Driving And Operating - GMC Hummer EV 2023 Owner's Manual

GMC Hummer EV Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-MidEast-16569278) -
2023 - CRC - 1/25/23
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Driving and Operating

Driving and Operating
Driving Information
Driving for Better Energy Efficiency . . . . 163
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Off-Road App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Truck-Camper Loading Information . . . . . 181
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Starting and Stopping the Vehicle . . . . . 182
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . 183
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Electric Drive Unit
Electric Drive Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
One-Pedal Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Brakes
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . 189
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic Stability
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Acceleration Mode (Watts to
Freedom) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Four-Wheel Steering (Including
Crabwalk) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Locking Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Air Suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Cruise Control
Adaptive Cruise Control (Advanced) . . . 204
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Assistance Systems for Parking or
Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Surround Vision System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Automatic Parking Assist (APA) . . . . . . . . 225
Reverse Automatic Braking (RAB) . . . . . . 227
Rear Pedestrian Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . 229
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) . . . 231
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Charging
When to Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Plug-In Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Delayed Charging Override . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Charging Status Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Charge Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Utility Interruption of Charging . . . . . . . . 251
Electrical Requirements for Battery
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252