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The boutique BEVs pack 125 kWh batteries and are nearing production.
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The Bollinger B1 electric SUV goes into production in 2020, and the 125 kWh version will cost $ 125, 00 0 before any tax credits or incentives .
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The B2 electric pickup is identical under the skin — and the same price.
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Because the Bollinger BEVs are rated for a 10, 001 lb gross vehicle weight, they don’t need to conform to light passenger vehicle rules, so there are no airbags in here.
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The platform features a completely flat floor with a pass-through hatch that lets you carry long loads.
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It’s not cheap, but itiscool.
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EPA range will be at least 200 miles.
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A look at the Bollinger powertrain.
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For wealthy farmers and ranchers this could be a pretty useful vehicle as well as a four-wheeled status symbol.
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Al fresco.
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Boutique battery electric vehicle startup Bollinger Motors is getting closer to beginning production of its forthcoming SUVandpickup truck, and on Thursday morning it filled in a blank that many were waiting for — the price. We always knew that its BEVs wouldn’t be especially cheap; they’re to be hand-built in low volume and pack 125 kWh of lithium-ion between the axles. Now we know how much: $ 125, 00 0 for either the B1 SUV or B2 pickup.
While that’s a lot of money, it gets you a lot of BEV. There’s that 125 kWh battery pack, although Bollinger isn’t quite ready to tell us more about its supplier or the pack design. The pack powers a pair of permanent magnet AC motors — one for each axle — each sending torque to the wheels via a two-speed transaxle (with a true neutral in case you need to tow it anywhere). Total power and torque output is a hefty (HP) 458 kW) and (LB-ft) 905 Nm), and the curb weight is surprisingly good at just 4, (LBS) 2, 177 kg) —significantly lighter than either anAudi e-tronor (Tesla Model X) SUV.
It has yet to be tested by the EPA for range, but with barn-door aerodynamics, Bollinger says it should go at least 200 miles (321 km) on a single charge. The company says that, connected to a 400 V DC fast charger, a charge takes 75 minutes, although founder Robert Bollinger told me, “me are working with our battery supplier on that final capability — more on that later “when I asked whether the B1 and B2 would be able to use the new generation of more powerful DC fast chargers (currently up to 150 kW for 400 V BEV architectures). On a 220 V (level 2) charger, a full battery will require being plugged in for 10 hours. As long as you don’t need all of your battery’s range to get home, there are 10 110 V outlets (with the option of 220 V), which means it should be pretty handy out in the field.
The Bollinger isn’t an SUV for long road trips, but it does have rather credible off-road abilities. In addition to the aforementioned two-speed transaxles, each axle also gets a locking differential, and the powertrain features inboard brakes andportal hub gears. There’s also a clever self-leveling hydraulic suspension setup with a ground clearance of (inches) 38 cm) and (inches) 25 cm ) of wheel travel, and both B1 and B2 can ford water at depths of up to (inches) (cm).
Obviously this isn’t an electric truck for the everyman, and at $ 125 , 00 0, a Bollinger will cost twice as much as one ofRivian’s SUVs or pickups. But the company isn’t targeting Rivian-levels of production, just a few thousand a year. Bollinger told me that to date, it has received more than 34, 500 online reservations and is now accepting refundable $ 1, 00 0 deposits. Production is scheduled to begin in 2020, with deliveries in 2021.
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