Boulder, Colorado-based company Colorado Teardrops has begun development on a new teardrop camper trailer intended specifically for EV owners.
The patent-pending trailer will be offered in three guises: a compact teardrop-style model known as The Boulder, a 17-foot version known as The Golden and a large 27-foot range-topper dubbed The Denver. All models will utilize an aerodynamic design intended to maximize the range of the EV that’s pulling it, along with an auxiliary battery pack that can be used to charge the tow vehicle. Colorado Teardrops says the battery capacity for the Boulder will sit at 75 kWh, while the Denver will offer up to 200 kWh. These onboard batteries will be so robust, in fact, that an EV with an estimated 300 miles of range would actually have a longer estimated range with the trailer attached, the company claims.
“These two new towable RV travel trailers are specifically designed for owners of electric cars and trucks and positioned to directly compete with the luxury RV travel-trailer industry,” the company said in a prepared statement. “The Boulder, The Golden and The Denver will all incorporate a similar aerodynamic shape to minimize air resistance around the camper, an essential step to maximize an EV’s towing range.”
Described as “luxury RV travel-trailer models,” the larger two of these EV-friendly campers will feature indoor kitchen galleys, bathrooms with showers and premium exterior and interior finishes. Reservations for The Boulder are being accepted for delivery in the first half of 2023, with the larger Golden and Colorado models set to arrive sometime thereafter. Current and future GM EV models that could tow these trailers include the Cadillac Lyriq, GMC Hummer EV and Chevy Silverado EV, among others. Pricing has yet to be divulged, with the company only finishing Phase 1 of the development process in September.
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Sorry.. I just can’t help but laugh…
Amen to that
LOL
I am in the market for a tear drop camper. Want to start taking my 3 year old camping up in NH and Maine, a couple hundred miles from where I live. There are 10,000 options for these things, anyone got a preferred brand etc or site. Thanks.
Go with a LANCE full size pickup insert. Towed units are hassles.
Had a Lance 865 on my 2500HD Silverado for a couple of years. Great camper! but, the 13ft 4in height of that rig makes you constantly stressed about overpasses and overhead railroad tracks. The town of Spokane Washington has several “Camper Capping” 12ft railroad bridges. I got tired of that and went to a “pop top” Northstar camper. Not all the luxuries of home like a Lance but, less ulcer inducing travels
Completely ignoring the fact that BOTH the Energy Hog EV AND the trailer’s batteries eventually have to be re-charged….which is kind of hard to do at a “primitive” camp site off the grid and off the beaten path ( like in the above picture ) !
Just like Bidumb’s idiotic speech at the Detroit Auto Show where he was pimping EV’s and how the Feds, under him, are spending Billions of our Tax Dollars ( and creating more inflation ) to install thousands and thousands of EV charging stations with nary a word about where all the additional Electricity is supposed to magically come from to power those stations. Just how stupid is this guy anyway ? He sure thinks everyone else is just as dumb.
He said so himself in a speech earlier this year, electricity comes out of the wall, everyone knows that. Lol
Isn’t that another small trailer with a gas-powered generator on it being towed behind the EV trailer?
This beats maneuvering a huge fuel guzzling land barge.
Do you have to turn your testicles in upon purchase?
We spotted who has a complex…
There are some very good hard-sided folding trailers on the market; Trailmanor, Aliner and Chalet. I have yet to see a Youtube video of a Tesla pulling one of these. Not sure why when it is only logical that wind resistance is the enemy.