"Taking a road trip in an EV is no easy feat, as two Tesla alumni found out the hard way. Range is already a significant anxiety for EV owners taking long journeys, and towing a heavy RV can cause an electric vehicle battery to drain even faster. Toby Kraus and Ben Parker, two ex-Tesla employees who each spent five years working at the EV giant, say they have an answer."
""I rented a Tesla Model X and a trailer, and towed it, laboriously, all the way out to Colorado to meet him," said Parker. "I spent over half the time on the road getting to Colorado just charging the Model X, and going 55 miles an hour on a 70-mile-an-hour interstate," he added. After meeting in Boulder, the two ex-Tesla employees began the journey back to California to give their pitch,"
Towing a heavy RV or trailer can rapidly drain an EV's battery, significantly increasing range anxiety on long road trips. Ben Parker and Toby Kraus experienced near-stranding while towing a trailer with a rented Tesla Model X, spending excessive time charging and reducing highway speeds to conserve charge. A strong headwind outside Grand Junction, Utah nearly depleted the Model X as night fell. Those experiences motivated the pair to found Lightship and design an alternative to conventional towables. Lightship began production of the $250,000 AE.1 Cosmos, a towable camper with an onboard electric motor that boosts range for electric and gas vehicles.
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