• I spent a weekend with the new all-electric Hummer pickup truck.

• The GMC Hummer EV is ridiculously large, astonishingly quick, and excessive in every way.

• GM lent me a Hummer EV Edition 1, which retails for around $113,000.

General Motors' Hummer brand died in 2010 after the financial crash slammed sales of the big gas guzzler. Now, 12 years later, we have a new stock market rout, a new potential housing bubble, and, to top it all off, the Hummer is back.

Only this time, it's electric.

Although the GMC Hummer EV doesn't gulp fossil fuels or spew climate-warming gasses like its predecessors, it still very much carries on the Hummer's tradition of being stupidly large and outrageously excessive.

A lot of people criticize it for that, but that's also what makes it so darn fun.

First, the basics

GM plucked the Hummer name from the scrapyard to create a new all-electric brand under GMC in 2020. The Hummer EV pickup launched in late 2021, and an SUV is on the way for 2023.

Over time, the pickup lineup will expand to include several trucks at various price points, including an $80,000 base model. GMC is starting out with the $113,000 Edition 1, a fully loaded truck with 1,000 horsepower, three electric motors, and a long list of quirky features.

The Hummer rivals two other electric pickups: Ford's F-150 Lightning and Rivian's R1T. It also competes with glitzy SUVs like the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen, because although the Hummer has a bed and major off-road chops, odds are most buyers won't use it that way.

What stands out: An over-the-top truck packed with cool features

Nothing about the Hummer EV is subtle. It smacks you right in the face with its brawny looks and flashy interior. It's packed with outlandish features and all amped up on Monster energy drink, ready to show you what it can do.

The Hummer EV's glass roof is removable, because why not? It comes off surprisingly easily using latches that lock four glass panels into place. They all stow away nice and snug in the Hummer's spacious front trunk. Sans roof panels, the frunk offers 11.3 cubic feet of cargo room, rivaling the trunks of some small cars.