Electric vehicle start-up Bollinger said it had selected Detroit auto supplier Roush to assemble its all electric platform and chassis cab for the upcoming commercial truck Bollinger said it would purchase and supply all materials for Roush and then assemble the platform and chassis at the latter's factory in Livonia, Michigan.
It is reported that the plant is 20 miles from the oak garden headquarters in Bollinger.
Robert Bollinger, founder and CEO of Bollinger motors, said: "we will build state-of-the-art vehicles in Michigan from day one. Roush has an important engineering and assembly history and we are happy to work with them to provide excellent electric vehicles for our commercial fleet customers."
A few years ago, Bollinger suddenly appeared in front of people with a pair of cool, rugged, box like prototype electric trucks. They are four door B1 and longer B2. The company later postponed plans to produce electric trucks, focusing on commercial delivery vehicles. As the latest electric car start-up, it encountered a speed bump when trying to build a complex car manufacturing business from scratch.
The partnership with Roush may help improve Bollinger's position. The company has been hovering in the category of startups. Its prototype is fascinating, but there are no specific plans to turn it into reality. In addition to working with mature carmakers for more than 30 years, Roush also helped build Google's retired firefly autonomous prototype and nuro's driverless delivery robot.
Bollinger's delivery-e electric truck was announced on the market in 2020. It is expected to be built on a variable vehicle platform and can use a variety of battery sizes, such as 70kwh, 105kwh, 140kwh, 175kwh and 210kwh. This will mean that customers will have different range, price and wheelbase size options. The front wheel drive platform will be designed for classes 2B, 3, 4 and 5.
The company had previously refused to confirm the production start date of the car on the grounds that it was looking for a manufacturing partner. A company spokesman did not immediately respond to questions about when to start production.