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futureboy
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Oct 10, 2015

Fully electric RV, diesel generator, RV of the future?

Hey everyone, I've been thinking a lot about the design of RVs as we shift towards a more electric world. Battery capacity and cost is not yet acceptable to build a _fully_ electric RV, but I was thin...
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MrWizard
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Oct 10, 2015
even IF you put large electric motors on the wheels

it will take the same horse power equivalent to move the RV, so you still have the same Large diesel engine, now driving a LARGE generator head, instead of a transmission
you have to generate the same amount of power to move it as before when it was driving the wheels directly, you are still moving the same weight, maybe more

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