Electric motorhome

The mileage would have to improve considerably before I looked at one, but they have to start somewhere. Personally I think the internal combustion engine is far from dead yet.
 
Think you’re right on the money they have too start somewhere was thinking if they took weight of engine and gearbox off I know the electric motors have some weight but a motorhome is probably a good base for an electric vehicle as plenty of places too put extra batteries especially double floored vans and once they get the new silicone base batteries stable enough the price should come down drastically.
 
I have no confidence in electric long range vehicles unless it was possible to swap the battery out at service stations that were as common as petrol stations as we know them.l don't think electric is the future, it worked with milk floats but that was yesteryear.
 
At the moment there are no weight savings to be had by removing engines and transmission as the batteries required still weigh considerably more so in reality it has to be eating into payload .That has to be why it has such restricted mileage it simply on its weight limits, and can not carry any more battery. There still needs to be a massive breakthrough in battery technology that hasn't happened yet.
 
Kevin Ash of MCN disregard electric,and that's good enough for me, but it was to be swapping discharged batteries at petrol/energy stations would be a solution.
 
When will our expensive Deisel Motorhome be worthless.

There’s going to be a point in time when anything run on Deisel will be worthless as the Year for banning Deisel comes closer. We won’t want to spend 60K plus in the future knowing it’s going to depreciate.
 
The demise of the diesel scares me witless. Just got into this motorhomeing lark, and now someone is throwing a spanner in the works.
Remember when the experts were telling us to buy diesel,so much better for the environment than nasty petrol?

The amount of solar required to run this would beat even Phil and Rae.
 
martinmartin said:
Kevin Ash of MCN disregard electric,and that's good enough for me, but it was to be swapping discharged batteries at petrol/energy stations would be a solution.
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One thing about Kevin is he does keep his finger on the pulse.
 
Noeldoes said:
There’s going to be a point in time when anything run on Deisel will be worthless as the Year for banning Deisel comes closer. We won’t want to spend 60K plus in the future knowing it’s going to depreciate.
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If there is a breakthrough in diesel technology it will not be banned, don't underestimate the political power of oil companies, Wars are fought for the control of oil.
 
Like it or lump it piston engines are going in 2040 GB ,FRANCE 2030.
Have you noticed the price hike in diesel fuel at pumps,you will have no choice but to buy electric in future,and may i point out diesel vans will be unwanted and sold for buttons,not that it will bother most of us as we will be eating worms.:scared:
 
No price hike around here Trev. 120/122p per litre for diesel.
 
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Fazerloz said:
At the moment there are no weight savings to be had by removing engines and transmission as the batteries required still weigh considerably more so in reality it has to be eating into payload .That has to be why it has such restricted mileage it simply on its weight limits, and can not carry any more battery. There still needs to be a massive breakthrough in battery technology that hasn't happened yet.
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Indeed so.
The extra weight is why the 3.5t GVW limit for light vans has been raised to 4.25t GVW for Electric Vehicles to compensate for the batteries.
 
with current technology theres noway that civilisation as we know it can continue without the internal combustion engine,
ill go further and say the diesel engine is esential and will remain so. open your eyes and look at industry.
agriculture ,construction and transport all rely on diesel engines, petrol and gas dont get a look in on anything bigger than a lawnmower engine. electric wont get anywhere until it can replace a 150 hpdiesel running loaded 12 hours a day 7 days a week. the batteries and charging system that can do that arnt even a twinkle in a boffins eye yet.

growing biomass for refining into a diesel replacement is far more technically feasable..and we wont need to use energy to produce all the leccy motors and batteries, is there enough copper wire to make all these motors? ..only problem is we need the land needed to grow the biomass for food production.

enjoy today and dont worry about next week.....lets face it were doomed whichever way we look at it
 
trevskoda said:
Like it or lump it piston engines are going in 2040 GB ,FRANCE 2030.
Have you noticed the price hike in diesel fuel at pumps,you will have no choice but to buy electric in future,and may i point out diesel vans will be unwanted and sold for buttons,not that it will bother most of us as we will be eating worms.:scared:
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Eating worms? Not me. I got a pension quote a couple of days ago, I’ve got to live until I’m 87, before I use up MY money, Aviva are holding. I have every intention of costing them money.
Vans, unwanted and sold for buttons! No, I’ll take the wheels off, put it up on bricks, and live in it, until I’m 90, wrinkly, ok wrinklier, and smelly. Not having smellier.😘
 
Of course, for a Motorhome, the question is ....

What kind of split charge system would you install to charge up the Lesiure Batteries from the .... um ..... Starter Batteries?
Bit of a catch there, methinks.

Electric Vans for City delivery trucks - Yes. Long Distance vehicles - long way to go before that happens.


As a slight aside this is a interesting idea .... How to charge an RV via EV Charging Station (J1772) - EcoNeato.org
 
martinmartin said:
I have no confidence in electric long range vehicles unless it was possible to swap the battery out at service stations that were as common as petrol stations as we know them.l don't think electric is the future, it worked with milk floats but that was yesteryear.
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Didn't really work tho did it? I remember our local dairy had a recovery truck that was used just for dragging dead milk floats back to base. Electric may well be the future, but for now it looks like a non starter of an idea to me. Don't forget electricity doesn't grow wild either, so it's not completely clean either.....
 
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