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Just looking at the body... while a Unibody design will work for city usage, I don't see this working for anyone that does any towing, hauling significant weigh

Just looking at the body... while a Unibody design will work for city usage, I don't see this working for anyone that does any towing, hauling significant weight, or frequent off-roading. There's a reason the truck manufactures have stuck with body-over-frame, you separate the "hold the people" concerns from the "hold the weight" concerns to make a more durable product. Essentially, if you're using it as a car, it'll make a great car, but using it as a truck will inevitably lead to failure. If you don't believe me, ask any 4x4 Offroader, or watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKMQjm7i2Jw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKMQjm7i2Jw Speaking of reliability, the American truck market is _hyper competitive_ and that is one of the main reasons people buy the vehicles: they just don't break down. I think there's a great opportunity for truck makers here: an electric truck has far less things to break. A generation leap in reliability could be achieved. I think GM and the new Hummer has the best chance of breaking into the market in this regard.

bluejekyll 5y ago
> Unibody design It is not a unibody frame, exactly, it’s a unibody-on-frame. For most cases that seems like it should be better.
kaczordon 5y ago
You mean the 100k Hummer? If anything the Ford F-150 is the truck that will cause this change. F-150 is the top selling car in America(1 mil units a year) it’s a big deal that it’s going electric.
nickik 5y ago
The idea that unibody design can't be made as good for any work a truck has to do is simply nonsense. And that video proves nothing other then about the vehicles actually tested. > I think GM and the new Hummer has the best chance of breaking into the market in this regard. The Hummer is instantly expensive, far to expensive to reach any real volume.
postingawayonhn 5y ago
It is body on frame. They just combined the cab and bed into one unit.

bluejekyll 5y ago

> Unibody design It is not a unibody frame, exactly, it’s a unibody-on-frame. For most cases that seems like it should be better.

kaczordon 5y ago

You mean the 100k Hummer? If anything the Ford F-150 is the truck that will cause this change. F-150 is the top selling car in America(1 mil units a year) it’s a big deal that it’s going electric.

nickik 5y ago

The idea that unibody design can't be made as good for any work a truck has to do is simply nonsense. And that video proves nothing other then about the vehicles actually tested. > I think GM and the new Hummer has the best chance of breaking into the market in this regard. The Hummer is instantly expensive, far to expensive to reach any real volume.

postingawayonhn 5y ago

It is body on frame. They just combined the cab and bed into one unit.