CampbellDaycruiser wrote:
gotsmart wrote:
John & Angela wrote:
It will be interesting to see how this affects availability of chassis for class C and B motorhomes. Still thirteen years away but right about then we will be downsizing to a small B class. Might be interesting.
This is the only English article I could find on the article. The German article is more encompassing. This follows Norways 2025 and Hollands 2026 plans for the same thing although the details are different.
http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/future-cars/news/a31097/german-government-votes-to-ban-internal-combustion-engines-by-2030/
Big Woof. What's going to change? IMO, nothing. Why? Because if it doesn't ban petrol stations and ICE-based vehicles from being driven on the roads then it is toothless. Drivers and RVers, within and without Germany, will still drive their ICE vehicles in Germany and will need petrol stations. If the EU Commission does not agree with Germany then the only people affected will be German citizens buying new vehicles and Germany-based automobile MFGs. The Germany-based automobile MFGs will still make ICE vehicles - for export only.
If you ban the sale of new ICE chassis, in 10 years the number on the road will begin to drop off pretty quickly. How many people will want to buy a Class A or C that's 10 years used just for the nostalgia of having a smelly ICE? I'm sure the diehards will keep rebuilding their vehicles as long as they can but eventually the RV will fall apart, not the chassis, forcing them to buy new.
I don't know. Like I say there will be an export market for awhile yet. I also don't think it will affect heavy chassis products and the reality is there are no Class A diesel chassis built in Europe.
It will affect class B and C chassis though. But these are also good candidates for electrification. Depending on your camping style a totally electric class B or small C would be pretty cool. I would think they would need a robust 12 KW APU though to allow autonomous overnight recharging etc. but a 100 to 150KWH battery pack would bring a whole new automomy to dry camping. I would think as well that campgrounds would also want to jump on the CHADEMO quick charger wagon. Probably some opportunities there. Camp grounds are already putting themselves on the charge station APPS and benefitting from another revenue stream of EV drivers. They already have the infrastructure and literally don't have to spend a penny. We seem to notice anywhere from 7 to 12 dollar costs on the charge apps. Comparable to CHADEMO depending on battery size.
