Bollinger Motors CEO Robert Bollinger discusses making the only Class 3 electric truck, Tesla’s damaged e-truck unveiled Friday and Bollinger finances its business by selling its Tesla shares.
EXCLUSIVE Launch of electric trucks Bollinger Motors is still working to get its old SUV and pickup models into production for next year, but it’s already thinking about the future.
The company in Michigan has unveiled the DELIVER-E electric truck concept it hopes to have for sale in 2022.
The B1 SUV is scheduled to go into production by the end of 2021. (Bollinger Motors)
The DELIVER-E has a modern, streamlined style that is a stark contrast to Bollinger’s boxy B1 and B2 Class 3 off-road trucks. The front-wheel-drive van shares its battery and drive technology with the 4x4s, but will be built on a completely different platform that has a super-low loading floor but only 18 inches off the ground.
It also has a tapered shape than viewed from above, with a wider rear track to improve cargo space.
Bollinger said the product arose out of interest from van builders in the stripper CHASS-E version of the B1 and B2 chassis, which was not ideal for a platform due to its high ground clearance.
The CHASS-E is offered as an electric platform for custom trucks. (Bollinger Motors)
Start-up battery-powered car startup Rivian is also developing a truck with Amazon, while Ford will introduce an electric version of the best-selling Transit in 2022, but Bollinger said the DELIVER-E’s ability to scale to Class 2B or up. to to Class 4 or 5, as required by the customer, makes it unique in the space.
Bollinger expects to announce the US contract manufacturer that will build the B1 and B2 in September, with the first deliveries scheduled for the end of next year, and is in talks with them and other companies already in the order space are about producing the DELIVER-E,
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While Bollinger focuses on approximately 2,000 to 3,000 annual sales of the $ 125,000 B1 and B2, he aims for much higher volume for the DELIVER-E, based on customer interest. Prices have not been announced, but Bollinger said it offers 20 percent savings in total cost of ownership over 10 years, which factors are in the cost of a possible battery change during that time.
