pnichols wrote:
RobertRyan wrote:
This is pretty well from left field
"This collaboration will look to leverage EarthCruiser’s renowned engineering expertise in the overland and off-road vehicle development space,” said GM.
“GMC and EarthCruiser have come together in their shared vision to develop top-tier, zero-compromise adventure vehicles, leveraging EarthCruiser’s engineering technologies that have resulted in unique and innovative self-contained living habitats, while keeping capability and agility at the forefront."
Well Earthcruiser has factories in Wollongong Australia and Oregon. Very interesting to see what sort of EV Class C comes out of this collaboratio
Link from Jalopnik
Earthcruiser to work EV Hummer Expedituon Vehicle
An interesting read in the link above!
However, the author's remark ... "So you’re looking at, maybe 250 miles max range?" would concern me too, even for merely boondock camping in the U.S., let alone in Africa, Australia, etc..
Our E450 based small Class C has around only a 450 mile give-or-take range with it's 55 gallon fuel tank - and that to me is the bare minimum I feel comfortable with for merely U.S. use. Of course our MH also needs some of those 55 gallons to run the A/C and recharge it's house batteries - unlike the EV based vehicle in the article.
One aspect of an EV RV that I have not read anything about yet is ... what would be the possibility of somehow using onboard - plus large but still portable - solar arrays to recharge the EV's battery bank?
We could carry along more fuel in Jerry Cans if we wanted to, so to me another (huge) attraction of an EV RV (in addition to it's non-polluting) ... would be an ability to be "refueled" out in the middle of nowhere.
Assuming one can tow a relatively light weight trailer behind an EV RV, here's maybe one way an EV RV might be able to be recharged over and over again out in the middle of nowhere:
