{"id":1866,"date":"2021-11-27T16:38:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T08:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1866"},"modified":"2021-11-27T16:38:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T08:38:12","slug":"see-it-biden-drives-1000-horsepower-gmc-hummer-ev-says-this-sucker-is-something-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1866","title":{"rendered":"See it: Biden drives 1,000-horsepower GMC Hummer EV, says &#8216;this sucker is something else&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> close <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/931\/524\/biden-hummer-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The GMC HUMMER EV was a moon shot\" data-v-13907676> Video <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-13907676>The GMC HUMMER EV was a moon shot<\/h4>\n<p data-v-13907676>GMC HUMMER EV Chief Engineer Al Oppenheiser joins Gary Gastelu in The Fox Garage to discuss the new all-electric pickup and SUV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The most powerful man in America has now driven America&#8217;s most powerful truck.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/640\/320\/biden-hummer-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"President Biden took the GMC Hummer EV for a test drive at GM's Factory Zero.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      President Biden took the GMC Hummer EV for a test drive at GM&#8217;s Factory Zero.<br \/>\n      (MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">President Biden took an electric 1,000-horsepower GMC Hummer EV for a very quick test drive while visiting GM&#8217;s Factory Zero plant in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan, on Wednesday to celebrate the factory&#8217;s grand opening and promote government support for electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Biden pulled up next to the white pickup in the diesel-powered Presidential Cadillac &#8220;Beast&#8221; Limousine and got into the Hummer with GM CEO Mary Barra and a security guard. He then slowly drove it to the end of the parking lot and performed a tight 180-degree turn that was accomplished with the Hummer EV&#8217;s four-wheel-steering system activated.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/640\/320\/biden-hummer-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Biden appeared to accelerate with full power in the 1,000-horsepower truck.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      Biden appeared to accelerate with full power in the 1,000-horsepower truck.<br \/>\n      (MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>After pausing for a brief moment, the Hummer EV pulled away with tremendous speed, squatting on its rear suspension.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/7bfbb7fa-ezgif.com-gif-maker-2.gif\" alt=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p>      (White House Pool)<\/p>\n<p>The full-size truck is capable of reaching 60 mph in three seconds using a launch mode called WTF, which GMC says stands for &#8220;Watts To Freedom.&#8221; A GM spokesman has confirmed to Fox News Autos that Biden used it during his run.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/640\/320\/biden-hummer-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"&quot;This sucker is something else,&quot; Biden said after his test drive.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      &quot;This sucker is something else,&quot; Biden said after his test drive.<br \/>\n      (Photo by MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>He took one more run before pulling up to reporters and telling them, &#8220;This sucker is something else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is three times as heavy as my Corvette and three times as fast,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/p>\n<p>The Hummer EV is the third electrified truck Biden has driven in recent weeks, following the Ford F-150 Lightning and Jeep Wrangler 4xe Rubicon.<\/p>\n<p><i>This story has been updated with confirmation that Biden had WTF mode engaged<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video The GMC HUMMER EV was a moon shot GMC HUMMER EV Chief Engineer Al Oppenheiser joins Gary Gastelu in The Fox Garage to discuss the new all-electric pickup<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}