First GMC Hummer EV Sold for $2.5 Million at Auction

The Barrett-Jackson auction held last weekend had some interesting novelties to offer collectors. One of them was so novel, in fact, that it doesn’t even exist yet.

For example, the future Ford Bronco with the serial number ending in 001 went for just over $1 million USD. That's a lot, but it pales compared to the winning bid on the first production unit of the future GMC Hummer EV, which was $2.5 million. In both cases, that first production model has yet to be built.

The winning bidder, an unnamed woman, will receive the vehicle with the VIN number 001 when it rolls off the assembly line at the ZERO plant in Detroit/Hamtramck this fall, according to a General Motors (GM) spokesperson.

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The Hummer EV sale took place Saturday night at the Barrett-Jackson event held in Scottsdale, Arizona. As is always the case with these types of sales, the proceeds will go to charity, this time to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, a nonprofit organization that honors firefighter Stephen Siller, who died on September 11, 2001.

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