Not satisfied with shaking up the industry with the Hummer EV, GMC has confirmed that it is also working on an all-electric version of the Sierra pickup. During a national dealer meeting held virtually by General Motors earlier in the month, GMC president Duncan Aldred told the carmaker’s dealers that, apart from the Hummer, several electric vehicles are also on the cards.
It doesn’t come as much of a surprise that
GMC is looking to electrify its pickup trucks, especially when you consider
that the all-electric Ford F-150 is just around the corner. At this stage, very
few details about the electric Sierra are known but it could share some
powertrain and chassis components with the Hummer EV. Autoblog speculates it
could also be built at the same Hamtramck, Michigan factory as the Hummer.
During the meeting, GMC assured dealers
that, despite the forthcoming Hummer EV and electric Sierra, it isn’t going
all-electric. “Duncan said we’re certainly not going to abandon our internal
combustion engine vehicles because that’s our core business and that was good
to hear,” said a dealer who asked to remain anonymous. “It’s to let people know
they’re not going down the same road as Cadillac.”
