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For now, this is just a concept that we can all enjoy, but Lightship is taking pre-orders for the L1 ahead of its launch. You can get your name on the waitlist for a $500 deposit, and the final price of the travel trailer will start at $125,000. Production of the Lightship L1 is expected to begin in late 2024.
Can't wait to hear how much the final product will sell for in large numbers, now that we learned from the 35k model 3 and 40k Lightning.
Interesting and innovative idea, but I am not sure I would get on the bandwagon. Regardless of the price, my intuition tells me that the "change" in towing characteristics would be substantial.
With my 2000 (23 years and 2 months old) 7.3L diesel I get 12.3 MPG towing 18,000 - 20,000 lbs GCVW. That was not lie-o-meter calculated by several trips to the local lake. 12.3 MPG with the 5th wheel and cargo was hand calculated after a 5,500 mile trip from GA to ID to MN to GA.
I consider that quite good, especially for an old truck.
Unloaded the old girl gets 18.5 MPG, but the 5th wheel is strapped to the back 90% of the time.
I commend the engineers and dreamers for coming up with new ideas, but I don't feel this is one for us.
EDIT: Also, I would not even consider going back to a bumper pull (travel trailer style) after going to a 5th wheel. We towed a travel trailer from GA to Seattle WA and back as the furthest out trip. Never again since going to a 5th wheel. Believe the hype, it is real...
If you were dragging a trailer where ever, wouldn't you like one that didn't decrease your current MPG?
The RV industry as a whole has some serious Quality control problems so this company will have great QC?
Where are you going to charge the batteries. The campgrounds I camp at won't allow you to charge an EV vehicle at the campsite because they don't' have the electrical infrastructure to support it and I suspect this will apply as well.
These companies producing these EV products are getting the cart ahead of horse.
This is merely an idea or concept at this point, whether it makes it into production is far, far from being a certainty IMHO. I do agree something like this is a huge leap putting the cart before the horse.
