Lightship has revealed the primary manufacturing variations of its much-anticipated all-electric RV, the AE.1. Restricted to simply 50 items, the Cosmos Version is on the market now, designed and constructed on the firm’s Colorado manufacturing facility for supply in Summer time 2025.
Lightship AE.1 Cosmos on the transfer
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We’ve beforehand reported on Lightship’s mission to create an electrified journey trailer that works completely with the brand new breed of EV pick-ups and SUVs. Towing a standard trailer murders an EV’s vary, even when there’s ample energy readily available.
Lightship AE.1 Cosmos in camp mode
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Lightship’s innovation is its TrekDrive energy system, basically a pushed axle that counterbalances the drag of the trailer, that means there’s negligible lack of vary for the tow car. Effectivity can be enhanced by the Lightship’s svelte aerodynamics; your entire trailer compresses right into a smaller package deal for transportation, ‘Street Mode’, rising as much as create house and headroom when camp has been struck.
Lightship AE.1 Cosmos on the transfer
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In fact, you don’t need to have a Rivian or perhaps a Cybertruck to haul a Lightship, and the TrekDrive system signifies that standard ICE automobiles may also see a marked enchancment of their economic system.
Lightship incorporates motors and batteries into the body of the AE.1
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Contained in the expanded inside, Lightship have given the debut Cosmos Version an ultra-high specification. The AE.1 is designed to sleep 4, and facilities embrace a full lavatory, air-con and a fully-equipped kitchen, full with dishwasher, fridge, microwave, convection oven and induction cooktop.
The highest of the journey trailer is roofed in photo voltaic panels
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All home equipment and programs are electrical, powered by the onboard battery and supported by the built-in, full-solar panel roof. The corporate factors out this avoids hauling fossil fuels round and in addition banishes the excitement of a generator, making off-grid residing silent and clear.
Format diagram of the unique Lightship L1 idea
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‘With the Lightship AE.1 Cosmos, we’re delivering a dream journey expertise for sustainable travellers, tech lovers and EV fans,’ says Ben Parker. Parker co-founded the corporate with Toby Kraus in 2020 and is now Lightship’s Chief Product Officer. ‘Our mission is to deliver RVs into the electrical age with the AE.1,’ he continues, ‘The Cosmos Version is the primary premium realization, and we now have different trims to suit travellers’ wants coming shortly down the highway.’
The unique Lightship L1 idea, towed by a Rivian R1T
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After the preliminary run of Cosmos AE.1s in two completely different colourways, the corporate will probably be creating three new trim ranges, Atmos, Panos, and Terros, every providing distinctive characteristic units, capacities and features.
Off the grid within the unique Lightship L1 idea
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Lightship AE.1 Cosmos Version, $250,000, LightshipRV.com, @LightshipRV
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