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Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through New Atlas' website.
Germany's AL-KO Vehicle Technology is working with Huber Automotive to develop its own smart hardware and control software package to make the self-powering trailer a viable reality. Electrified chassis variants make holiday travel greener by cutting emissions, adding range and creating more holistic power systems. fter noting that towing a camper can drop an electric vehicle's range by a devastating 70 percent, AL-KO got to work on the Next Generation Caravan Platform (NGCP) to help boost that range considerably, or cut emissions in the case of an ICE-driven tow vehicle.
New Atlas writer, C.C Weiss, relays in an article, "At home and camp, the NGCP system allows the owner to step outside of the tow vehicle, unhitch the trailer and remotely drive the trailer using a smartphone app. So, he or she can slow-roll the trailer out of the garage and line it up with the tow vehicle for hitching and later unhitch and remotely maneuver it onto the RV pad at camp." Beyond its primary hybridizing drive functionality, the HPC also adds 4x4 capabilities, kicking the rear e-drive on when needed to give the front-driven wheels a little help in maintaining traction. AL-KO is also working to create a system that will factor in GPS data to automatically switch over to pure-electric mode when entering designated environmental zones.
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