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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“If it’s 300 miles, then you could hypothetically only camp 150 miles away.”
Perhaps in the ‘boonies’ yes, otherwise the majority of campgrounds have 30 or 50 Amp electrical hookups. Easy to charge on those...AND get back home.
Ping
That’s a good point, but if the campgrounds are providing that for free, and tesla owners start pulling huge kwh loads, that might not stay free for very long.
only the wealthy can go on a camping vacation
Tesla translates to mean:”Car no go far”
None of the Tesla salesmen in here yet, how surprising.
For a second I thought it was The Babylon Bee
Maybe 300 bucks tops for the whole shebang . . . we drove from New Castle Pa.
Sure looks like crap.
China’s slaves say thank you.
My diesel has a (highway) range of 810 miles (I’ve done it).
150 miles away sleeping on a incendiary bed they are putting 240/40 in while they sleep.
That is a no for me, dog.
So you have to haul a Brickhouse behind your brick
What thwy really need is a third pod in the trailer wagon train to carry fuel to power the generator. And then a four solar panel pod followed by a fifth windmill.
There is going to be a lot of accidents caused by drivers not experienced in hauling heavy trailers.....not to mention backing issues.
The trailer looks like a cross between a Star Trek TOS shuttle craft and a Jiffy Pop container.
2 batteries for twice the fun
Where’s the propane tank for the cook stove?
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