Can the Bollinger B1 all-electric sport utility truck go where the Tesla Model X SUV can’t?
The Bollinger’s B1 sport utility truck and the B2 pickup truck combine the features of a classic truck with the most refined essentials of a modern truck
Bollinger Motors, a Michigan-based electric truck start-up, has announced the price of its first vehicles.
Both all-electric, all-wheel-drive B1 sport utility truck and B2 pickup truck will have a manufacturer suggested retail price of US$125,000, a hefty price tag compared to Tesla’s nearly US$85,000 Tesla Model X SUV.
The B1 SUV is the carmaker's “baby” that received “every ounce of research and development and time”.
“If you could take everything you love about a classic truck and combine it with the most refined essentials of a modern truck, redesign it with the highest quality materials and components available, oh and make it an electric vehicle – you’d have the basics for the Bollinger B1 electric sport utility truck,” the carmaker said on its website.
Production will start this year, and the first deliveries will happen in 2021. Keep scrolling to learn more about the B1 and its pickup truck counterpart:
The B1 has a horsepower of 614, a foot-pound-force torque of 668, and a payload capacity of 5,000 pounds.
It also has an approximate 200-mile range and an estimated 70.2 miles-per-gallon petrol-equivalent, though that has not been measured by an independent agency yet.
Its power is supplied by a 120 kWh battery pack. The car can be charged in 75 minutes with a DC fast charger, or in 10 hours with a 220-volt charger.
