Keeping a motorhome and all its components powered up requires an extensive amount of energy as we all know.
Dethleffs solar powered rv.
Their electrified version of a class c motorhome goes above and beyond simply being fully electric.
On this episode we bring you the future of sustainable rv s.
That s because the electrically powered dethleffs e home solar rv has a maximum range of 174 miles even less when loaded.
German rv company dethleff s e home solar motorhome concept would be much cheaper to drive and have zero tailpipe emissions.
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To meet that requirement dethleffs has covered virtually every inch of the e home with solar panels similar to the european school with solar panels slathered on all its exterior walls the rv is built on the company s iveco daily electric chassis with a 107 horsepower electric motor.
Born from german engineering is a solar rv like no other.
It s completely wrapped in thin film solar cells that can be used to top up the van s batteries.
There is something to be said about a vehicle that can soak of the rays.
Dethleffs has added some 31 square feet of thin film solar cells to the exterior of the e home creating a 3 kw peak solar array and adding a little bit of energy autonomy to the e.
The solar power charging your batteries won t touch it unless you had a really large inverter installed and even then most inverters will pass power through when you re on shore power.
To meet that requirement dethleffs has covered virtually every inch of the e home with solar panels not too dissimilar from the itechworld 100w flexible solar panel.
Dethleffs has done its best to improve the e home s range by slapping on 334 sq ft 31 sq m worth of thin film solar panels.
The e home is built on dethleffs iveco daily electric chassis.
The rv is built on the company s iveco daily electric chassis with a 107 horsepower electric motor.
In a typical rv without an inverter the only point of crossover between the 12v battery solar and 120v grid power sides is at the converter.