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it will be breached. Ranges are improving, power<br />
is improving, battery life and recharging times are<br />
improving. Like most things with technology, this<br />
sector needed the frontrunners who perhaps hadn’t got<br />
things quite right yet in order to make the technology<br />
more affordable, accessible, and to drive development.<br />
We now have huge names in the RV industry such as<br />
Winnebago Industries and THOR industries pouring<br />
whole teams and departments worth of effort into<br />
making electric RVs that don’t simply tick a box but<br />
deliver a great camping experience to end users. The<br />
developments and advancements of this sector will<br />
continue to populate news columns of the industry for<br />
a time to come, but there are a few issues that need<br />
to be addressed before a full-scale electric revolution<br />
can happen. Once the aforementioned performance<br />
attributes are tackled, there then remains the problem<br />
Sector Spotlight:<br />
ELECTRIC RVs<br />
of infrastructure – EV charging points are popping<br />
up around the world, but probably not at the pace<br />
required, especially when you consider that regular<br />
electric vehicles are increasing their numbers rapidly.<br />
Time will be the greatest weapon that the electric RV<br />
sector has, but unfortunately, time seems to also be<br />
against humanity in the battle to clean up our act and<br />
try and mitigate the effects of climate change.<br />
Top 5 countries with highest Google search<br />
interest for ‘electric RV’<br />
Canada<br />
United States<br />
Australia<br />
United Kingdom<br />
India<br />
▲ The VW I.D. Buzz shows potential for electric campervans (Photo © VW Commercial Vehicles).<br />
www.campingtradeworld.com<br />
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