Posted on 09/13/2022 1:21:35 PM PDT by Red Badger
To help alleviate range-slashing towing issues, the Colorado Teardrops Boulder trailer packs enough battery power to fully or significantly charge some Tesla models (or whatever EV you choose to tow it with)Colorado Teardrops VIEW 16 IMAGES
VIEW GALLERY - 16 IMAGES Colorado may not hold a candle to Germany when it comes to electric camper van innovation, but it is slowly becoming a hotbed for electric camper trailers. Last year, following the Colorado Campworks NS-1 trailer and its all-electric camping package, Colorado Teardrops proposed a small trailer with a battery large enough to charge an electric tow vehicle – it would deliver more range while in tow than the vehicle would get without. What was previously a series of (very rough) Boulder renderings is now a working prototype, testing its way toward a planned 2023 market launch.
With tow loads capable of more than halving an EV's already limited range, trailer manufacturers are working quickly to innovate new solutions to the problem. The most visible has been Thor Industries/Erwin Hymer's cross-Atlantic effort to create an e-driven trailer that can cut its effective weight to zero, essentially powering itself behind the tow vehicle. Colorado Teardrops, on the other hand, presents a less complicated solution that involves loading its teardrop with a Tesla Model Y-sized battery large enough to power available electrical camping equipment and work as a range extender for the vehicle towing it.
Like many teardrop trailers, the Colorado Teardrops Boulder sits on a powder-coated steel frame with Dexter torsion suspension cushioning the wheels. Unlike those many teardrop trailers, this one has a 75-kWh 480-V battery pack integrated into its chassis build, keeping weight low and center.
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Heard there’s diesel generator option.
So tesla owners can camp 150 miles away, instead of just a hundred heh
Wonder if it’s a Boxabl tiny home concept idea. Elon loves them things.
55K could buy a nice medium camper, and a big freaking diesel genset.
But you’d be killing da Erf!......................
But you’d be killing da Erf!......................
I’ll bet it becomes a hot commodity for thieves...
So you have some shelter when you get stranded out in the middle of a wasteland.
LOLOLOL!..................
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Why doesn’t it have 1000 watts of solar panels on the roof? Oh, and a wind generator to capture wind power while heading down the road?
This is ridiculous
How nice that everybody is as underwhelmed as I am.
lol yes, I was joking. But was I?
I actually don’t know what the normal range for a Tesla is. If it’s 300 miles, then you could hypothetically only camp 150 miles away.
Of course, you could always pack your little trailer with solar cells, maybe the kind that fold up and use less space. Still, you’d have no space left for any additional camping gear. Well, you could put that in the car, but I guess you’re not bringing freinds. lol
The diesel generator in tow is hilarious
lol
“loading its teardrop with a Tesla Model Y-sized battery...”
So now your camper can also double your chance of battery explosions!
Cool. You can drag a big assed ugly shack around behind you.
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