（带文稿）0207 越野之王悍马归来！但这次有点不一样

张老邪叨哔叨：

        看到悍马（Hummer），老邪想到了之前的一个段子: ”并不是所有的女生都爱钱，有些女生还是很爱小动物的，比如捷豹路虎悍马...和天猫"。玩笑归玩笑，至少说明了越野车悍马傲人的实力（和价格）。Hummer是通用汽车已经取消的品牌之一，根据美军用的轮式车辆改造而成。2008年由于次贷危机而被迫放弃。这些来龙去脉文中都有描述。那这次重启悍马又有哪些新性能呢？附一张Hummer旧图 （话说我们经常说的蜂鸟就是hummingbird哦，hum本身作动词也作名词，表示发出嗡嗡声~）

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        America’s General Motors, or GM, is bringing back its Hummer truck. The new truck will different from earlier versions of the Hummer. This time, it will be fully electric.

        The automaker announced last week it plans to begin selling the battery-powered vehicle, called the Hummer EV, in September of 2021.

        The new Hummer appeared in a television advertisement during the Super Bowl game last Sunday. However, only a small part of the front of the truck was shown. The ad attempted to show the contrasting nature of the vehicle: That it is a large, powerful truck, yet operates in complete silence.

        GM says it will introduce the truck to the public on May 20. So far, the company has provided few details about it.

        The Hummer EV’s battery will give the truck about 1,000 horsepower, GM said on its website. The vehicle can go from 0 to 97 kilometers per hour in three seconds. The automaker did not name a selling price or say how far the truck can go on a single battery charge.

        A GM spokeswoman told The Associated Press the new truck will have some design elements similar to the old one, but will not look like the Hummer of the past.

This undated image provided by General Motors shows the grill on a battery-powered Hummer pickup truck. General Motors announced Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, that it will start the pickup truck in September of 2021. (General Motors via AP)

        The first Hummer, launched in the 1990s, was modeled after the Humvee vehicle used by United States military forces. The vehicle became popular in the early 2000s with lovers of large trucks and sport utility vehicles, or SUVs. Many Americans liked its off-road abilities.

        But GM dropped the Hummer in 2010 after experiencing financial difficulties. Sales suffered big drops after fuel prices rose in the summer of 2008. Environmental groups criticized the non-fuel efficient vehicles for wasting energy resources.

        GM said the new Hummer would be built at a factory in Detroit that was set to close. The company said it was investing $2.2 billion to modernize the Detroit-area plant to produce new electric trucks and SUVs.

Several other carmakers – including Ford and Tesla – are also planning to launch battery-powered trucks and SUVs in the future.

        I’m Bryan Lynn.

Words in This Story

battery – n. an object that provides electricity for things

contrast – v. a clear difference between two things

horsepower – n. a unit for measuring the power of an engine

sport utility vehicle – n. a larger vehicle designed to transport cargo and people and sometimes built to travel over rough roads

efficient – adj. not wasting time or energy