The Class C SOLAR motorhome from Europe
While the chassis is designed to have up to a 174 mile range, they're saying the MH version will only have a 100 mile range due to the added weight. It's powered by a 228-Ah sodium-nickle-cloride bat...
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3kw of solar panels is about 4hp. That's in ideal conditions.
Ideal conditions for stationary panels is typically 4-5hr per day.
107hp is about 82kw. 3kw x 4hr= 12kwh or a little less than 9 minutes at the rated power (which isn't that much)
But wait, I'll give you dollars for dougnuts that the 3000w of panels includes the official rating of all the panels. In reality you will be lucky to get half the panels in the sunlight. Seriously, look at the bottom one on the front overhang. It's aimed down at the ground. So give them a generous 50% rating and you are down to about 4.5min per day at the rated power. Assuming you push it down a hill to get it started, you've got maybe 4 miles of range per day under solar.
Hope you don't camp in a forested area. Just a single branch shading a panel can kill all of it's output.
I also like how they claim it's eco friendly because the black sides absorb heat when it's above 79F. Most RV's are hot boxes when it gets into the 80's cooling is much more important.
Why do the proponents always over promise and then look like idiots? It turns people off from viable technologies. Used appropriately, solar and batteries can do good things and you can make RV's more efficient but this is a total joke.
Ideal conditions for stationary panels is typically 4-5hr per day.
107hp is about 82kw. 3kw x 4hr= 12kwh or a little less than 9 minutes at the rated power (which isn't that much)
But wait, I'll give you dollars for dougnuts that the 3000w of panels includes the official rating of all the panels. In reality you will be lucky to get half the panels in the sunlight. Seriously, look at the bottom one on the front overhang. It's aimed down at the ground. So give them a generous 50% rating and you are down to about 4.5min per day at the rated power. Assuming you push it down a hill to get it started, you've got maybe 4 miles of range per day under solar.
Hope you don't camp in a forested area. Just a single branch shading a panel can kill all of it's output.
I also like how they claim it's eco friendly because the black sides absorb heat when it's above 79F. Most RV's are hot boxes when it gets into the 80's cooling is much more important.
Why do the proponents always over promise and then look like idiots? It turns people off from viable technologies. Used appropriately, solar and batteries can do good things and you can make RV's more efficient but this is a total joke.
