Winnebago to debut Electric RV

[NeilV]

That is based on a "Last Mile" delivery van and is a good first concept RV for local beach and park day trips and local camping. Where I live there are plenty of venues where that would be the perfect choice.

Battery and charging technology has been improving at about 3% per year for the past decade and the fast charging network in the US is about to settle on a better standard than the CHAD-EMO so there are even more improvements already in the works. Currently with the available Tesla to J1772 or CHAD-EMO adapters you can charge non-Tesla vehicles at the Tesla charging stations so this really isn't that much of a limitation though it does require buying an adapter cable which is available starting at about $50 depending on where you purchase them so the differences in the charging networks are not really an impossible obstacle to deal with.


Anyways a good first proof of concept for Winnebago to cut their teeth on.

[rprochnow]

J1772 provides low speed charging.

CHADEMO can provide much higher speed charging.

While CHADEMO to Tesla adapters may work in the short term, it's likely Tesla will lock down those adapters - and then may provide access to non-Tesla vehicles if they have a way to charge for the usage.

While several companies (and now the federal government under the infrastructure plan) have announced plans to provide a long distance charging network and high speed chargers at popular destinations - only Tesla has that in place today.

Though by the time manufacturers come out with actual eRV and eTrailer products, it's more likely there will be more high speed chargers - and at least some of the RV parks may have upgraded to support EV charging.