I have camped throughout my life and have yet to do a cross country trip. Oops, there were some 500 mile plus motorcycle trips. Though I do understand that the RV culture is a bit different.
Living here in Raleigh, or where I grew up in Richmond Va you can find all sorts of places worth visiting within 80 miles. We camped and can still camp and fish at many places far closer than 80 miles. I remember 30 miles seemed like an incredible distance when I was 10 years old. No reason at all why my parents would (want to) travel more than the usual 30 to 50 miles. We were after all just getting out for a fun time. Cranky kids are not fun, therefore short excursions. Once a year we would take a much longer distance week long trip. There were some tough times in the '59 VW bus (all 36HP) with the bench seat, and non existent heat. Then there was the palacial '67 bus. An EV that had to be charged every 80 miles might have been a welcome constraint for us. Overwhelming obstacles are often matters of opinion. On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Ben Goren via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 17, 2014, at 12:22 AM, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > British Firm Turns Nissan e-NV200 Electric Van Into Cosy, Family-Friendly > > Camper Van > > I wish them the best of luck, of course, but this strikes me as a classic > case where the vehicle's 80-ish-mile range is an overwhelming obstacle. > Almost by definition, camping involves cross-country travel. Maybe it's > different in Europe...but I grew up in Northern California and I still > drive the exact same '68 VW Westfalia Mom and Dad had at the time. And we > took it camping. And I can't think of a single trip that we took that would > have been within this vehicle's range. Worse, we would sometimes camp > places farther from an electrical outlet than this vehicle could reach, let > alone farther than the midpoint of its range. > > But, again, maybe there's a market for it in Europe. > > b& > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 801 bytes > Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20141017/8af09fbf/attachment.pgp > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * Tell me what it is you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver, "The summer day." To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk [email protected] <[email protected]> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20141017/02a9e19a/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
