If you’re keen for a next-gen Hummer or Silverado EV, you’re in for a longer wait than you thought.
Right now, General Motors has one of the most comprehensive electric truck lineups around. From the Cadillac Escalade IQ to the GMC Hummer EV to the Chevy Silverado EV/GMC Sierra EV, you have a wide range of options for the 2026 model year. That said, this past year also hasn’t been a great time for electric vehicles in general, with the disappearance of the federal tax credit last fall and related drop-off in sales throughout the past six-plus months. Now, new reports note GM is suspending its program to develop next-generation full-size EVs, as it plows resources back into internal combustion and hybrid models.
GM stresses in its response to media that it is treating the move as an “indefinite” delay, rather than a cancellation. Other companies have been making similar moves in recent weeks, including Volkswagen and Stellantis (Jeep), which both shelved specific EV models for the 2026 model year, instead planning to bring them back for 2027.
This particular shelving seems like it will be a little longer than that, though by the whole indefinite part of that delay, we’re uncertain exactly when new EVs will roll out from GM’s plants. It’s worth noting that production for current EVs will continue, as far as the situation stands right now — we just obviously won’t get new electric trucks to replace the existing crop. For the moment, we don’t know how this will affect production plans: i.e. could this generation run longer, or will GM ultimately cut things short?
Company spokespeople point to the potential rebound of EV sales for the program to kick back into gear. And if you take a look around the market as it stands right now and current consumer sentiment…yeah, that’s not happening anytime soon. Even though GM was not perturbed by the state of affairs earlier this year, you can only shrug off billions in losses from losing incentives and customer demands before changing course.
What is GM doing instead? You probably already said the answer: V8s. A bit more of a nuanced take on the pivot is that the automaker will do sixth-gen small-block V8s and hybrids, the latter of which CEO Mary Barra said the company is working on, when she spoke to media during January’s Detroit Auto Show.
