Winnebago Electric Motorhome on a F-53 chassis

valhalla360 wrote:



Other than throwing more batteries at EV's, there really isn't much technology advancement.

You need to open your eyes and do some research and you will find battery technology has advance very far in the past few years and will continue to advance..

timmac wrote:
And before folks start flaming the 125 mile range remember the model T did not go very far at 1st..


2025 is almost here...

:B

Other than throwing more batteries at EV's, there really isn't much technology advancement.

Model T's weren't very useful for cross country. Neither is this.

Electric motorhomes are coming: a new RV powered by solar panels and 91 kWh battery pack

Now a new prototype of an actual full-size electric motorhome shows that it’s possible.

https://electrek.co/2017/09/18/electric-motorhomes-rv-solar-battery/

Battery technology is moving at a rapid pace, by 2020 this battery will be in EV's, they can charge to 90 percent in 15 minutes and add up to 30 percent more in range..

Another game changer, 2025 will be the year of EV's taking over the world..

Trash your ICE motorhome.. :B

https://youtu.be/lATQEbd2Yh4

Except it's not a motorhome...it's not even an RV, just a bare vehicle they'll be offering.

This is designed and marketed for things like bookmobiles and mobile clinics, where you go maybe into the next county once a week or something similar. Perhaps some might get used for eco-conscious food trucks.

It's no big surprise at all that limited range speciality vehicles are being electrified. I wouldn't say it's a game changer either. I suspect motorhomes will be among the last vehicles to become fully electric (if that even is likely to happen in the near term, which I have significant doubts about) because developing the charging infrastructure at campgrounds to support that isn't going to happen anytime soon. Increasing the electric system capacity in a campground by an order of magnitude is not a simple or inexpensive task, and campgrounds aren't generally known as a business that has a large profit margin to cover such expenses. Unlike many other vehicles, I don't think it's really practical to generally charge a motorhome at places other than a campground since you need to be there with the vehicle for it to be useful as living quarters.

The vehicle will be offered in 33-foot and 38-foot lengths with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) up to 26,000 pounds.

It’s why Winnebago says that the vehicle is best suited “for urban and semi-urban short range commercial applications like mobile medical clinics, bloodmobiles, mobile classrooms and mobile outreach vehicles.”

Nonetheless, all-electric powertrains are rapidly coming to increasingly bigger vehicles and motorhomes are expected to be electrified soon too.

https://electrek.co/2018/05/02/winnebago-all-electric-rv-platform-electric-motorhome/

what’s spevial anout 2025? and the 125-mi range IS a non-starter for me.

And before folks start flaming the 125 mile range remember the model T did not go very far at 1st..


2025 is almost here...

:B