Trailer towing is without doubt one of the hardest checks for an EV. Not as a result of they pull poorly, however as a result of doing so saps their battery pack. Luxurious camper producer Bowlus has an answer with its Heritage Version trailer that, at 2,900 lbs. empty, is the lightest full-size journey trailer within the trade.
Moreover, the camper comes commonplace with its personal 2-kilowatt-hour battery pack to energy tenting masses and there are non-obligatory 4- and 6-kWh packs accessible for much more electrical energy whereas off the grid with out draining the towing EV’s battery.
The Bowlus Heritage Version, which begins at $159,000, achieves its mild weight via using aluminum monocoque chassis and riveted aluminum pores and skin, like costly sports activities vehicles used earlier than they switched to even costlier (and lighter) carbon fiber. This value represents a extra inexpensive alternative for patrons than the unique Bowlus Terra Firma camper, which begins at $285,000, and the 17-kWh battery Volterra, which begins at $310,000.
“The Heritage Version maintains the ultra-high high quality of all Bowlus fashions, however with the improved flexibility of a extra streamlined start line,” stated Geneva Lengthy, Founder and CEO of Bowlus. “This providing will give aspiring Bowlus homeowners preferring a scalable assortment of premium choices, resembling additional battery energy, the power to personal a Bowlus that higher fits their imaginative and prescient of luxurious land journey.”
The Heritage additionally weighs 300-350 lbs. lower than these fashions, making it simpler for an EV to tow. A few of that weight financial savings comes from using aluminum for the camper’s inside partitions instead of the nice and cozy picket partitions and composite counter tops as an alternative of chrome steel within the pricier trailers. There are additionally fewer kitchen cupboards in-built.
A element that contributes the Heritage Version’s cheaper price is that Bowlus leaves the camper’s exterior pores and skin unpolished, whereas the opposite fashions’ sheet metallic is polished to a mirror end. If the prospect of lifeless aluminum sounds unappealing, the corporate is providing satin grey and matte black vinyl wraps for the Heritage Version.
Facilities from the higher-end fashions which are deleted within the Heritage Version embrace heated flooring and a freshwater filtration system that clears micro organism, sediment, and chorine from the camper’s water provide.
