for its electrical GMC Hummer pickup and forthcoming GMC Hummer SUV after greater than 90,000 of the automobiles had been reserved, the corporate mentioned Wednesday.

Closing the reservations is a method for the automaker to try to meet the present record of reserved automobiles, which extends out to a minimum of 2024. The variety of reservations is notable due to the beginning costs of the automobiles, which vary between roughly $85,000 and $111,000.

GM mentioned it plans to shut reservations for each automobiles beginning Thursday. Anybody wanting to order one of many electrical vans should achieve this by the tip of Wednesday.

GM has been slowly ramping up manufacturing of the Hummer EV pickup since earlier this yr. As of the tip of June, the corporate had bought lower than 400 of the automobiles. The SUV model is predicted to start arriving to sellers and prospects beginning in early 2023.

Duncan Aldred, world head of GMC, mentioned manufacturing of the SUV must be faster than the pickup, which was the primary client automobile to function GM’s next-generation Ultium batteries and automobile platform.

“We knew it will be a gradual ramp. However subsequent yr, whenever you have a look at the calendar yr, I believe you may see a normalized yr,” he instructed CNBC final week on the Detroit auto present. “Once we produce SUV, that ought to get into stride instantly … Subsequent yr is an enormous yr for Hummer EV, each truck and SUV.”

GM’s resolution follows Ford Motor shutting down reservations for its electrical F-150 Lightning pickup after hitting roughly 200,000 models. It additionally had shut down reservations for the electrical Mustang Mach-E crossover, however these banks have since reopened.