Electric camping trailer startup……

[emoore]

Looks cool and want one, but my biggest concern with these electric trailers is that I imagine it being very difficult to charge on the road. While it will enable overall range increase for your tow vehicle, it will do so by depleting its own battery, which will require a recharge. It’s hard enough to charge while towing, and I fear it would be very challenging if not impossible in most cases to charge both your EV and E-trailer at a public charge stop. ideally you’d make 1 stop and charge both at the same time. But in practice I think the realistic best case scenario is a pull-through RAN, where you charge your EV for X minutes, do a 180 and then charge your trailer for another Y minutes, which doubles your charge time. The most likely scenario is there is no pull through and you cant charge both and just charge your EV which will limit how much power you have left to power the trailer’s systems when you get to camp.

So while it solves some problems, it creates others…

Are you just charging your RV for extra range? Seems odd that you wouldn't just charge it at an RV park.

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[ohseedee]

Are you just charging your RV for extra range? Seems odd that you wouldn't just charge it at an RV park.

I've never had an RV but interested in getting one, so I'm no expert. But RV parks to me just seem gross. The appealing thing about an e-trailer to me is the idea you can take it off grid for a few days. If you are just going to RV parks with power, then why even bother paying for a huge battery that needs charging, when you can just use grid power directly.

 

[CharonPDX]

Yeah, at likely over $200,000, that's a no from me, dawg. I'm happy with my $20,000 used T@B set to be completely electric.

 

[emoore]

I've never had an RV but interested in getting one, so I'm no expert. But RV parks to me just seem gross. The appealing thing about an e-trailer to me is the idea you can take it off grid for a few days. If you are just going to RV parks with power, then why even bother paying for a huge battery that needs charging, when you can just use grid power directly.

You would just have it charged at home and then not use the battery until you get where you want to RV. It also has 1 kw solar to recharge wile off the grid. Can’t see any reason to charge at a DCFC.

 

[R1Thor]

Yeah, at likely over $200,000, that's a no from me, dawg. I'm happy with my $20,000 used T@B set to be completely electric.

Not to derail the thread, but where are you finding $20k T@Bs? The few used ones I've found anywhere near me are >= $35k.

My goal is to find something I can setup in a parking lot last minute, possibly power off of my R1T for at least a few days from the 120V, and it needs to have a full bath and at least a tiny kitchen area, and work year-round. I know it's all a tall order, but camping in my work parking lot and occasionally in family driveways is probably 95% my use case, with 5% going to some adventures (camping) here and there.

 

[CharonPDX]

Not to derail the thread, but where are you finding $20k T@Bs? The few used ones I've found anywhere near me are >= $35k.

My goal is to find something I can setup in a parking lot last minute, possibly power off of my R1T for at least a few days from the 120V, and it needs to have a full bath and at least a tiny kitchen area, and work year-round. I know it's all a tall order, but camping in my work parking lot and occasionally in family driveways is probably 95% my use case, with 5% going to some adventures (camping) here and there.

The cheapest one I could find last fall nationwide happened to be a couple hours from me. It had a problem, so I talked the seller down even more. (Then fixed the problem myself with no new parts.)

 

[clockwork crane]

I’ve been follow them for a while, but just wish I was in the tax bracket to get into one! Those that are? …You lucky ducks!

Also I don’t think I need something that big. I’d be into an Obi Dweller 13 or 15 that was EV optimized with a little more aero. That would be great.

EV oriented camper trailers are starting to become a reality and it’s exciting as hell!

If you're looking for smaller trailers with good aero that are all-electric or leaning that way, you might check out Polydrops: https://www.polydrops.com/

They've mostly been doing teardrop-style trailers so far but the P21 is standing height.

The Pebble and the Lightship are competing with each other in the 25ft range, but there isn't much EV RV competition in the sub-20ft range yet other than Polydrops.

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