Electric cars are the rage. But there's an untapped charging resource in almost every RV park, which suggests a future for the electric camper
Today, electric car road trips still involve a fair bit of adventure on finding charging for the car in a way that doesn't involve too much wasted time.
If you start imagining electric vehicle RV camping, a whole bunch of interesting options open up, both on how you power things in the camper, and the types of off-roading that become possible. In particular, it should be possible to make electric off-road vehicles that vastly outperform today's gasoline vehicles. These things, along with the greener nature of electricity, may soon make electric RV camping a worthwhile choice.
Spend money reducing weight and size. Aluminum and carbon fiber construction and aerodynamic shape, designed for the right air flow behind your tow vehicle. Teardrop trailers are also aerodynamic and small. They don't usually have things like bathroom facilities or refrigerators, though.While solar panels don't make much sense on cars, they can make sense on the roof of an RV. A pop-up trailer's roof could feature around 1,000 watts of panels. If well placed in the sun, that that can turn about 4.5 kwh on average in a place like California, even though horizontal.
An astonishing off-road vehicle would feature 4 wheels, each with a hub motor and independent steering and independent suspension, with a large travel that could raise and lower each wheel by several feet. Such a vehicle could travel over all sorts of terrain and drive level along steep slopes. It could turn in place. There would be no vehicle like it that also could go on the roads.Once robocar technology is available, a number of interesting options open up.
Your car and the RV would have independent systems, but a duct and cable could allow them to share at night, particularly when off grid.Instead of owning the RV, you could just hire a different local one each night at the campsite of your choice. It would come there, like a movable tiny motel room. You still would need to bring in your bedding, food and other supplies from your car. Because this vehicle does not move far and leaves fully charged, it can be larger and have a real bathroom.
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