DETROIT — Bollinger Motors, the suburban Detroit-based startup trying to break into the electric truck and SUV market, plans to add a battery-powered chassis to its line as it seeks commercial customers.
Bollinger’s E-Chassis will come fully engineered and ready to be fitted with a body, similar to the way automakers sell gasoline- and diesel-powered chassis cab vehicles to upfitters that use them to underpin ambulances, delivery vans and other commercial vehicles. Bollinger’s E-Chassis will be Class 3, which is not a vehicle intended for consumers.
Bollinger says the E-Chassis can be ordered with two-wheel drive or four-wheel drive and can be configured into several different wheelbases, including an extended wheelbase model that will allow a larger battery pack. The company said Thursday it plans to launch the E-Chassis next year.
