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- At my age, it's one more way of spending more money than what we have. On the other hand, I believe in global warming. Obviously, we need a government that works better.
I'll let you guys keep track of the developments in electric MOTORHOMES. Or, is it electric-motor homes? free radical wrote:
Jayco-noslide wrote:
I don't think the long term success of Tesla is a done deal.
I was skeptical about 5 years back when they first started.
Now that they are bigest EV maker with people waiting months even years to buy one and that includes Europe,Australia etc I have no doubt Tesla will make it.
Tesla only problem is filing the demand,wish our Big 3 had that problem
Now Tesla China Gigafactory is coming online to fill Asian markets,
Btw China will BAN all ICEngines after 2025,,end of ICE age coming
Even the most EV oposed customers change their tune after test driving Tesla,its just that awesome.
I showed a Tesla review vid to someone who didnt know anything about EVs and he went and bought two,
one for himself and one for his wife
https://youtu.be/HJUhzk8a9f4
Norway's new car sales hit 42%.
In Europe, they buy every Tesla that comes into the market. I was wearing a Tesla hat and in every stop we had, I will be approached to ask about my car (only to answer that it's my daughter's).
There is a more optimistic hope for us waiting for the Tesla pick-up. Tesla is back to profitability against those who bet that they'll go bankrupt with the cash burn.
In turn, those who bet against Tesla, the short sellers, lost $1.5 billion.Jayco-noslide wrote:
I don't think the long term success of Tesla is a done deal.
I was skeptical about 5 years back when they first started.
Now that they are bigest EV maker with people waiting months even years to buy one and that includes Europe,Australia etc I have no doubt Tesla will make it.
Tesla only problem is filing the demand,wish our Big 3 had that problem
Now Tesla China Gigafactory is coming online to fill Asian markets,
Btw China will BAN all ICEngines after 2025,,end of ICE age coming
Even the most EV oposed customers change their tune after test driving Tesla,its just that awesome.
I showed a Tesla review vid to someone who didnt know anything about EVs and he went and bought two,
one for himself and one for his wife
https://youtu.be/HJUhzk8a9f4timmac wrote:
Reisender wrote:
https://electrek.co/2019/10/18/winnebago-hungry-electric-rvs/
Ford also has a F-53 all electric chassis, electric autos/trucks/RV's are the future, however battery technology has to catch up before I buy one, I suspect in 10 years half of all new autos/trucks sold will be electric..
Not difficult to imagine with every automaker and his brothers in Europe and Asia going into EV.Reisender wrote:
https://electrek.co/2019/10/18/winnebago-hungry-electric-rvs/
Ford also has a F-53 all electric chassis, electric autos/trucks/RV's are the future, however battery technology has to catch up before I buy one, I suspect in 10 years half of all new autos/trucks sold will be electric..- I don't think the long term success of Tesla is a done deal.
garyemunson wrote:
Don't call Tesla's semi "vaporware".
No one who bet against Elon Musk won yet. And his friend for whom he borrowed $50,000 to meet payroll and wrote it off thinking Elon's idea is a pipe dream (pun intended) got his first vehicle, a roadster, and got his ROI many times over.
That's a good intelligent well thought out analysis that I agree. Though I myself won't be the customer for the big rig even if I can afford it as my favorites are tight public campsites.
It's also quite the Tesla strategy of starting with the high-end and going mass affordable market as they get up to speed on automated manufacturing and economy of scale.- I don't pretend to know all the engineering details of electric but I suspect what they are doing is research for the future. Very skeptical about all electric vehicles that will really meet all of our needs and wants in the near future. Electric cars aren't even close in my opinion. A major breakthrough is needed in batteries or even other forms of emission free power sources. Maybe the wealthy can afford a real motor home to travel the country and an electric one to camp locally.
fj12ryder wrote:
Yeah, those two "prototypes" have been out and about for a year or so, but amazingly enough there are no others, even after a year. Maybe they aren't working out quite as well as planned? Perhaps not vaporware, but pretty darned scarce.
And I didn't say it wasn't possible that there will be electric RV's, I said that it's going to be several years before they become really feasible, and affordable. If a relatively small Tesla car costs between $50,000-$100,000, imagine what an RV would cost.
Tesla’s start online at just under 40,000 or at a showroom at 35500 for special order. They can get up to north of 125,000 presently for a model x and the new model S Plaid is expected to be closer to 130,000.
I would think you are right though. It’ll be a hefty sticker price. But then again lots of people have that kinda coin. Gas or diesel motorhomes are stinky noisy slow and gutless. And if they are use to driving electric already it would be an easy transition.- Yeah, those two "prototypes" have been out and about for a year or so, but amazingly enough there are no others, even after a year. Maybe they aren't working out quite as well as planned? Perhaps not vaporware, but pretty darned scarce.
And I didn't say it wasn't possible that there will be electric RV's, I said that it's going to be several years before they become really feasible, and affordable. If a relatively small Tesla car costs between $50,000-$100,000, imagine what an RV would cost.
