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[Zephod]

Electric motorhomes are coming: a new RV powered by solar panels and 91 kWh battery pack - Electrek
https://apple.news/AwY8vjiwbS1eu5jnJaCfKiw

The Germans came up with an electric motorhome. It has a range of 100 miles. The solar panels are 3kw and the motor uses 91kw to go 100 miles.

It's a neat idea.


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[richard5933]

100 miles might work in Europe where things are closer together, but I can put on 100 miles before breakfast...

Unless they can get the batteries to recharge while I eat my Grand Slam I'll have to wait on this just a bit.

Richard

[Zephod]

100 miles might work in Europe where things are closer together, but I can put on 100 miles before breakfast...

Unless they can get the batteries to recharge while I eat my Grand Slam I'll have to wait on this just a bit.

Richard

100 miles wouldn't really work, even in Britain. Having to wait 30+ days to recharge to drive the next 100 miles is most amusing. Lands end to John o groates in Britain is about 750 miles. To drive from end to end of the country would thus take about 7 1/2 months!


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[muldoonman]

"but it lacks the functionalities of a motorhome"

Probably No AC and do you have to poop in a hole in the floor??  

[lostagain]

You could just start up a big old stinky noisy generator.

JC

[Oonrahnjay]

"but it lacks the functionalities of a motorhome"

Probably No AC and do you have to poop in a hole in the floor??   

     Oh, come on - nobody wants a motorhome like THAT!

[Zephod]

I got no problem pooing in a bag and tossing the bag out the door :p


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[CrabbyMilton]

I too doubt that this will attract too many buyers over here. Perhaps decades from now when such technology will likely improve we'll see more acceptance. Perhaps some RV dealer may bring one over to display at an RV show to see if it'll generate much interest. (Pun was intended) If you really have a kick about 100% electric vehicles, there are some 100% electric skoolies that are just starting to come on the market. Wait for them to get old and see how they hold up then get one and convert it your own way.

[lvmci]

CNG, natural gas are very clean combustion engines. In LA where I am right now, they use commuter buses, mostly MCI 102s, with a bay full of CNG tanks to give 800 miles of travel for their daily routes, lvmci...

[Zephod]

I too doubt that this will attract too many buyers over here. Perhaps decades from now when such technology will likely improve we'll see more acceptance. Perhaps some RV dealer may bring one over to display at an RV show to see if it'll generate much interest. (Pun was intended) If you really have a kick about 100% electric vehicles, there are some 100% electric skoolies that are just starting to come on the market. Wait for them to get old and see how they hold up then get one and convert it your own way.

Yes, I've read about them. On short routes of 100 miles or less, they make an awful lot of sense. Many standard routes are 30 miles.

I drive Special Needs (aka the not-so-short bus) so my routes are longer. Typically 50+ miles twice a day.


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[Jeremy]

Covering it in solar panels was clearly a mistake if it makes people imagine you have to wait for 30 days for the batteries to recharge...

Jeremy

[CrabbyMilton]

Yes, I've read about them. On short routes of 100 miles or less, they make an awful lot of sense. Many standard routes are 30 miles.

I drive Special Needs (aka the not-so-short bus) so my routes are longer. Typically 50+ miles twice a day.


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The BLUEBIRD VISION is the one that comes to mind that will be offered in 100% electric soon.
I still can't help but wonder how many of these will end up with gasoline or diesel engines swapped in if someone gets stuck in the snow and burns up the motor or whole unit. Or if they decide that the extra cost to repair or replace the electrical components isn't worth the hassle to save some money on fuel and please the green crowd.

[Iceni John]

Covering it in solar panels was clearly a mistake if it makes people imagine you have to wait for 30 days for the batteries to recharge...

Jeremy

Especially if half the panels won't even face the sun.   There's even a panel facing downward.   Strange, last time I checked the sun it was above me.

Seriously though, that thing's just a cynical joke.   What's the point?

John

[Dreadnought]

100 miles- whoa!

I have a friend from the old country who worships Elon Musk and is an advocate of lecky power.

He's an arm chair admirer of technology and very academic.

He will reject out of hand, my direct experience of having employed ex Elon Musk employees and my indirect interactions via the industry.

Well, my friend suggested that an Electric RV makes sense. He has zero experience of RVing, thinks driving 50 miles is a huge distance and says things like- 'well folks will have to adapt their lifestyle".

We don't have much time off in the USA, and I'm not about to wait even an hour while I charge my power pack each and every time.

Electric- toads?

Now that's different.....

[Iceni John]

The BLUEBIRD VISION is the one that comes to mind that will be offered in 100% electric soon.
I still can't help but wonder how many of these will end up with gasoline or diesel engines swapped in if someone gets stuck in the snow and burns up the motor or whole unit. Or if they decide that the extra cost to repair or replace the electrical components isn't worth the hassle to save some money on fuel and please the green crowd.

Blue Bird made some battery school buses some years ago.   They were, how shall we put it, "less than successful".   Beaumont CA had one that was eBayed for scrap value after only a few years of use.   Mind you, it used heavy FLA batteries, hardly a recipe for success.   Let's hope that BB learns from their mistakes.

John