The camper trailer that is pushed and not pulled

Lightship L1

A trailer in towing mode always restricts the range of the towing vehicle. Unless the trailer has its own drive. This - and not only this - is the highlight of the "Lightship L1 Trailer": two former Tesla employees are launching a trailer which, thanks to the electric drive placed directly on the wheels, is not intended to limit the range of the towing vehicle. The not entirely inexpensive trailer is also impressive in other respects.

Founded in 2020, the start-up Lightship is taking a completely new approach to camping trailers: A battery of 40 to 80 kilowatt hours sits deep in the chassis, which should provide a purely mathematical range of around 450 km should this trailer be on the road without a towing vehicle. The concept, designed by two former Tesla employees, is that the towing vehicle should have exactly the same range with the trailer as without it.

The base price is around 125,000 dollars. You can already reserve an "L1 Trailer" for 500 dollars, with delivery scheduled for 2024.

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