Indeed. It will be even more beautiful when they mark the start of production and completed vehicles are rolling out of it 🤓 Thanks for watching and commenting!
I enjoyed the tour. One problem with tradition RV manufacturers is that they claim no responsibility for most items inside the RV. Water heaters, refrigerators, appliances etc, I would like to know if lightyear is going to buck this trend.
Lightship will have a lot of opportunity to improve on tradition. We look forward to learning more about their warranty when they get closer to production. -Producer Tim
Sorry but in all honesty this design makes no sense. You're mixing two functionalities which is mobility and living, which means it will be good at neither. The electric traction system will never be as good, or as cheap as you'll get in your EV tow vehicle (and can't be upgraded), and the RV living will be compromised as you take weight to put into the traction, and be limited in choice and cost. Far better solution is to separate out the two - put your electric mobility into your vehicle where you benefit from automotive OEM scaling. As tech gets better, trade in your truck. Here once you buy the trailer, you're stuck with both the tech and the trailer design. If they're trying to solve the range limitations of EV's, it's already been solved, just get a Silverado EV with over 500 miles, and with that you can pick from hundreds of options for your trailer, which will be much cheaper than this. And personally I don't like the Lightship design, looks like yet another too much tech too much minimalism and too little personality approach. So it's a niche product, maybe they're doing this to get bought out, except Thor Industries and Winnebago already have their own R&D teams working on EV friendly trailers.
It seems like maybe you are misunderstanding what this product is. It is a trailer. It is pulled behind a truck. A Silverado EV with 450 miles of stated range will only go about 200 miles with a typical big trailer behind it. That is why the Lightship L1 trailer has batteries and motors. It can help to pull it's own weight, extending the range of the truck which is towing. You might find value in watching the product tour first...this is an update to that. ua-cam.com/video/yE35H5I1yDI/v-deo.html -Producer Tim
@@MissGoElectricIndustry No I completely understand what they are doing. Trailers have drag which affects EV's and ICE equally that is obvious, you're missing my point which is EV trucks now have enough range for it not to matter anymore. Why buy extra range in your trailer when you don't need it? ICE trucks never felt the need. With Silverado range and charging speeds it's fast enough to not be a problem for practical road tripping.
One thing I've learned about RVing is that until you see the finished product and actually drive and live in one it is hard to tell what the experience will be. Sooner or later, that industry will go electric. Drive,fly, ride, go electric!
@@Xx0GsaburzxX Excuse me, this small OEM is going against the big three in Detroit, you seriously think it'll have a better charging curve than what GM, Ford or the rest can achieve? It's a matter of physics in any case, the Silverado EV has the best curve in the business and goes 20%-80% in about an hour on a 200 kWh battery (and 500 mile range). This puny air cooled thing will be nothing like that. Get your facts straight before handwaving and making stuff up - 'spend hours charging their EV' - yeah maybe an EV from 10 years ago.
Beautiful factory!
Indeed. It will be even more beautiful when they mark the start of production and completed vehicles are rolling out of it 🤓
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Can’t wait!!!! ❤
Exciting times. -Producer Tim
Great!
Thank you for tuning in! -Producer Tim
Very nice!
Thanks for watching and commenting!
I enjoyed the tour. One problem with tradition RV manufacturers is that they claim no responsibility for most items inside the RV. Water heaters, refrigerators, appliances etc, I would like to know if lightyear is going to buck this trend.
Lightship will have a lot of opportunity to improve on tradition. We look forward to learning more about their warranty when they get closer to production. -Producer Tim
Sorry but in all honesty this design makes no sense. You're mixing two functionalities which is mobility and living, which means it will be good at neither. The electric traction system will never be as good, or as cheap as you'll get in your EV tow vehicle (and can't be upgraded), and the RV living will be compromised as you take weight to put into the traction, and be limited in choice and cost. Far better solution is to separate out the two - put your electric mobility into your vehicle where you benefit from automotive OEM scaling. As tech gets better, trade in your truck. Here once you buy the trailer, you're stuck with both the tech and the trailer design.
If they're trying to solve the range limitations of EV's, it's already been solved, just get a Silverado EV with over 500 miles, and with that you can pick from hundreds of options for your trailer, which will be much cheaper than this. And personally I don't like the Lightship design, looks like yet another too much tech too much minimalism and too little personality approach. So it's a niche product, maybe they're doing this to get bought out, except Thor Industries and Winnebago already have their own R&D teams working on EV friendly trailers.
It seems like maybe you are misunderstanding what this product is. It is a trailer. It is pulled behind a truck.
A Silverado EV with 450 miles of stated range will only go about 200 miles with a typical big trailer behind it. That is why the Lightship L1 trailer has batteries and motors. It can help to pull it's own weight, extending the range of the truck which is towing.
You might find value in watching the product tour first...this is an update to that.
ua-cam.com/video/yE35H5I1yDI/v-deo.html
-Producer Tim
@@MissGoElectricIndustry No I completely understand what they are doing. Trailers have drag which affects EV's and ICE equally that is obvious, you're missing my point which is EV trucks now have enough range for it not to matter anymore. Why buy extra range in your trailer when you don't need it? ICE trucks never felt the need. With Silverado range and charging speeds it's fast enough to not be a problem for practical road tripping.
One thing I've learned about RVing is that until you see the finished product and actually drive and live in one it is hard to tell what the experience will be. Sooner or later, that industry will go electric. Drive,fly, ride, go electric!
@@GnosticwareFalse. No one wants to spend hours charging their vehicle. This RV will save time.
@@Xx0GsaburzxX Excuse me, this small OEM is going against the big three in Detroit, you seriously think it'll have a better charging curve than what GM, Ford or the rest can achieve? It's a matter of physics in any case, the Silverado EV has the best curve in the business and goes 20%-80% in about an hour on a 200 kWh battery (and 500 mile range). This puny air cooled thing will be nothing like that. Get your facts straight before handwaving and making stuff up - 'spend hours charging their EV' - yeah maybe an EV from 10 years ago.