YouTuber can't believe how much his Hummer EV costs to charge from 0 to 100% at a public station
- Introducing the Hummer EV
- Only a few were produced
- The cost of charging it is eye-watering
Published on Dec 15, 2024 at 6:00 AM (UTC+4)
by Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
Last updated on Dec 11, 2024 at 6:39 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
With a massive battery and low efficiency – the cost of charging his Hummer EV from 0-100 percent at a public station took one Colorado, US, YouTuber by surprise.
The electric behemoth features a 212kWh usable battery pack.
That makes it one of the largest in the industry.
Charging it does not come cheap.
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The Hummer EV
According to YouTuber, car enthusiast, and founder of Out of Spec Reviews Kyle Conner, this is a ‘showpiece’ and a ‘halo product’.
In other words: “They’re not making a ton of these.”
With efficiency very low at 1.1 miles per kWh – that seems like a good idea.
Charging from zero to full frequently ‘puts a huge stress on the entire system’.
Going from 5-60 percent is recommended to optimize time and costs for road trips.
This is not a practical EV – unlike Teslas that owners claim have helped them save up to $300 per month.
It’s also maintenance and insurance that savings have been reported on.
However, the Hummer EV won in a recent drag race.
Charging in public
Conner decided to conduct a test to determine the cost of charging.
He juiced it from 0-100 percent using a complimentary DC fast charger for measurement.
The session delivered 224kWh with around 5-7% energy losses and took 2 hours and 40 minutes.
Costs varied wildly based on location and the method of charging.
It cost him more than $96+ for public DC (direct current) fast charging at standard rates.
Meanwhile, it cost him a little over $29 for home charging (a standard across the US) – however, this can be as low as $16 in certain areas like Fort Collins, Colorado.
“That’s 35 cents a kilowatt hour plus 20 cents a minute and if you’re and it’s a slow charger it’s a CPE 250, so the Hummer only gets about 100 kilowatt peak on there,” Conner shared.
“That’s an expensive charge at that point – $150-170 to charge up the Hummer on that thing dead to full.”
With a dual English and French degree and NCTJ diploma, Amelia began her career doing award-winning writing and editing for titles and brands spanning Women's Health, the Telegraph, Boots, and Vitality. Amelia joined the SB Media family in September of 2023, bringing her expertise in SEO and reader takeaway. As Lead Editor, her superpower is translating technical jargon about the mechanical workings of a supercar into a shareable story.
