Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Been dreaming of an electric Hummer? Here you go


Over the years, there have been attempts to green up one of the world's most iconic gas guzzlers, from thefanciful to the conceptual to the ER-EV. Now, a car customizer across the pond is epitomizing this ultimate dichotomy by building a battery-electric Hummer.

Prindiville, which so far has specialized in revamping vehicles from BentleyBMWFerrariPorsche and, of course, Range Rover with carbon-fiber body parts, aerodynamic paneling, souped-up engines and other goodies, says its plug-in Hummers will be the UK's first customized EVs.

Granted, the "Hummer" in question appears to be a substantially shrunken version of the original, Ahnold-favored super SUV. Prindiville says the Hummer EV, which will first be made in a trial batch of 25 vehicles, will have a 60-mile single-charge range. And the car can be yours for about 25,000 British pounds, just under $40,000 U.S. at today's exchange rates. Plus, it's exempt from London's congestion charge. So you have that going for you.

Source: Autoblog Green

2 comments:

  1. I would love to have a hummer that ran on electric. The price isn't bad either only 40,000.

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  2. Having the rear end chopped off makes it look mean and ready for business!

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