Manufacturing  January 17, 2024

RV company to produce electrically assisted travel trailers

BROOMFIELD — In about two days, when the Wi-Fi is connected, a startup company from San Francisco will begin to produce a new line of electric travel trailers in a Broomfield facility.

Lightship Energy Inc. will build its one and only product at the plant, the Lightship L1, a travel trailer equipped with large capacity batteries capable of not only running the creature comforts of the trailer but also capable of propelling the trailer itself.

The idea: Travel trailers cause the towing vehicle, whether gasoline or electrically powered, to lose miles per gallon or travel range on a single charge. But if…

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Ken Amundson is managing editor of BizWest. He has lived in Loveland and reported on issues in the region since 1987. Prior to Colorado, he reported and edited for news organizations in Minnesota and Iowa. He's a parent of two and grandparent of four, all of whom make their homes on the Front Range. A news junkie at heart, he also enjoys competitive sports, especially the Rapids.
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