Manufacturing January 17, 2024 7:05:58 am

RV company to produce electrically assisted travel trailers

Creature comforts in the Lightship L1 will be powered by solar-recharged batteries. Courtesy Lightship

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…

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Ken Amundson

Ken Amundson retired from his position as managing editor of BizWest in May 2024 but has come back on a limited basis to report business news in Northern Colorado and the Boulder Valley. 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 north of Denver. A news junkie at heart, he also enjoys competitive sports, especially the Rapids.