The World’s First All-Electric Sport Utility Truck Is Here and It Looks Badass! – Interesting Engineering

The World's First All-Electric Sport Utility Truck Is Here and It Looks Badass!
Source: Bollinger

Bollinger also wanted a truck that would operate as both a working vehicle and an SUV. All you need to do is remove the back seats of the truck and the rear section of the roof and install a wall between the bed and the cab. Or put the seats back in to take the whole family to town. The bed of the truck is big enough to fit a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood. But there is extra room under the hood and a full-length passage running down the middle of the vehicle where you could place 3.5 meter long lengths of material.

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The B1 can reportedly get to 100 km/h in 4.5 seconds. That is a really quick truck. As well as being quick, it has been designed to tow 2.5 tons and has a gross vehicle weight rating of 4500 kg. These specs mean it falls into a Class 3 truck rating. By avoiding a passenger car rating the truck doesn’t have to meet expensive domestic vehicle safety ratings. The final price hasn’t been confirmed yet but getting your hands on this tough as nails all-electric truck will set you back about $60,000 or $80,000 USD. At this price, it might be difficult to get a foot in the EV market but we’ll be watching Bollinger and his truck as things develop.

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