How will this affect RVing. Very interesting video.

Matt_Colie wrote:
If you drive an electric car in the US, it is most likely powered by coal. The same coal that has been outlawed. Very little of the country is capable of relying on wind or solar power.

The thing I want is a an electric towed that is linked to the coach driving controls and will go into regenerative braking anytime the driver indicates that retarding velocity is desired. This could actually cause a driver to take a long route so that the towed will be charged at arrival.

Is this possible?? The trains in the Netherlands are now all powered by wind energy.

Matt

That may be true if you live in West Virginia, but most everywhere else they have switched to cheaper natural gas. You can relax all the EPA regulations one wants, but unless they stop fracking somehow, coal is dead. It cannot compete on price.

Matt_Colie wrote:
If you drive an electric car in the US, it is most likely powered by coal. The same coal that has been outlawed. Very little of the country is capable of relying on wind or solar power.

The thing I want is a an electric towed that is linked to the coach driving controls and will go into regenerative braking anytime the driver indicates that retarding velocity is desired. This could actually cause a driver to take a long route so that the towed will be charged at arrival.

Is this possible?? The trains in the Netherlands are now all powered by wind energy.

Matt

Actually in the US only 33 percent of power is produced by coal and this number continues to drop. Some states have very little power produced by coal. Idaho uses the least, Montana the most. A lot depends on local resources. Coal powered electricity on a world wide level continues to decline.

timmac wrote:

John & Angela wrote:
Hi Folks. This is a very interesting video for open minds. Obviously this will affect us all as RVers as well, and for the most part I think in a very positive way. Take the time to watch this all the way thru and you will be more informed on whats to come. By the way this video is almost 6 months old and some things have already surpassed the forecasts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxryv2XrnqM

Enjoy.

So by 2025 I can buy a self driving motorhome that runs on electric motors and solar panels and I can program in my RV park location and it will drive me there and park itself while I sleep or watch a movie and drink beer..

SIGN ME UP... :C

Heh Heh. Yah, 2025 might be a stretch for the motorhome idea. But if its a car or SUV pulling a trailer I would think you could do that within about three years. :)

John & Angela wrote:
Hi Folks. This is a very interesting video for open minds. Obviously this will affect us all as RVers as well, and for the most part I think in a very positive way. Take the time to watch this all the way thru and you will be more informed on whats to come. By the way this video is almost 6 months old and some things have already surpassed the forecasts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxryv2XrnqM

Enjoy.

So by 2025 I can buy a self driving motorhome that runs on electric motors and solar panels and I can program in my RV park location and it will drive me there and park itself while I sleep or watch a movie and drink beer..

SIGN ME UP... :C

CavemanCharlie wrote:

Dave H M wrote:
Guess if i lived long enough, I could just sent the car to town on az brewsky run. :W

Actually, there was a thing here in MN not to long ago about a liquor store delivering beer to ice fishermen (fisherpeople) in there fish houses out on the lake using GPS and a drone. It would fly a 12 pak out there and set it next to the fish house.

I think that maybe they made them stop doing that though.

They couldn't keep up with demand!
Here's a Minnesota lake with a "few" ice fishermen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lc_Ysm-yoI

If you drive an electric car in the US, it is most likely powered by coal. The same coal that has been outlawed. Very little of the country is capable of relying on wind or solar power.

The thing I want is a an electric towed that is linked to the coach driving controls and will go into regenerative braking anytime the driver indicates that retarding velocity is desired. This could actually cause a driver to take a long route so that the towed will be charged at arrival.

Is this possible?? The trains in the Netherlands are now all powered by wind energy.

Matt

Dave H M wrote:
Guess if i lived long enough, I could just sent the car to town on az brewsky run. :W

Actually, there was a thing here in MN not to long ago about a liquor store delivering beer to ice fishermen (fisherpeople) in there fish houses out on the lake using GPS and a drone. It would fly a 12 pak out there and set it next to the fish house.

I think that maybe they made them stop doing that though.

Guess if i lived long enough, I could just sent the car to town on az brewsky run. :W

There are at present, plenty of high tech solutions to the issues all of us face with our RVs. Problem is that they are not used in the manufacturing process, and most likely never will be.

Lot of optimism these days. I didn't watch the video. Just read comments about it.

Call me pessimistic, but as for me and mine...we are seeking to become as self sufficient as we can. Also, we have become surrounded by have-nots who frequently seek what we have....usually at night. Been thinking more about ways to defend ourselves, rather than thinking about new high tech stuff.

Self driving cars won't solve many of the problems we have around here.