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01-18-2025, 08:07 PM
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EV Future is looking promising !
This new " towable" EV Rv is looking really nice, I can only hope their is something this good in the future for motor homes !
ENJOY http://pebblelife.com/pebble-flow
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01-18-2025, 08:31 PM
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Looks interesting for sure
But there's a long way to go to morph into an EV motorhome.
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01-18-2025, 08:34 PM
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Agreed!
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01-18-2025, 08:55 PM
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Won't be too long before we see them. Just need some truck size drive through charging stations.
https://electrek.co/2019/07/29/tesla...rhome-concept/
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01-18-2025, 10:13 PM
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I can't wait to see some companies build out Tesla Semi Super C's. Full electric coach. This has me intrigued with some of the numbers they have shown. Tesla provided the following numbers for their Semi:
Range: The Tesla Semi completed a 500-mile trip on a single charge.
Weight: It carried an 82,000-pound load (including the weight of the truck and trailer).
Battery Charge: The Semi started the journey with 97% battery state-of-charge (SoC) and finished with 4% SoC remaining.
Obviously an RV would be running some more electronics and perhaps AC etc. But it also wouldn't be 82,000lbs going down the road, so likely does pretty well. So I'd argue 500 miles is quite impressive and probably achievable with a 50,000lb Super C. Also, never really needing to replace brakes or pads.
Charging is another thing, but if anyone can figure out an infrastructure, I suppose it's Tesla.
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01-19-2025, 12:11 AM
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I’m very EV positive. We own a BMW i4 all electric sedan and love it. But, we only use it for around town driving. It gets 300 mi on a full charge and we charge it at home in the garage on a dedicated 50-amp 240v circuit. The cost savings are incredible… costing about $17/mo for electricity for about 700 mi a month. We’ve owned it 2+ years and it’s been a great car.
But road trips are not easy and we avoid them with the BMW. Later this year BMW will get access to Tesla Superchargers which will make a huge difference. Because right now there is one DC fast charger in all of San Antonio… a metro area of 2 million people. To drive our EV away from our home charger takes careful planning and massive patience. Not something you want to do with any regularity.
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01-19-2025, 12:15 AM
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Sometimes I wonder if the ev posts should be removed as it seems almost a religious thing. But you have to have faith sometimes in the face of objective reality. So here we go, the top three EV pickup builders are each facing the problem of no demand. Ford has stopped production of the lighting as Tesla has done the same for their cyber trucks. Rivian is at death's door awaiting a massive influx of cash. Why - there's no demand. The FOMO crowd acted as usual. Why does this matter for an EVRV (RVEV?)? If there isn't economy's of scale a product will remain a niche one. Nothing wrong with niche products, but thinking something like an EVRV will become mass market takes faith and a suspension of economic reality
The have only been 140 Tesla semis built, most are being used by Tesla. I have feeling getting a used one might not be too easy. Then again, once they fall off the depreciation schedule Walmart might sell the five the bought for use in the states.
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01-19-2025, 08:15 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dbircky
Sometimes I wonder if the ev posts should be removed as it seems almost a religious thing. But you have to have faith sometimes in the face of objective reality. So here we go, the top three EV pickup builders are each facing the problem of no demand. Ford has stopped production of the lighting as Tesla has done the same for their cyber trucks. Rivian is at death's door awaiting a massive influx of cash. Why - there's no demand. The FOMO crowd acted as usual. Why does this matter for an EVRV (RVEV?)? If there isn't economy's of scale a product will remain a niche one. Nothing wrong with niche products, but thinking something like an EVRV will become mass market takes faith and a suspension of economic reality
The have only been 140 Tesla semis built, most are being used by Tesla. I have feeling getting a used one might not be too easy. Then again, once they fall off the depreciation schedule Walmart might sell the five the bought for use in the states.
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The tesla semi factory begins production in late 2025.
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01-19-2025, 08:35 AM
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01-19-2025, 08:44 AM
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Reminds me a lot of the Lightship. https://lightshiprv.com/
But good Lord both their websites are annoyingly hard to navigate and filled huge RAM consuming features, I had them both open and my PC froze up for the first time ever.
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01-19-2025, 09:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dbircky
Sometimes I wonder if the ev posts should be removed as it seems almost a religious thing. But you have to have faith sometimes in the face of objective reality. So here we go, the top three EV pickup builders are each facing the problem of no demand. Ford has stopped production of the lighting as Tesla has done the same for their cyber trucks. Rivian is at death's door awaiting a massive influx of cash. Why - there's no demand. The FOMO crowd acted as usual. Why does this matter for an EVRV (RVEV?)? If there isn't economy's of scale a product will remain a niche one. Nothing wrong with niche products, but thinking something like an EVRV will become mass market takes faith and a suspension of economic reality
The have only been 140 Tesla semis built, most are being used by Tesla. I have feeling getting a used one might not be too easy. Then again, once they fall off the depreciation schedule Walmart might sell the five the bought for use in the states.
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Both Ford and Tesla are curently producing electric trucks. Ford saw robust year over year sales growth in 2024.
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01-19-2025, 09:42 AM
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01-19-2025, 10:39 AM
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Infrastructure is key to the advancement of the EV Motor home. For as we all know at some point we gotta pull off the road and re-fuel be it gas or diesel or elec. and maybe hydro.
Control the infrastructure and you control the industry " EV ". So if electric stations were on every corner like the gas station it would be a different story. And some people are forging ahead trying to bring about change in the rv industry and change is good but cost is severe and a trailer with a starting price north of $109k is beyond my and most peoples means.
Remember when the Texas instruments calculator sold for hundreds of dollars when it first came out,,
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