GMC auctioned off the rights to the primary buyer instance of the 2024 Hummer EV SUV over the weekend to assist increase funds for charity.

The public sale occurred throughout Barrett-Jackson’s annual sale in Scottsdale, Arizona, the place the rights to the primary 2024 Ford Mustang had been additionally bought.

The ultimate bid for the electrical SUV got here in at $500,000. All proceeds can be donated to Tread Frivolously!, a non-profit devoted to selling outside recreation and environmental conservation. The rights to the primary 2022 Hummer EV pickup had been additionally bought at public sale in early 2021, fetching a ultimate bid of $2.5 million.

The primary buyer Hummer EV SUV hasn’t been constructed however GMC confirmed it to be one among a collection of particular Hummer EV Version 1 SUVs loaded with obtainable options as customary, much like the Version 1 variations of the Hummer EV that had been initially provided when the pickup was launched in 2021.

The Hummer EV Version 1 SUV can even include the electrical SUV’s prime powertrain, on this case a three-motor all-wheel-drive setup good for an estimated 830 hp, or sufficient for 0-60 mph acceleration in round 3.5 seconds when utilizing the Watts to Freedom launch management mode. That is down on the pickup’s prime efficiency score of 1,000 hp, or sufficient for 0-60 mph acceleration in three seconds.

The Version 1 can even be obtainable with the unique Moonshot Inexperienced Matte paint choice, proven right here on a prototype.

The Hummer EV SUV has a wheelbase that is 8.9 inches (126.7 inches in complete) shorter than the pickup, which can afford it larger departure and breakover angles, and a tighter turning circle that may measure 35.4 toes, thanks partly to rear-wheel steering. The pickup’s CrabWalk diagonal-driving characteristic can even come within the SUV.

The largest battery at launch will ship an estimated vary of 300 miles. A smaller battery obtainable later within the life cycle will ship an estimated 250 miles.

Pre-production examples are already rolling off the road at Common Motors’ Manufacturing facility Zero plant close to Detroit, the place the pickup truck has been in manufacturing since late 2021, and the place GMC can even construct its 2024 Sierra EV Denali. The primary buyer examples of the Hummer EV SUV are as a result of enter manufacturing in early 2023 and begin deliveries shortly after.

Pricing for the Hummer EV Version 1 SUV begins at $105,595. A EV3X grade costing $99,995 will comply with Version 1 deliveries in spring 2023 with the identical three-motor powertrain. There can even ultimately be EV2X and EV2 grades, each with dual-motor powertrains. They are going to be priced from $89,995 and $79,995, respectively. Reservations are at the moment closed, GMC has confirmed.