Hummers rose to fame after being used in the Gulf war in the early 1990s, with celebrities like Arnold Schwarzenegger getting behind the wheel. However, the huge vehicles weighed 10,000 pounds, averaged less than 10 miles a gallon and production ended in 2009 when GM filed for bankruptcy.
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The company has spent $2.2 billion renovating its Detroit factory, which has around 700 workers, to manufacture the vehicle, per The Journal.
A GM spokesperson told Insider that the company did not comment on output rates but said it opted for a "strategic ... production ramp-up in the first months of production."
Increasing production had taken time partly because the EV was developed from scratch but it should rise later this year when GM starts using its own batteries, the spokesperson told The Journal. "You can expect to see hundreds of deliveries grow to thousands later this year."
The Hummer starts at $85,000 to $110,000 depending on the model.
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