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Electric cars aren’t exactly common in Australia but there have been some serious developments overseas. Indeed, there are some well known vehicle manufacturers which have at least one model on their books. Tesla is certainly a name that comes to mind but the likes of General Motors, Nissan, Volkswagen, Land Rover and Renault all have their fingers in the pie.
In the RV world, things are a little different of course and there are some serious engineering, financial and logistics issues that will need to be overcome before we see a battery-powered Toyota LandCruiser towing a caravan in Australia.
However, there are one or two battery-powered motorhomes around. Many of us have seen photos of the German-built Dethleffs motorhome that is covered in solar panels, but there’s been an interesting development much closer to home.
Not quite in Australia though, just across the ditch. I was in Auckland at a show very recently and front and centre on the owned RV
