The future cost of RV stay
If/when electric tow veh become common what do you think the average RV park will charge for a nights stay if they charge $40 per now?
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To have charging ability at each site would require an entire rewiring of the park. If the recharging included the RV itself, the increase in electrical loads would be monumental. Currently, a 200 amp service will support seven fifty amp RV pedestals. Add in charging abilities for a tow vehicle, a dingy, likely some ATVs, and the electric motorhomes now that 200 amp service will only support one or possibly two sites. It will be necessary to replace every pedestal, rewire every single site, repair all the roads and landscaping damaged by that rewiring, and pay the power company for all those new service connections (Assuming they can supply the extra power which is unlikely at best). My best guess is somewhere around $5000.00 per site.
Then you have the added electricity usage to spread over the sites since individual metering on a daily basis is not feaasible. That could easily run ten bucks a day. Recoup the capital investment over seven years and site fees are rising $20+ a day. And that assumes a park owner is willing and able to make that five thousand dollar a site investment only to stay in business and not see a financial return. If it ever reaches that decision point I will probably see it as the time to bail out and sell the properties, likely for conversion to another use.
Then you have the added electricity usage to spread over the sites since individual metering on a daily basis is not feaasible. That could easily run ten bucks a day. Recoup the capital investment over seven years and site fees are rising $20+ a day. And that assumes a park owner is willing and able to make that five thousand dollar a site investment only to stay in business and not see a financial return. If it ever reaches that decision point I will probably see it as the time to bail out and sell the properties, likely for conversion to another use.
