{"id":133137,"date":"2021-12-27T05:24:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T13:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/2021-showed-us-that-trucks-and-suvs-dont-need-gas-engines"},"modified":"2021-12-27T05:24:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T13:24:09","slug":"2021-showed-us-that-trucks-and-suvs-dont-need-gas-engines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/2021-showed-us-that-trucks-and-suvs-dont-need-gas-engines","title":{"rendered":"2021 showed us that trucks and SUVs don\u2019t need gas engines"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The modern electric vehicle renaissance has been hampered from day one by the physical limitations imposed by the current state of battery technology. Inefficiencies in the form of heavy battery packs and low power densities have long limited not just the range and performance of EVs but the very forms they can take \u2014 there\u2019s a reason Tesla started with a Roadster and not a Cybertruck. But steady advancements in power systems over the past few years \u2014 alongside skyrocketing demand for larger, electrified vehicles which cater to the US market \u2014 has led to a watershed moment in 2021: the emergence of EV pickups and SUVs.<\/p>\n

Yes, we all know the Model X exists and Tesla \u201cdid it first\u201d \u2014 spare me your tweets \u2014 however, the sheer number and variety of new, pure EV pickup and SUV models either ready to hit the showroom floor or in active development is staggering compared to just a few years ago. Let\u2019s take a look at some of this year\u2019s standouts.<\/p>\n

GM is betting big on its proprietary Ultium battery<\/a> technology, investing $35 billion in self-driving<\/a> and EV technologies<\/a> through 2025. The company has also announced that it intends to sell 30 EV models by the end of 2025 and EVs exclusively after 2035<\/a> with the 1,000 horsepower GMC Hummer EV<\/a> serving as its vanguard offering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The modern electric vehicle renaissance has been hampered from day one by the physical limitations imposed by the current state of battery technology. Inefficiencies in the form of heavy battery packs and low power densities have long limited not just the range and performance of EVs but the very forms they can take \u2014 there\u2019s [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,17,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai","category-sustainability","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}