The swift collapse of Bollinger Motors served as yet another example of the dark side of the EV market with the once promising company becoming another casualty of overpromising and under delivering.

But if you want to own a piece of Bollinger history and are willing to do your part to help the banks recoup their losses, the company’s fleet of B4 trucks (and one oddball ICE-powered truck) is crossing the block at an auction in Ortonville, Michigan.

Trucks were the company’s last gasp

The B4 was designed by Bollinger to help it enter the commerical electric truck market with the truck featuring an in-house built dedicated EV platform and Bollinger poduced EV powertrains. The cabs may look like something you would see on an Isuzu product but contrary to popular belief that’s not the case with the company sourcing the cabs from a Chinese supplier. The truck was supposed to get 185 miles of range on a single charge and could haul over 7,000 lbs of stuff.

These vehicles were also a pivot for the company after it chose to give up building the B1 and B2 EV pickup and SUV (before changing its mind again just before the company died.) with the cab-forward truck allowing the company to focus on a potentially lucrative slice of the EV market with the first deliveries originally scheduled to take place in 2025 (which never happened.)

The trucks in this Repocast hosted auction formed Bollinger’s original evaluation fleet with 19 of them being up for sale at the auction in Ortonville. One truck got into an accident at some point (ironically it’s also the only ICE-powered rig they had) with the other 18 being pure EVs. The EVs are mostly chassis cabs with only four of them featuring complete rear sections. All of the trucks though are not road legal due to their status as prototypes but we’re sure some ambitious bidder can find a way to make these trucks pass muster.

Cleaning up Bollinger’s mess

While its vehicles and other assets were seized to pay debts to suppliers, Bollinger Motors did not file for formal bankruptcy when it winded down operations with its headquarters building in Oak Park currently not listed for sale. The company also owes money to its former employees with some of the seizures meant to help pay them too.

Bollinger Motors was also a part of Bollinger Innovations the rebranded version of Mullen Motors but while its website is still active, it’s very clear that it has not been updated in a long time with controversial CEO David Michery still being listed as the head of the company. The collapse has put the future of the parent company in the spotlight and Michery is already facing pressure for other alleged misdeeds.

In the meantime, if you’re looking to place a bid for your chance to own one of the listed trucks you don’t have much time left with the auction scheduled to end on January 29th.