DETROIT — As General Motors engineers develop the automaker's next generation of vehicles, they'll look to the upcoming GMC Hummer EV to guide them.
The development timeline for the electric pickup, scheduled to go on sale this quarter, was just two years, compared with three to four years for most vehicle programs, said Al Oppenheiser, the Hummer's chief engineer.
The speedy timeline, enabled by computer-aided engineering, helped BrightDrop, GM's electric delivery van business, set a company record of only 20 months to develop its first product, the EV600.