Silverado EV TV experience update

Steve Sanford said:
The all electric trailers coming out that propel them selves down the road intrigue me. This one has a generator that I think may be able to stop and charge the tow vehicle. I could see this as an option but my guess it is a few years from being reliable.

Evotrex-PG5: Hybrid Power Trailer for Off-Grid Adventure
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It looks pretty cool, and if it were built by someone with Craig & Cary's work ethic, and engineering prowess, and would work as nicely as depicted in the videos on a long term basis without the problems that Sweeney described, it would be a nice replacement for a second home to follow the seasons in. I'm not sure I would consider that camping though, but then people's definition of camping can vary quite significantly as demonstrated just within a single large campground, or by comparing a KOA, and the average National Forest campground.....different strokes for different folks.
 
I was looking for something bigger because my wife needed a bathroom. She could not find the camp site and got lost a coupe of times the last few trips we took so I saw the need. She did not want to wake me up but the alternative was worse. She is no longer interested in any travel so I have stopped looking and our Camp Inn is used as an extra bedroom or sits in storage. I will never buy an Elkhart camper and I only looked at camper manufacturers that sold direct to consumers like Camp Inn. There are a few good camper manufacturers out there but all have waiting lists which I guess is a sign they are doing it right.
 
Steve Sanford said:
The all electric trailers coming out that propel them selves down the road intrigue me. This one has a generator that I think may be able to stop and charge the tow vehicle. I could see this as an option but my guess it is a few years from being reliable.

Evotrex-PG5: Hybrid Power Trailer for Off-Grid Adventure
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Starting at 120K to 160K fully-loaded. OOF. Pretty camper - I wouldn't mind walking through one, but I'd need to sell a couple body parts to get into one, maybe more than a couple....
 
I sit here at 63 years old, with a 2022 Subaru OBW with just over 100K on it. (Generally awful mpg with that turbo in the city, by the way.)

I figure to drive it to its death, so look ahead to that (maybe) "last car I buy" at retirement. I figure EVs will have more sorted themselves out on all the various fronts by then. Or at least gotten hugely better. They just make sense in too many way.

Till then or if not (or if my OBW gets T-boned unexpectedly) I think hybrids are a great bridge for next five years or so. Hoping Subaru will get more aggressive on their Toyota-based hybrids. The Forester that's out now can't tow more than 1,500 pounds. Toyota hybrids can proper tow 3500 pounds. So for us tear droppers ... what the hell are you thinking, Toyota? Fingers crossed for OBW Hybrid. If they roll that out with poor towing, forget it. (But will they roll it out with turbo power AND hybrid? I hope so.)
 
Tour 931 said:
Maybe someone should build a smaller trailer just big enough to sleep in and have a kitchen in the rear where you stand outside. It could be towed by almost any vehicle and small enough to go anywhere.
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Imagine that! What a wonderful idea.

I tell ya, its no secret, I love my campinn. No, its not perfect, nothing man made is --- but it is orders of magntiude better than anything on the mass market today. I have become so disillusioned by everything I"ve seen.

One of my friends of my youth works asin the industry for the big boys. I told him in 2016 or so i was looking at a camper. He just said, and I'll never forget this, "Don't do it. Seriously. Don't do it. Just don't" --- have things gotten better since then? Sadly no. Now, as a tech I migth consider buying one but only becuase I can fix 99% of the problems myself. If I had to pay for the repairs -- suddenly it becomes another conversation.
 
dustinp said:
It looks pretty cool, and if it were built by someone with Craig & Cary's work ethic, and engineering prowess, and would work as nicely as depicted in the videos on a long term basis without the problems that Sweeney described, it would be a nice replacement for a second home to follow the seasons in. I'm not sure I would consider that camping though, but then people's definition of camping can vary quite significantly as demonstrated just within a single large campground, or by comparing a KOA, and the average National Forest campground.....different strokes for different folks.
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I'm not sure when the problem lies -- is it truly the "rolling house in sustained earthquake while having a EF1 Tornado pounding on it..." or is bad engineering. I'm inclined to think both. There are too many decision driven by cost, and a genuine lack of concern for quality. The industyr knows the average RV owner will probably buy again -- so they are not incentivised to really fix the issue.

I can say though even though this is a great idea - I don't think there is a desire to actually fix it. I work on coahces with an MSRP over 6 figures. Those problems I mentioned? Several of them are on coaches that are in that 'rare air' price range.

taranis17 said:
Starting at 120K to 160K fully-loaded. OOF. Pretty camper - I wouldn't mind walking through one, but I'd need to sell a couple body parts to get into one, may
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I've fixed several problems on $170,000 coaches. They are the same problems that happen on $30000 ones. BTW, the MSRP numbers are made up anyway. Anyone who pays close to that needs to have their heads examined.
I sit here at 63 years old, with a 2022 Subaru OBW with just over 100K on it. (Generally awful mpg with that turbo in the city, by the way.)
Kilometer 31 said:
I figure to drive it to its death, so look ahead to that (maybe) "last car I buy" at retirement. I figure EVs will have more sorted themselves out on all the various fronts by then. Or at least gotten hugely better. They just make sense in too many way.

Till then or if not (or if my OBW gets T-boned unexpectedly) I think hybrids are a great bridge for next five years or so. Hoping Subaru will get more aggressive on their Toyota-based hybrids. The Forester that's out now can't tow more than 1,500 pounds. Toyota hybrids can proper tow 3500 pounds. So for us tear droppers ... what the hell are you thinking, Toyota? Fingers crossed for OBW Hybrid. If they roll that out with poor towing, forget it. (But will they roll it out with turbo power AND hybrid? I hope so.)
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I still suffer battery anxiety over the price to replace when that day comes...I figure I'm about 1/2 of the way to that day where I'll probably have a heart attack.
 
Kilometer 31 said:
I sit here at 63 years old, with a 2022 Subaru OBW with just over 100K on it. (Generally awful mpg with that turbo in the city, by the way.)

I figure to drive it to its death, so look ahead to that (maybe) "last car I buy" at retirement. I figure EVs will have more sorted themselves out on all the various fronts by then. Or at least gotten hugely better. They just make sense in too many way.

Till then or if not (or if my OBW gets T-boned unexpectedly) I think hybrids are a great bridge for next five years or so. Hoping Subaru will get more aggressive on their Toyota-based hybrids. The Forester that's out now can't tow more than 1,500 pounds. Toyota hybrids can proper tow 3500 pounds. So for us tear droppers ... what the hell are you thinking, Toyota? Fingers crossed for OBW Hybrid. If they roll that out with poor towing, forget it. (But will they roll it out with turbo power AND hybrid? I hope so.)
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I'm on the verge of replacing my 2017 Rav4 hybrid with a new 2026 Rav4 hybrid. (That's it's own PIA process these days.) Currently towing a 560 with a tow limit of 1750 isn't a problem for me but it does have it's limits if you are going to do a lot of mountain climbing. At 3500 I can't see any need for more towing capacity.

Since I learned to drive more conservatively I have found I can get 24+ MPG for my trips with my current Rav. Love to see the mileage with the new ones.

Nice thing about the RAVs is they are naturally aspirated. No turbos.
 
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