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GM will resurrect the Hummer name on an all-electric pickup truck to be sold under the GMC brand

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  1. DyslexicStoner240
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    2 days ago I watched a BusinessInsider video that mentioned how GM could potentially 'reboot' Hummer just like this article suggests they're planning to do. Honestly though I'm not really thrilled...

    2 days ago I watched a BusinessInsider video that mentioned how GM could potentially 'reboot' Hummer just like this article suggests they're planning to do.

    Honestly though I'm not really thrilled to see that a lot of the effort that's being put in the electric automotive industry seems destined to these big, heavy, cumbersome vehicles...

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    Algernon_Asimov
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    Off-topic, but... Why is this in ~hobbies instead of ~tech with the other articles about electric vehicles? Normally I'd just move it, but you're a special case. :P

    Off-topic, but...

    Why is this in ~hobbies instead of ~tech with the other articles about electric vehicles? Normally I'd just move it, but you're a special case. :P

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      Deimos
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      I don't have a particularly strong reason, I waffled about where to post it myself and figured the "automotive industry" aspect of it (bringing back Hummers) was more the main interesting part of...

      I don't have a particularly strong reason, I waffled about where to post it myself and figured the "automotive industry" aspect of it (bringing back Hummers) was more the main interesting part of it than the "electric vehicle" part. Posts about electric vehicles are kind of all over the place group-wise: https://tildes.net/?tag=electric_vehicles&order=new

      I'm totally fine with it in ~tech too, feel free to move it if you think that would have been a better choice.

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      1. Algernon_Asimov
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        To my mind, that would also put it in ~tech: motor vehicles are technology, whether they run on gas/petrol or electricity. Ah-hah! I just remembered. There was a request for a ~motoring group, and...

        figured the "automotive industry" aspect of it

        To my mind, that would also put it in ~tech: motor vehicles are technology, whether they run on gas/petrol or electricity.

        Ah-hah! I just remembered. There was a request for a ~motoring group, and people decided that was a hobby which belonged in ~hobbies.

        Posts about electric vehicles are kind of all over the place group-wise:

        Wow, they are! I didn't realise that.

        I'll leave it. I'm just confused now.

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