It definitely seemed like a significant step forward towards a practically usable electric camper 👍
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
I thought so too, Alex 👍
@BillyBob-rm3ve Жыл бұрын
I think it’s a step backwards. I’ll stick with my lovely clean Euro-6 diesel motorhome thanks!
@Electric_camper Жыл бұрын
@@BillyBob-rm3ve it's definitely an step up. So much more comfortable than a diesel. And so much better for your environment.
@BillyBob-rm3ve Жыл бұрын
@@Electric_camper can it do 400 miles + on a single charge? Nope! Does it have a comfortable fixed bed in the back? Nope! The ‘environment’ is just fine and a ‘22 plate Euro 6 diesel is pretty damn clean emissions wise. I’m sure electric vans for motorhoming will get there eventually, but it won’t be before 2030. They just aren’t a priority for manufacturers.
@Electric_camper Жыл бұрын
It looks nice. Albeit less practical than my idea of a van I just bought an e-Expert and made my own electric Camper out of that. The factory build ones are insanely priced. (Besides every camper van is, really) I re-used the fake tankflap in these Vans instead of drilling new inlet.
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
What a great idea, @Electric_camper. I'd love to see it 👍👍
@kinross24 Жыл бұрын
Having 2 EV’s at home we have plenty chargepoints across the country now. Been all over Scotland with ours last 2 years, inc NC500, Heart200, Skye etc etc
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
Thanks for giving us an idea of what you can do in an EV 👍👍
@kinross24 Жыл бұрын
@@HermanHitstheRoad the new Ford E Transit is a game changer
@rogerstarkey5390 Жыл бұрын
@@kinross24 Everyone is saying they can't get a Fiat Ducato based camper..... Fiat (Dodge in the US) will be launching the electric version soon. I wonder if they're going to go all in on that and not sell the diesel.
@kinross24 Жыл бұрын
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@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
Fiat are also developing an electric Ducato.
@rogerstarkey5390 Жыл бұрын
One of the biggest issues with EVs is those promoting them not understanding the technology.... 🤷♀️
@kinross24 Жыл бұрын
I have 2 currently, my wife and I, and I’m personally on my third. Couldn’t go back. Better driving and financially by a long way. Especially now I have solar and home battery storage and very low cost charging tariff.
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
How do you mean, Roger?
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
Glen, there must be a huge upfront cost to buy all the equipment, right?
@sleepycatpictures1176 Жыл бұрын
I like the multi purpose use angle which means it's only a camper van when you need one and mini bus when you don't. Saves on storage. What's the towing capacity?
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
I liked that too, Sleepy Cat. One vehicle multiple uses 👍
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
No, I don't know the towing capacity
@sharonbraselton4302 Жыл бұрын
buy hybred mini vañ
@marcandsebe Жыл бұрын
I have a 2020 Toyota Proace by Wellhouse leisure and went to the show yesterday and looked over this campervan to compare with mine. The bed was a pretty standard rock and roll and the Wellhouse one is far superior. It said 205 mile range which if you go by the 20-80% rule, makes it a range of only 123 miles.
@rogerstarkey5390 Жыл бұрын
The "20% rule" is no longer a "rule" (if it ever was) The "80% rule"? Well, it depends on the cell type the top buffer on the pack and how often you charge to that level, however, the rule is in reality "don't charge to 100%..... And LEAVE it there". That stresses the cells. If you're taking a long trip, there's zero danger in timing the charge to 100% a few minutes before you leave. . If it's a LiFePo4 pack, they "like" to have a full cycle every so often, to balance the BMS. . (Yes, I do follow the latest developments in EVs and batteries) .
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
You don't say whether you have the ICE or EV version of the Proace, marcandsebe. I assume the EV version?
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
Roger and tiepup, thanks for providing your knowledge on EVs. It's made me understand them a bit more.
@marcandsebe Жыл бұрын
@@HermanHitstheRoad No I have a Euro 6 diesel 2020 version. Not sure how long the EV version has been out. I didn’t check the price of this EV version. How much was it?
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
The base vehicle is £38.5k. The campervan is £70k
@richardhewitt.easyvanlife.6957 Жыл бұрын
With heating on wild camping and cooking , 24 hours if your lucky.
@richardhewitt.easyvanlife.6957 Жыл бұрын
@@tiepup sales man said it runs a 230 lithium leisure battery. I still say it would only last 24 hours this time of year in winter.
@richardhewitt.easyvanlife.6957 Жыл бұрын
@@tiepup never thought of that.
@carolynhaywood7701 Жыл бұрын
What is the height of it? I wanted to just have my camper van as my only vehicle but my town has installed height barriers everywhere so I still need my car. I still don’t think there are enough charging points especially in towns for electric vehicles to be an option at the moment.
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
Hi Carolyn, the base vehicle (Toyota Proace Electric) is 1.9 metres high. The camper has the addition of the elevating roof. www.toyota.co.uk/new-cars/proace-ev/features-and-specs.EP.epr.6d1c1fcc-5850-447d-bf63-9269163e88ed
@lynnebarnes7680 Жыл бұрын
You have a 75kwh battery to provide heating and lighting and cooking. At the rate we use power wild camping in our electric Vivaro we can stay off grid for a week at a time.
@margaretryan358 Жыл бұрын
needs fsd to make it perfect
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
OK, but don't you think the experience of driving to your next destination is all part of the fun of motorhoming/campervanning, @margaretryan358 ? 🤔👍
@TheMilford99 Жыл бұрын
It looks like the induction hob cannot be used with the table up, inside.
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
Does it? I didn't notice, Milford. I'm sure you've got that wrong because that would be an under-sight
@sharonbraselton43029 ай бұрын
wró g
@HermanHitstheRoad9 ай бұрын
Not sure what that means, @sharonbraselton4302
@MartinKennedy636 Жыл бұрын
Very good interview from the man on the camper stand you want to see all electric vehicles are not too sure about them yet I'll stick to me diesel until they prove themselves improved himself a long distance shit and I'll give her a long way away in cold weather to
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
Thanks for commenting, Martin Kennedy. I hope you enjoyed the video?
@Above-The-Clouds Жыл бұрын
Microwave heating? You’re not selling it to me! 😜
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
Microwave heating - I was joking
@hum430 Жыл бұрын
Looks interesting but I am not sold on the heating style.
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
How do you mean, An? What don't you like about it?
@hum430 Жыл бұрын
@@HermanHitstheRoad Just seems strange to warm your own body and not the space on the vehicle if I understood correctly. I am trying to design my own electric campervan using all electric. If I can get the support to do so then I would look to run it to the most northern part of Europe and back hopefully all off-grid. Challenging given that I would like to do it in winter. Early stages at the moment though.
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
Wow, good luck with that, An. Sounds like a great project 👍. You should keep us updated on how you get on
@hum430 Жыл бұрын
@@HermanHitstheRoad thanks for the support. Hopefully I can attract some interest in the concept. In the meantime keep up the good work.
@rogerstarkey5390 Жыл бұрын
"Microwave heating" no "Radiant infrared heating" Yes. Feels like the Sun
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
I was joking about the microwave heating comment, Roger. I don't know how it works but it sounds very interesting don't you think?
@inlinefourtr Жыл бұрын
He must have bored the priest when he went to confession.
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
I have no idea what you are referring to, Disselltor but thanks for commenting
@alanjackson4646 Жыл бұрын
A week, yeh right !
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
Proof is in the pudding, I guess, Alan 👍
@carolynhaywood7701 Жыл бұрын
I just don’t think these are an option at the moment as there aren’t enough charging points especially in towns and these vehicles will be heavy due to the battery so cutting your payload down. I would doubt the accuracy of the amount of electricity you’d get in the winter. Will campsites let you charge it and how much would it cost! I also bet they are over priced too. I love to have one but I think more knowledge and information is required, I’d like to know far more about it before I’d even consider buying one.
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
EV's are more expensive than the ICE equivalent but that should start to change, Carolyn.
@Dirt-Diggler Жыл бұрын
i spose the good thing is being a camper "if" you spend most nights on a camp site charging is allways there if you can charge from the hookup? it'll be slower than most EV roadside chargers but the same as charging at home at the very least 🤔
@lynnebarnes7680 Жыл бұрын
We have the Vivaro version of this van - the longer version - converted to a campervan. Our range is over 190 miles in winter, even after conversion. We have had EVs for over 5 years and charging has never been an issue. In 60,000 miles of EV motoring we have only had to queue twice, and then for no more than 10 minutes. Just don't charge at Motorway services and it is not a problem.
@rogerstarkey5390 Жыл бұрын
If you needed extra solar in the winter (when the sun is low in the sky) you can hang fold up portable panels on the side of the van (essentially pointing directly at the sun) and plug them into the inverter to either power directly, or charge the battery.
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
Thanks Roger. I think there are a few options for charging off-grid. Do you have an EV?
@Electric_camper Жыл бұрын
@@HermanHitstheRoad I have 400WP on the roof similar to this pop-top. It's stil pulling in a misery 40 watts in heavy clouds. Not much. But more than sufficient to compensate a lot of usage. I'm storing it in a Bluetti AC200. Powering the van.
@ImbWeb27 күн бұрын
Rediculous price £69000 wow
@HermanHitstheRoad27 күн бұрын
Not something I could ever afford, @ImbWeb
@Halfpenny05 Жыл бұрын
Seen too many EV fires on KZfaq to be able to sleep soundly directly above a 75kwh battery pack.
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
There's also loads of news articles about campervans and motorhomes catching fire, Geoff.
@Halfpenny05 Жыл бұрын
True,but I was referring to the vehicle motive power source and I don’t think there are any instances of spontaneous combustion in a diesel tank
@rachelmcdonald410 Жыл бұрын
@@Halfpenny05 never seen a caravan on fire on the side of the road? carrying a bottle of highly flammable fuel?
@Halfpenny05 Жыл бұрын
@@rachelmcdonald410 I think you may have misunderstood my comment
@rachelmcdonald410 Жыл бұрын
@@Halfpenny05 not really, its no different to sleeping next to a highly explosive gas bottle in a camper/caravan, having dangerous gas leaks etc
@christopherrichardson9942 Жыл бұрын
It is not the future. I had a Tesla with 350 mile range. On one trip I couldn’t find chargers. They were either broken, occupied or well out of my way. Why wait 45 minutes to charge when a petrol or diesel takes 5 minutes to fill up. Many of the gadgets ie heated seats ,lights ,head display ,indicators door locks,and heater rely on the 12 volt battery not the car battery. A friend who works for a breakdown service says it is a common occurrence to be called out because the 12 volt battery is flat.
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
Thanks Christopher.
@Electric_camper Жыл бұрын
Not all charge places are the same. Still s very usable EV for camping out. I did 2800km over 10 days touring around. You can easily achieve more when, one needs. EV powertrains are the future.
@sharonbraselton43029 ай бұрын
hydrgen brst
@webtrekkeruk24876 ай бұрын
Who in their right mind would want to sleep in an enclosed vehicle above a lithium firebomb? Bloody ridiculous idea!
@HermanHitstheRoad6 ай бұрын
Thanks for commenting, @webtrekkeruk2487
@webtrekkeruk24876 ай бұрын
@@HermanHitstheRoad Sorry for the negative attitude in my above post. The fact remains though that these lithium batteries have not yet been proven to be particularly safe, with all of the EV buses and cars spontaneously combusting these days, along with electric scooters, bikes and hoverboards.
@BillyBob-rm3ve Жыл бұрын
What about the governments ambition to stop us driving anywhere or even owning a personal vehicle? Kind of shits on all of this doesn’t it!?
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
That's conspiracy theory, Billy Bob
@BillyBob-rm3ve Жыл бұрын
@@HermanHitstheRoad look a bit deeper. It’s all there in black and white. These days the difference between conspiracy theory and reality is around a year!
@MarkLeabon Жыл бұрын
Not really zero emission if you includecthe CO2 to build it.
@rogerstarkey5390 Жыл бұрын
Smh
@MarkLeabon Жыл бұрын
@@tiepup I know.
@HermanHitstheRoad Жыл бұрын
And not to forget there's no gas or diesel heater. Everything is electric so even the camping side of things doesn't have any emissions.
@MarkLeabon Жыл бұрын
@Herman Hits the Road but how good is the heating do you think? My Hobby struggles to heat on only electricity. How many watt hours were the leisure batteries? Genuinely interested as I'm about to upgrade my solar and electrical system but would never consider electric only heating at the moment.
@lynnebarnes7680 Жыл бұрын
@@MarkLeabon We have no problem heating our electric Vivaro campervan even in the depths of winter we are snug inside.