Bollinger Set to Debut Electric Sport Utility Truck This Month

[Ty_McMahan]

One of the first companies to create chatter about an electric pickup truck was Bollinger Motors. The public received its first glimpse Bollinger’s “sport-utility truck” concept at a press event in New York in September 2017. Two years later, the company has moved its headquarters from Hobart, NY to near Detroit for final engineering and...
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[brucet999]

What does "10" tire travel" mean? If you mean distance traveled in one rotation, it must be equipped with 3 3/16" diameter tires. Given that ground clearance is claimed to be 15", perhaps that value might be 110" tire travel on 35" diameter tires?

"…fit a stack of 4x8s in with the tailgate closed". 4x8 by what length? 8', 10', 12'?

 

[tonybelding]

It's not exactly clear what "debut" means in this context, because we have, of course, seen the original prototype before. Does it mean they're going to show us a validation prototype? Announce pricing and options?

 

[Torquer]

What does "10" tire travel" mean? If you mean distance traveled in one rotation, it must be equipped with 3 3/16" diameter tires. Given that ground clearance is claimed to be 15", perhaps that value might be 110" tire travel on 35" diameter tires?

"…fit a stack of 4x8s in with the tailgate closed". 4x8 by what length? 8', 10', 12'?

pssst...
'10 inch tire travel' = 10 inches vertical travel.
'stack of 4x8s' = 4x8 sheets of drywall/plywood/etc

 

[brucet999]

pssst...
'10 inch tire travel' = 10 inches vertical travel.
'stack of 4x8s' = 4x8 sheets of drywall/plywood/etc

Thanks.

In many years involved with construction, I have never heard anyone refer to plywood or drywall as 4x8s. If you go to a lumber yard and ask for 4x8s, they will ask what species and what length and do you want them s4s or rough.

As to tire travel. I googled the term and got nothing except "distance traveled in one revolution".

 

[rallybob]

Common in auto talk to say 10" travel. Simply, as stated by others it is vertical travel.

As to 4 X 8, usually understood as the comment would be "4 X 8" sheets of plywood or drywall.

With trucks, many people would know this is a common question, "would you be able to fit 4 X 8 sheets and close the tailgate. Or will they sit flat between the wheelwells.

A 4" X 8" piece of wood would be very uncommon.

 

[JimmyHoffa]

A 4" X 8" piece of wood would be very uncommon

That's either long and skinny or short and fat. I've heard the latter's better but Jimmy don't really care.

 

[brucet999]

A 4" X 8" piece of wood would be very uncommon.

No, 4"x 8" lumber is very common (actual size if rough, 3 1/2" x 7 1/2" if S4S). Every lumber yard in North America stocks various lengths of various species of dimensional lumber 4x8s.

 

[ajdelange]

"Tesla plans to deliver up to 400,000 Model 3s this year alone." How about maybe 150,000 (in the US).

 

[KJD]

Getting closer.

The company plans to debut its B1 and B2 vehicles on September 26.

 

[mikevbf]

The "reveal" did not reveal much. There was a women named Molly on the live chat during the who acted like she was from Bollinger and said around 60k for 60 kWh version and 200 mile range on the 120 kWh version. No promises Molly was actually from Bolliger, so take these numbers with a grain of salt.