This Solar-Powered RV Runs Without Fuel Or Charging Stations

pianotuna wrote:
More info here:

https://www.victronenergy.com/blog/2017/08/26/dethleffs-electric-drive-motorhome-with-victron-onboard/

Well, there you go - "3 x 76 Ah at 400 V". So, ~90K Wh. Assume 2 hours to travel that 100 mile range = ~45 kW @ 50 mph. That 3 kW of solar isn't going to add much.

Drive battery is 91200 watt-hours (or 91.2 KWH). Could be charged by 50 amp service in 7.2 hours

or

31 hours of perfect solar.

It’s a beginning. Wonderful things await us.

For someone who travels like me, little driving and lots of camping in the sun, it might work :).

I would need to cover the sides with tarps or something, though, on a lot of the roads I use. Good point, kerrlakeRoo.

Surely that is a typo on the battery size? Maybe missing a zero?

More info here:

https://www.victronenergy.com/blog/2017/08/26/dethleffs-electric-drive-motorhome-with-victron-onboard/

The "house" seems to have its own battery bank of 24 volts and 7200 watt hours, with an inverter/charger

Common guys.......he is just a 'cub reporter' out on his first BIG assignment

Jimmy Olsen didn't do much better :B


Actually not much different then some of the junk spewed by 'seasoned journalist'

Write some info down then try and sound like you know what it is .....:S

Meh. "...chassis with a 107-horsepower electric motor. The motorhome would have a range just shy of 100 miles if it wasn’t covered in solar panels, but it is. Those babies can make up to 3,000 watts of electricity for its 228-Ah battery. In other words, you’re all good to just keep on going."

Someone needs to tell the author that 3000 W is only 4 horsepower. That's not going to get you far. And, giving the Ah capacity of the batteries provides no useful info. What's the watt-hour capacity? Know that, and how long it takes to cover those 100 miles, and you can figure out how many watts it actually needs to travel.

"The RV is built on the company’s Iveco Daily Electric chassis with a 107-horsepower electric motor. The motorhome would have a range just shy of 100 miles if it wasn’t covered in solar panels, but it is. Those babies can make up to 3,000 watts of electricity for its 228-Ah battery. In other words, you’re all good to just keep on going."

LOL. Technical knowledge is seriously lacking on the part of this writer(?). I'm too lazy to do the math on how much travel it can do on a 3kW PV system, but it's not much.

But thanks for posting, I do find advances in technology interesting.

I'm imagining the cost to repair after a parking lot ding in the wrong spot, or one time of being forced to detour onto a dirt road.

I wish I could afford such a wonderful unit.