Improve your EV’s towing vary and distant camp longer with Colorado Teardrops EV camper trailers. Three new extremely electrified fashions are about to hit the market.
There’s a reasonably large overlap between individuals who like tenting and those that love EVs — with not a lot within the trade designed for the place the 2 meet. Colorado Teardrops is trying to bridge that hole with The Boulder teardrop EV trailer and two different new electrified fashions.
These forthcoming Colorado Teardrops trailers supply a built-in range-extending battery and are designed particularly to be towed by EVs.
Colorado Teardrops EV Trailers
Colorado Teardrops has simply completed Part 1 within the growth of The Boulder. Now that the prototype is completed, the corporate has introduced there can be two bigger manufacturing fashions along with the unique: The Golden, 17 toes, and The Denver, 27 toes.
We’ll get again to the tenting options, however let’s first begin with the battery.
Battery Pack As much as 200 kWh
Sure, a battery. As a result of The Boulder will get a 75kWH financial institution of lithium-ion batteries that comes with you on each journey. Step as much as The Denver and you’ll rise up to 200kWH — greater than double the pack most electrical automobiles supply.
The large pack can be utilized to energy the trailer’s internals, like lighting, refrigeration, and different small home equipment. There can be 110V family plugs onboard as nicely, on your home energy wants.
The Boulder’s Stage 3 Charging, In or Out
That battery pack may also be used to recharge your EV at speeds faster than you’ll discover at a number of charging stations on the highway. The Boulder helps Stage 3 DC quick charging utilizing the CCS1 port. Charging your EV, CO Teardrops says, it will possibly add as much as 100 miles in simply 10 minutes. Then it takes 80 minutes for an 80% cost.
The Boulder will cost up at Stage 3 as nicely, so it will possibly fill the pack again up in a equally quick time, excellent to be used at cost stations on the highway. It’s also possible to make the most of slower charging with 240V shops at serviced campsites. Adapters and configurations for Tesla Supercharging can be provided.
No, you may’t cost your EV as you drive utilizing the trailer’s battery, although that’s extra a limitation of the EV than the trailer.
With the precise connections, you may energy your own home. The battery ought to be sufficient to run a house for a number of days if the primary energy is out, although that relies upon enormously in your family use.
EV Tires, Cautious Aerodynamics
Different touches that make the Boulder higher for EV towing, make it higher behind gasoline automobiles, too. These embody low-rolling-resistance tires from Continental to make the trailer glide alongside utilizing much less energy to drag.
The aerodynamic form helps lower via the wind, utilizing aircraft-grade aluminum within the construction for power and lighter weight, with the 17-foot mannequin coming in at simply 2,200 kilos dry weight. For power, the Boulder sits on a powder-coated metal body and a 3,500-pound capability axle.
There may be in depth storage within the cabin and galley, with an built-in tongue storage field and more room within the fenders. The usual galley has a 37-inch by 60-inch countertop and easy-open pistons, and you’ll choose from a number of galley configurations to suit your cooking and storage wants.
Elective upgrades embody heating and AC, mattresses, and on-demand sizzling water utilizing propane. Photo voltaic panels could be fitted that can assist you — slowly — cost again up once you’re off-grid. Should you don’t need to use gasoline for cooking, induction range choices are deliberate to make use of electrical energy as an alternative.
Bigger Fashions Get Tall Toppers
The Boulder is a teardrop form, however the bigger Golden and Denver may have hardshell toppers that retract once you’re driving. Absolutely prolonged, they’ll have 6 toes, 6 inches of headroom. The 2 luxurious fashions get an indoor kitchen, bathe, and toilet.
The checklist value for The Boulder begins from $55,000, and deliveries of the primary fashions of The Boulder are anticipated this month. The larger fashions will observe, with pricing for these nonetheless to be decided.
