Electric Motorhome. Concept in Europe.
This is kind of a neat first step. Give it a few years. Should be fun to watch the development. There is also a more aerodynamic version without about 30 percent more range. https://electrek.co/201...
Forum Discussion
This unit got discussed a couple week back. It's a total joke and the designers are completely incompetent (I hope so because otherwise, they are completely dishonest.)
Let's pretend the 3kw peak output is real. Typically you get about 4hr or the rating or about 12kwh per day. The battery pack is 91kwh, so it's going to take almost 8 days to do a full charge...assuming you don't use any electricity for house loads.
So you say, just plug in at the campground: It's geared towards Europe and when we camped there last, the electric was metered. You put a 50cent/euro in the box for every 1 kwh. Ignoring the time spent sitting there putting coins in the slot, that's around 45euro to fill up. That will buy you around 10gal of diesel which should meet or beat the per mile price.
Well maybe it will give you a boost when driving at noon: At freeway speeds, that little 107hp motor is probably putting out 100hp. 3kw is about 4hp, so it's only around 4% of the demand. It's going to have a negligible effect on range in the best of conditions. Early or late day driving, you won't get nearly 3kw, so it will have far less effect.
As others have pointed out, lots of solar panels with some on every side and even panels on the front facing down are going to result in never getting close to the rated output.
Also, good luck trying to keep that heat sink cool. Most camping is done in the summer when it's hot and a completely black exterior will just soak up the heat.
This was clearly developed by someone who had no idea what they were doing.
This isn't trying to be mean, it's pointing out the flaws in a horrible design. Misguided stuff like this probably set back the option more than it advances it as it demonstrates the limitations rather than the possibilities.
Let's pretend the 3kw peak output is real. Typically you get about 4hr or the rating or about 12kwh per day. The battery pack is 91kwh, so it's going to take almost 8 days to do a full charge...assuming you don't use any electricity for house loads.
So you say, just plug in at the campground: It's geared towards Europe and when we camped there last, the electric was metered. You put a 50cent/euro in the box for every 1 kwh. Ignoring the time spent sitting there putting coins in the slot, that's around 45euro to fill up. That will buy you around 10gal of diesel which should meet or beat the per mile price.
Well maybe it will give you a boost when driving at noon: At freeway speeds, that little 107hp motor is probably putting out 100hp. 3kw is about 4hp, so it's only around 4% of the demand. It's going to have a negligible effect on range in the best of conditions. Early or late day driving, you won't get nearly 3kw, so it will have far less effect.
As others have pointed out, lots of solar panels with some on every side and even panels on the front facing down are going to result in never getting close to the rated output.
Also, good luck trying to keep that heat sink cool. Most camping is done in the summer when it's hot and a completely black exterior will just soak up the heat.
This was clearly developed by someone who had no idea what they were doing.
This isn't trying to be mean, it's pointing out the flaws in a horrible design. Misguided stuff like this probably set back the option more than it advances it as it demonstrates the limitations rather than the possibilities.
