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Amazingly fast and controllable, this speedy little RV can push like crazy. It has a 727 cubic inch HEMI engine in it with 1500 horsepower.
Previous versions of the Ripsaw RV “tank” had a 600 HP diesel engine, but I guess that wasn’t enough pushing power for consumers. Even though it runs on tracks, which usually aren’t that agile, the Ripsaw has a steering wheel and is built to maneuver. You can also see from the photos that this RV “tank” has full suspension inside those t reads – way more comfortable than other tank-style offroad vehicles you might have tried out, like Argos, where you might not have had ANY suspension.
Drivers don’t get bounced around as you might expect with treads, even on the fast attacks on rough terrain this offroad RV does. Oh, and it does wheelies!
You can watch it move (and listen to the 1500 horsepower HEMI) here in this video:
An RV Garage Attached to the Home
Who wants to leave their considerable investment, whether it cost 5K or 2 million, in their driveway where it’s totally exposed? It’s not just the money that a motorhome, travel trailer or other RV cost to buy; it’s also that once you get an RV just how you want it, nice and clean and set up for your personal camping or road tripping needs, you don’t want anything to disturb that, right? So people have a few options.
One of these is to build an RV garage that’s attached to the house. So how does this work? Well, one way is that an RV garage is built as part of the house from the start. You can buy homes with RV garages already on them. This involves a premium – a house can be around $25,000 more when it comes with this feature (of course it can be more if you’re living in an area where land is highly precious, more than the average, maybe like Hollywood or a similar spot).
An average RV garage is around 22’2″ by 42’8″ – this size of RV garage port is big enough for most RVs. They have extra high ceilings, obviously, so the RV garage door leaves lots of clearance for the types of RVs you can usually buy at an RV dealer.
RV garages also have 50-amp outlets to charge and power motorhomes and travel trailers. These ports have the added bonus of being able to charge electric cars, making buying an EV a bit easier if that’s on anyone’s mind.
RV garages also have sewage connections outside the garage’s back door, to clean out tanks.
A general idea of a lot size if you’re living in a “community” that includes an RV bay in a place like Nevada (I can’t give an example from each state because they vary so much, but just as a basic starting point for understanding I’ll use Nevada) is around 6,000 square feet.
This Motorhome is powered by Solar Panels
It’s many RVer’s dream – I mean everybody from luxury RVers who drive massive custom motorhomes and don’t worry about gas to people building their own DIY teardrop trailers in their garages for weekend camping – it’s a dream of all of us to be able to drive without fueling up or even charging up (for Electric Vehicles). We’re mostly looking at solar panels to provide us with endless power on the road. How viable is it? It gets closer to reality every day, as battery technology is now one of the most important, and therefore focused-on, areas of research and development of all consumer and industry products.
So when you see an RV covered in solar panels as its main source of power, you might get a bit excited, because it means its getting closer for all of us to have one. This RV motorhome is by Dethleffs, it’s called their e.home – not only an RV but in concept also a tiny home competitor. How many solar panels are on there? 334 square feet of them! This gives the motorhome a 154km/103 mile range, which is a good range for the current stage of battery powered cars. The reason is weight – RVs have and are loaded with greater weight than electric cars, and this requires a lot more battery power to push.
According to the company though, it can b pushed further: the maximum range of the vehicle is actually 280 kms (174 miles) on the European scale (The EPA would rate it around 225 kms or 140 miles, reportedly).
The battery does have a long life though. It’s good for around 1500 charges, which means about 250,000 kms / 155,000 miles before you need to replace the battery in this electric motorhome. What range do you need before you would consider an electric vehicle for an RV motorhome?
To see an electric RV that is now on the market, click here.
