The San Francisco-based startup Lightship goals to impress the leisure automobile section identical to Tesla did with passenger automobiles.
Lightship on Wednesday unveiled its first product, the L1, a journey trailer with its personal electrical powertrain. The corporate consists of former workers from a number of EV corporations, together with Tesla.
Like Airstream’s electrical trailer idea proven final 12 months, the L1’s self-propulsion system means it’s going to draw nearly zero vitality from the automobile towing it, in accordance with Lightship.
In different phrases, an electrical truck with a 300-mile vary ought to nonetheless be capable to cowl 300 miles whereas towing the L1, assuming each autos are totally charged. The L1 may even assist save gasoline for a gasoline or diesel truck.
When the trailer has reached its vacation spot, the L1’s battery, which may be as massive as 80 kwh, can energy a number of home equipment with out the necessity for a generator. An array of photo voltaic panels additionally traces the roof of the L1, which in the fitting climate situations can ship as much as 3 kw of charging.
The trailer measures 27 toes in size and might sleep as much as six relying on the configuration. It sits 6 toes, 9 inches tall or 10 toes tall when in camp mode. The gross automobile weight is 7,500 kilos when totally loaded.
The L1 is slated to enter manufacturing in late 2024. Lightship is accepting reservations and stated pricing will begin at $125,000. The corporate will current the automobile on the annual SXSW competition which kicks off on March 10 in Austin, Texas.
