If your idea of an off-roader is something
utilitarian and rugged-looking, and you're also inclined to ditch the good old
internal combustion engine, EV start-up Bollinger has something you may want to
see.
It's called the B1 and it was first unveiled this
past summer at the Classic Car Club of Manhattan. Naturally, as the world's
first "all-electric, all-wheel drive, off/on road sport utility
truck", the B1 couldn't have skipped this year's LA Auto Show.
As you can see from just looking at it, the B1 is
completely unlike any other utilitarian EV you could buy today or in the near
future - like say the Tesla Model X, or their upcoming EV pickup.
Available with either 60kWh or 100kWh battery packs,
the B1 can offer a range that varies between 193 km and 321
km. Its total output is 360 HP and 640 Nm of torque, which allow
for a 0 to 96 km/h acceleration time of 4.5 seconds and a top speed of 204 km/h.
You can also use it to tow no fewer than 2.76 tonnes, and when you're done, you can recharge its 60kWh battery in as
little as 45 minutes if you're using a fast charger (7 hours otherwise). The
100 kWh battery takes either 12 hours or 75 minutes on a fast charger.
Last month, the EV-maker said that it had already
secured over 10,000 reservations for the B1, while the plan is to begin
deliveries by February 2019.
