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German re-visioned Hummer H2 called the Bomber will get you where your going even if it’s to chase mountain goats
Hummer may be having serous issues finically but that isn’t stopping them from coming out with variants to thrill the off-roader. Enter the ultra off-roading Hummer the H2 Bomber. Actually this isn’t a vehicle envisioned by GM but it’s been modified by Germany’s Geiger Cars in a way that seriously make it quite unlike most…
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A plug-in Hummer H3 Range-Extended Electric Vehicle for cleaner drive
Hummer is all set to put all an end to its non-eco-friendly image. Known as a gas guzzling beast, the Hummer H3 is going in for a green makeover. FEV and Raser Technologies have teamed up to unveil a HUMMER plug-in hybrid. The Hummer H3 Range-Extended Electric Vehicle (ReEV) will be the first vehicle equipped…
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Tracked Hummer can take on the M1 Abrams
The Hummer brand might be up for sale in lieu of astronomical gas prices and the dwindling economy but this did not deter a group of engineers to replace the pneumatic tires with tracked belts. Surely there is no change in the speed of the vehicle but there would be a phenomenal increase in the…
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Hummer H2 2009, Black Chrome Limited Edition
The other day it took me two hours by car to commute a distance that usually takes 30 minutes. With the way traffic snarls and crazy drivers are possessing the streets, do we really need more cars on the road? Especially fuel guzzling ones? The Hummer H2 SUV and SUT line-up called Black Chrome are…
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Hummer-Bentley hybrid is unbelievable!
I dunno whether to laugh or cry about this. It makes me laugh when I see people come up with just about anything and call it luxury just cause of that hefty price tag. Whatever happened to good taste and some sense of aesthetics? Case in point: The Hummer-Bentley hybrid. The exterior is obviously making…
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Remote Control Hummer H3 (video)
Designed by a team at Cranfield University in Bedfordshire this boy toy or rather the biggest boy toy to be made so far can climb a 407mm vertical wall, go down a 40 per cent side slope and operate in up to 610mm of water. You can use it to drive over obstacles, cross rivers…
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Hummer could be history
Has GM realized the relation between $4 and more Gas prices and Gas guzzling trucks they produce? General Motors has announced the closing four trucks and SUV plants in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, affecting 10,000 workers, as surging fuel prices hasten a dramatic shift to smaller vehicles. On the Hummer, General Motors CEO, Rick…
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Full sized Hummer H3 converted to a remote controlled car
Even before we could bid adieu to the Hummer H2, its time to welcome the efforts of Dr. James Brighton from Cranfield University who has transformed the Hummer H3 into a remote controlled vehicle. Using the real thing (right-hand drive H3) instead of downscaled version, this “ultimate boy’s toy”, took about a month to be…
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Hummer H2 bids adieu, to be discontinued by 2011 or 2014
Hummer H2 bore years of lagging sales and lots of negative publicity, hence GM and Hummer have officially decided to discontinue it. Although the Hummer brand in general is quite popular but the H2 sales have been slipping for the last five years. Its been tagged as the most inefficient SUV on the road! It…
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Mersive’s Humvee-360-degree high-definition military simulator
Mersive’s Humvee is a 360-degree high-definition military simulator that lets you experience military action in a way that you’re never going to forget easily. The simulator allows you to drive a Humvee and fire real weapons with absolute precision, including machine guns and rocket launchers, anywhere you want. It uses 10-projectors to simulate the military…
