This Labor Day weekend, many Colorado families may be hooking up their RVs and heading out on an adventure, but now there's an electric camper option in Broomfield.

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A Colorado startup has created America's first all-electric recreational vehicle. Founded by alumni from Tesla, Rivian and Nike, Lightship is manufacturing the country's first self-propelled towable RV in Broomfield.

The first customers will be receiving those vehicles in the coming weeks.

Lightship CEO and co-founder Toby Kraus thinks RVs are as American as apple pie.

"It's part of Americana. One in 10 American families owns an RV," Kraus said.

After growing up in Boulder and then working at Tesla, Kraus partnered with another Tesla alumnus to create Lightship, the first all-electric RV in the U.S.

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