LightShip Update 7/28/25

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We put deposits down on both as soon as they were open and subsequently cancelled our deposit on Pebble after seeing it in person earlier this year at Overland in AZ (wasn't fit for our purpose).

@turbopilot, you're obviously going to be one of the first, and I think there's a lot of inherent capability and use case variability which will make for a steep and fun learning curve. Looking forward to hearing those first experiences to build the knowledge base.

We really need a thread comparing the LightShip and the Pebble. Both are unique new RV's so I am trying to figure out a way to compare the two without it looking like I am degrading the Pebble. @josephRV, in my opinion you made the right choice. I have been following both LightShip and Pebble from the beginning and have gotten to know Ben, Toby and LightShip team very well with frequent visits to the factor in Broomfield. There is a reason the largest RV company in the world, Thor Industries, invested in LightShip.

Pebble has elected to have their own owner's forum. Interesting to follow along. The first Pebble is now in customer hands with some early reports.

 

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Lightship begins US production of flagship AE.1 travel trailer and introduces two additional trims

Lightship achieved a huge milestone today: It kicked off production of its flagship electric travel trailer, the AE.1 Cosmos Edition.

electrek.co

 

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Current image from the LightShip factory. In this view you can see the progress on the three chassis I commented on in the first post of this thread. When I was there 2 weeks ago those chassis were just being built up with no floor. Now you can see that two of those chassis now have the "tub" in place. You can see the chassis at the far end waiting for the tub. These should be ships 2, 3 and 4. Ship 1 I posted in the first post of this thread. It is positioned to the left of the frame. The area shown in this view is the chassis build up area. The area along the wall to the right is the final build out area. Making great progress.

 

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