first commercially available all electric RV

[pianotuna]

Hi all,

https://camperreport.com/fully-electric-rv/

About $79,000 usd.

[way2roll]

austinjenna wrote:
Its a gimmicky trailer that only a few tree huggers will buy at that price and feel good about how they are not leaving a footprint by having a green trailer.

If I am going to spend 80K on a rig it certainly is not going to be that one.

While the focus is on energy I hardly doubt it's green. Manufacturing techniques, caustic materials, glues, VOC's. etc.

And it is a bit of a head scratcher. Why would you opt for inefficient appliances when decades ago stoves and refers were developed for RV's for the sole purpose of being efficient. All electric RV's exist today. All you need is more solar and more batteries to arrive at this point. Sorry, I don't get the concept.

[austinjenna]

Its a gimmicky trailer that only a few tree huggers will buy at that price and feel good about how they are not leaving a footprint by having a green trailer.

If I am going to spend 80K on a rig it certainly is not going to be that one.

[Skibane]

valhalla360 wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
Seems it would be better to have propane for cooking, hot water, and outdoor grill than electric. Just my thought anyway. I do wonder how long they can withstand rainy or cloudy days. Having propane would allow you to stretch the electric power farther. And personally I prefer parking in the shade, and solar pretty much won't allow you to do that. Parking in full sun in the midwest in the middle of summer would put the AC to the test. 🙂

If you don't use the air/con or heat, probably indefinitely.

If you need air/con or heat, well, not so great.

What if you need to prepare meals?

The stove is an induction cooktop. That's an energy pig.

What if you need to keep your food from spoiling?

Compressor-driven refrigerators aren't exactly power-misers.

[BCSnob]

How long would you (2 adults based on floor plans) be able to be off grid/boondocking with a cassette toilet and 60gal of fresh water?

Information on the AC unit can be found at the link below.
Link to ac website

[valhalla360]

fj12ryder wrote:
Seems it would be better to have propane for cooking, hot water, and outdoor grill than electric. Just my thought anyway. I do wonder how long they can withstand rainy or cloudy days. Having propane would allow you to stretch the electric power farther. And personally I prefer parking in the shade, and solar pretty much won't allow you to do that. Parking in full sun in the midwest in the middle of summer would put the AC to the test. 🙂

If you don't use the air/con or heat, probably indefinitely.

If you need air/con or heat, well, not so great.

[Tvov]

I didn't watch the video, but I am also wondering why they don't use propane? Arguably, my TT right now is "electric", but with propane appliances. Which seems to work very well and obviously saves the battery power.

It would be nice to have a massive battery like that for extended weekends without hookup.

Hey, and I can use my Honda EU to recharge it!

[Wade44]

How much to import to the US from Austrialia over and above the $79K?

I can see such rigs in the future being pumped out by Thor and Forest River, crammed chock full of high quality WFCO, Lippert, and Furrion electrical components ROFLMAO.

[Skibane]

time2roll wrote:

Skibane wrote:
So you get to sleep right on top of an air conditioner that's cycling on and off all night?

Compared to the roof shaker over the bed? How bad can it be?

6 inches away, versus 6 feet?

The inverse square law is a thing...

[time2roll]

Skibane wrote:
So you get to sleep right on top of an air conditioner that's cycling on and off all night?

Compared to the roof shaker over the bed? How bad can it be?

[fj12ryder]

Seems it would be better to have propane for cooking, hot water, and outdoor grill than electric. Just my thought anyway. I do wonder how long they can withstand rainy or cloudy days. Having propane would allow you to stretch the electric power farther. And personally I prefer parking in the shade, and solar pretty much won't allow you to do that. Parking in full sun in the midwest in the middle of summer would put the AC to the test. 🙂

[DiploStrat]

First?

No mention of Nimbl or Aeon, or any of the others? Even my 2013 Tiger was all electric.

[Skibane]

way2roll wrote:
Mentioned an under the bed AC unit

So you get to sleep right on top of an air conditioner that's cycling on and off all night?

and detailed about the insulation that helps keeps things cooler (or warmer).

If you have to park the RV in full sunlight to get significant power out of the panels, you're going to need all the insulation you can get.

[Lwiddis]

Mock turtle, that’s what Airstream is working on…a trailer that powers itself with an electric truck TV.

[Y-Guy]

Moved from Tech Issues to General RVing Issues.

[way2roll]

Skibane wrote:
Perhaps I missed it, but didn't see any mention of how they heat or cool it.

14.3 KWH of battery energy is just slightly under 50K BTU - Enough to run a 12K BTU air conditioner for around 4 hours a day (assuming perfect efficiency, 100% battery discharge, and no other electrical loads being used).

I assume they would use some sort of heat pump for heating, since resistance electric heat is very energy-inefficient.

Typically, you get less sunlight in cold climates and during cold seasons - so there would often be less solar panel output available for heating. On rainy or completely overcast days, you either make do with whatever's still in the battery, or do without.

Mentioned an under the bed AC unit and detailed about the insulation that helps keeps things cooler (or warmer).