WOW and WTF!

General Motors has trademarked its versions of Teslas Ludicrous mode.

Watts to Freedom unlocks the full potential of the propulsion system of the upcoming Hummer and puts all of its available power to the pavement. 

Access to the full gamut of power in the upcoming Silverado is granted through a special setting called Wide Open Watts Mode. 

Yes GM responded to Ludicrous with WOW and WTF.

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In reply to Mr. Peabody :

You mean like remote start on a new Toyota minivan?

Watts to Freedom.  This needs a Bald Eagle bursting thru an American flag or something....

My service manager was discussing the new Hummer, because GM is hammering us with all the promo material, and I mentioned something about the Tesla Plaid. The following conversation went something like this:

Boss: The new Hummer is going to be really fast.

Me: It's 9500lbs. The Tesla is literally half the weight.

Boss: Yeah, but the Hummer has 1000hp.

Me: Yeah. So does the Tesla. And half the weight.

Boss:....Oh.

A Rivian can be had with 800HP (I think) and weighs under 6K pounds. It ought to be pretty quick. I saw a Bolt take off from a stop light last week and even it was impressive compared to my Cooper "S". I wonder how many electric vehicles will be too quick for the NHRA without roll cages in the next few years?

In reply to NickD :

Getting 9500lbs from 0-60mph in ~3sec is still damned fast. And stupid.

In reply to NickD :

$10 says the Tesla will launch late and be far heavier than planned.

The other cool thing is that the Hummer originally did wheelies before they tuned them out.

WOW is right

84FSP said:

Watts to Freedom.  This needs a Bald Eagle bursting thru an American flag or something....

Funny, when Tesla does this is sounds whimsical and kinda funny. When GM does it, it sounds just plain retarded.  Sorry GM, you can't force Hip.

DeadSkunk (Warren) said:

A Rivian can be had with 800HP (I think) and weighs under 6K pounds. It ought to be pretty quick. I saw a Bolt take off from a stop light last week and even it was impressive compared to my Cooper "S". I wonder how many electric vehicles will be too quick for the NHRA without roll cages in the next few years?

Many.

Occasionally I'll just rip for a while with the Bolt and it is quite entertaining. It isn't even intended to be quick, it just is.

Fueled by Caffeine said:

In reply to Mr. Peabody :

You mean like remote start on a new Toyota minivan?

And in all Volvos for the last 5 years or so.

[edit]

I don't care how ridiculously quick it is, I have less than zero interest in a daily-use vehicle that weighs nearly 5 BERKING TONS.

A video came across my instagram of the Hummer EV doing a wheelie at launch must have been WTF mode.

tuna55 said:

Occasionally I'll just rip for a while with the Bolt and it is quite entertaining. It isn't even intended to be quick, it just is.

Funny how that full torque at zero RPM things works......A Bolt is FWD only, right?

tuna55 said:

In reply to NickD :

$10 says the Tesla will launch late and be far heavier than planned.

I'll take that bet because the Tesla is already out, customer's have already taken delivery of them and blasted mid-9s bone stock, and they have weighed in at 4700lbs. 

In reply to NickD :

I think Tuna was referring to the Tesla truck, not the cars.

NickD said:

tuna55 said:

In reply to NickD :

$10 says the Tesla will launch late and be far heavier than planned.

I'll take that bet because the Tesla is already out, customer's have already taken delivery of them and blasted mid-9s bone stock, and they have weighed in at 4700lbs. 

Welp. You lose. Cyber truck is in defiantly delayed.  
 

https://fordauthority.com/2022/01/tesla-cybertruck-2022-ford-f-150-lightning-rival-indefinitely-delayed/amp/

Duke said:

I don't care how ridiculously quick it is, I have less than zero interest in a daily-use vehicle that weighs nearly 5 BERKING TONS.

Our shop only has one lift capable of picking it up. And I'm definitely a little squeamish at the thought of GM setting 5-ton, 1000hp vehicles loose in the hands of the general public. Especially because, at least in my experience in the 10 years at our dealership, the average Hummer owner is women in their mid-40s who sink boatloads of money into them "because they don't make them anymore, so I can't replace it." So how many of them are going to run out and buy a new one, without knowing any details, just because it has the Hummer badge on them?

NOHOME said:

84FSP said:

Watts to Freedom.  This needs a Bald Eagle bursting thru an American flag or something....

Funny, when Tesla does this is sounds whimsical and kinda funny. When GM does it, it sounds just plain retarded.  Sorry GM, you can't force Hip.

Hard pass on that. When Tesla does it I think "They should really hire some adults"

Fueled by Caffeine said:

NickD said:

tuna55 said:

In reply to NickD :

$10 says the Tesla will launch late and be far heavier than planned.

I'll take that bet because the Tesla is already out, customer's have already taken delivery of them and blasted mid-9s bone stock, and they have weighed in at 4700lbs. 

Welp. You lose. Cyber truck is in defiantly delayed.  
 

https://fordauthority.com/2022/01/tesla-cybertruck-2022-ford-f-150-lightning-rival-indefinitely-delayed/amp/

I wasn't talking about the Cybertruck. I was talking about the Model S Plaid.

DeadSkunk (Warren) said:

In reply to NickD :

I think Tuna was referring to the Tesla truck, not the cars.

 

Obv.

Thanks Warren!

DeadSkunk (Warren) said:

tuna55 said:

Occasionally I'll just rip for a while with the Bolt and it is quite entertaining. It isn't even intended to be quick, it just is.

Funny how that full torque at zero RPM things works......A Bolt is FWD only, right?

Yup. I bought mine simply to reduce $/mile, but wow it's fun to squirt around with no hit to longevity of anything.

tuna55 said:

DeadSkunk (Warren) said:

In reply to NickD :

I think Tuna was referring to the Tesla truck, not the cars.

 

Obv.

 

Thanks Warren!

But I wasn't in my original discussion. So you replied with something not related to the conversation that I had and was retelling.

NickD said:

Fueled by Caffeine said:

NickD said:

tuna55 said:

In reply to NickD :

$10 says the Tesla will launch late and be far heavier than planned.

I'll take that bet because the Tesla is already out, customer's have already taken delivery of them and blasted mid-9s bone stock, and they have weighed in at 4700lbs. 

Welp. You lose. Cyber truck is in defiantly delayed.  
 

https://fordauthority.com/2022/01/tesla-cybertruck-2022-ford-f-150-lightning-rival-indefinitely-delayed/amp/

I wasn't talking about the Cybertruck. I was talking about the Model S Plaid.

You're cross shopping the S plaid with the Hummer? 

NickD said:

tuna55 said:

DeadSkunk (Warren) said:

In reply to NickD :

I think Tuna was referring to the Tesla truck, not the cars.

 

Obv.

 

Thanks Warren!

But I wasn't in my original discussion. So you replied with something not related to the conversation that I had and was retelling.

I mean, rereading it I see you did say Plaid in there. To be fair I thought you were speaking of a hypothetical Cybertruck plaid. Why would anyone cross shop the Hummer and the S plaid? Of course it weighs more. It's a lifted 4WD truck vs a sedan. The S plaid weighs more than an Elise as well, but comparison is meaningless.