All Electric Motorhome ?

"who killed the electric car?"....interesting documentary about the mid 1990s EVI from GM....folks who had them loved them but GM took them all back (they were leased) and destroyed them. Would not let the leasers buy them.

If I were to cover the roof completely on a 40 x 8 ft motor home. with solar panels the maximum horsepower I could collect would be about 56 hp.
That is assuming 100% efficiency at high noon on a clear day.

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Seems to be plenty of room for a small Honda generator that could run 6-8 hors on a gallon of fuel and provide constant recharge capability with minimum costs and emissions .

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bob_nestor wrote:
A generation raised on Star Trek continues to dream of a world with unlimited cheap clean energy supplied by Di-Lithium crystals. Unfortunately someone needs to do the real engineering and we'll never get there by just hugging trees or trying to legislate technological innovation into existence.

But todays new generation knows that crystolic fusion is the way to go. Just ask Buzz Lightyear.

I would hope more for a hybrid RV using the diesel-electric setup of our current RR locomotives.

kab449 wrote:

Stim wrote:
Since about 50% of the US electric is produced in coal fired plants these "wonderful" electric vehicles are at least 50% Coal Powered!
Try explaining that to the over educated. They will argue that the electric comes from the wall socket!

In the video it stated they buy the electricity for the bus from a green supplier, no coal. Actually from wind farms in Kansas. Everyone can do the same and mothball those bad coal plants. All you have to do is pay about 30% more for the power.

and pray for a windy day.
bumpy

Stim wrote:
Since about 50% of the US electric is produced in coal fired plants these "wonderful" electric vehicles are at least 50% Coal Powered!
Try explaining that to the over educated. They will argue that the electric comes from the wall socket!

In the video it stated they buy the electricity for the bus from a green supplier, no coal. Actually from wind farms in Kansas. Everyone can do the same and mothball those bad coal plants. All you have to do is pay about 30% more for the power.

Since about 50% of the US electric is produced in coal fired plants these "wonderful" electric vehicles are at least 50% Coal Powered!
Try explaining that to the over educated. They will argue that the electric comes from the wall socket!

Someone once said: "The electric car is the car of the future; and it always will be."

Having to stop every 20 miles to recharge?

As a bus, it works. As an RV, that would be tedious!