EV startup Lordstown and RV seller Camping World are partnering to create the first fully electric RV in the U – Business Insider India

Lordstown Motors and Camping World are partnering to create a comprehensive electric vehicle-targeted plan that includes the electrification of RVs.

As part of the partnership, the two companies will also work with RV makers like Thor and Forest Rivers to create battery packs that replace onboard generators for road travel vehicles like travel trailers, Camping World chairman and CEO Marcus Lemonis said during the joint press conference announcing the partnership.

However, road travel electrification doesn't just stop at battery making. According to Lemonis, the partnership will run "the entire gamut," from creating battery packs that enable travel trailers to go off-grid, to building out an electric motorized RV.

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"Our goal is to make sure that the electrification of RVs doesn't start or stop with anything," Lemonis said.

Besides road travel, the partnership was also created to set up a "national electric vehicle service and collision network" for Lordstown Motor's vehicles, which include the upcoming Lordstown Endurance electric pickup truck, according to a joint news release announcing the partnership.

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"Lordstown's partnership with Camping World will help us help ensure that our fleet customers have the highest possible uptime of their vehicles," Lordstown Motors CEO Steve Burns said in a statement on the news release. "On top of that, working with [Lemonis] and his team to bring EV solutions to the RV market is quite exciting, and I'm excited about the first-to-market opportunities this partnership affords us."

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EV startup Lordstown and RV seller Camping World are partnering to create the first fully electric RV in the U - Business Insider India