Ultimate Off-grid EV Camper Bus Will Blow Your Mind! No Charge Station Needed!

[@MaxBlight]

What people dont realize, the amount of battery that dude has is enough to run everything in his home all at once for a long time, possibly days....Sure the driving milage sucks, but he lives in the vehicle, theres no rush to get anywhere. If I was that dude, and in the US id go to public lands stay the entire 2 weeks living off grid with zero problem... though id definitely go to town from time to time with something small just to ressupply. The coolest part about his solar setup, theyre basically awnings too lol. And yes, to the haters, you can stay in public lands in the US for 2 weeks at a time, which is where most rvers are.

[@adddude7524]

"possibly days" more like weeks. That is an absurd amount of battery storage for a home. Of course, they need that to drive.

[@SnowingNapalm]

not An absurd amount as with heavier class vehicles you need more braking abilities and more power for acceleration from stop or hill climbs Also he probably needs 4 tesla battery packs but only has 3 and the sollar only functions fully wattage when spread out not while driving and only that many km is pretty limited range unless he's allowed fast charging abilities it's enough to power a home sure but barely enough to power the transportation which is much thirstier than a home because of all the wasteful stoplights and wind resistance at high speeds though tailwind 🌬️🍃 pushing can save you fuel in gas cars as well sounds like she had the Chinese caronas beer virus it sucks i know gotta maintain strength vs it's body weakness really attacks lungs 🫁 sleep nutrition fresh air sunlight rest helps also hydration & breathing exercises to flex increase breathing strength just be careful not to over workout, the disease seems to be attracted to humidity in the air i think that's when it spreads with the cough so while holding the germs on your face isn't good for you it's good to not let it waft towards others a large distance aughta be adequate for not catching it but also i find good or healthy bacteria levels help fight off this bad bacteria/virus balanced blood sugar is s good but i found starving the body of the sugars whilst sick to be an improvement on speeding up recovery but again nutrition exercise rest and fresh air/sunlight that's the best way to kick it so far activated charcoal absorbs stuff but it'll suck up medicines too so like minimum 4hr gap between charcoal and medicines @@adddude7524did wanna build same style camper myself but was stuck working... then om vacation didn't have any surplus money 🤑💰 to pay for lavishness/ project purchase and upgrades good luck to both electric bus family and van travel family ❤

[@usobr69]

I live in a campervan with a lot of solar, but it is about 8% of the solar he has. I very rarely have to think about power, for 75% of the year it is essentially unlimited because I use less than the panels put back in. This man has completely unlimited power for household use. He would never even look at the battery in regards to household use, only as capacity for driving.

[@FeruzNurillaev]

Yes capacity is enough to power my home for 1 month.

[@JamesBrown-ux9ds]

​@@usobr69- So true! (... same is with my mobile home too - because I don't cook or heat with electricity, only use lamps and charge smartphones, storage reach is indefinite. It doesn't matter if it's 300 or 40 amp hours, 40 is more than enough (even if for some days the sun wouldn't shine very much). And I don't bother to charge the smartphones out of storage at night - which of course is fully unnecessary. I could just as well charge them over day 'PtP - panel to phone' with no intermediates at all.)

[@user9b2]

All RV should be like this in the future.

[@us3rG]

Lots of RV owners love traveling,

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

yes only there's limited space for free RV campsites out west. Otherwise it's not cheap to rent a site.

[@peteheatb3]

I've always wanted to see a transformation like this but recognized the enormous energy needed for an ev bus, the charging time quoted makes sense. If the owner could charge using both solar and EV chargers, i could see the charging time being radically reduced but ev chargers dont have enough parking space for a bus haha

[@hofertyp]

This crazy france guy just duct taped 3 Tesla Model 3 LR together. Also the wiring of the inverters seems like a big fire hazard and a mess but great respect man! 16kwh peak is crazy 🤪

[@xxwookey]

16kW peak. (power is not energy)

[@seanoreilly6551]

Amazing electric conversion. Interesting method to extend the panels. Having the electric bikes on the back for short trips as well. You'd feel save driving slowly in a bus if the battery was running out.

[@mmuller2402]

You have to feed all of it into the bus as you drive to the campsite... do you want a supercharger at every camp side? It's completely stupid, prices will be high And electric motorcycle is even worse, no space for batteries means no range, and torque is very dangerous on single wheel drive 😂 Electric scooters are useful, and there is more range and capacity to carry 😅

[@mmuller2402]

In winter he gets around/up to 10%😂 In summer it might go up, maybe +2%? The underlying bus is are dynamic brick and that dual ductape tesla battery is more a fire hazard then anything 😢 100k for that mess 😅

[@xxwookey]

@@mmuller2402 In summer it will go up between a factor of 5 and 10 depending how far north/south you are. So he can charge empty to full in 2 days in midsummer.

[@khaavren3]

Charge 10 days to drive 300 KM. But with battery power, you're basically self sufficient. Amazing build.

[@AerialWaviator]

Should be able to charge from the grid at camp sites too that have power for RVs. While not "off-grid" in France electric energy is from nuclear power, so is non-polluting source.

[@Stefan-ze8jt]

@@AerialWaviator So all Machines that Move, Handle and Mine Uranium for France are full Electric and made of Wood? Nuclear Power is not even close to "non-Polluting".

[@lukastram4990]

​@@AerialWaviatornuclear power isnt polluting for Million years?? Tell me more

[@yxcvmk]

@@AerialWaviator I guess many people will hate your comment, being scared from nuclear power. i Watched "The nuclear scare scam" years ago, and after that a few other videos popped up showing/explaining nuclear power (without the fearmongering). I these days would almost rather live next to such a power plant than next to a politician 🙂And then the uprising technology which could extract plenty power of the "used" elements from the traditional plants... Fascinating possibilities. While I like PV+Batteries for Off-Grid scenarios, I don't see the benefit for the broad use. If the sun shines, there is too much power, and in the darker weeks/month there is an absolute lack, no battery can offset, and then other power plants are needed. The nuclear plants did and can deliver low cost energy day in and out. It feels like we (especially the Germans) are making major steps BACKWARDS. Besides all that: I hate the artificially high energy prices due to forced to pay taxes (the fruits from ones own labor) to feed whatever I have no control over. ...and finally: I did enjoy seeing the build, because this is what we humans are about if the bureaucrats don't interfere with our will to create, build an tinker.

[@AerialWaviator]

@@yxcvmk Living next to a coal plant is more concerning than a nuclear plant. Not only bad air quality, but radon gas (which is radio active) is released. Nuclear is not cheep, it's just that most large scale projects are funded and subsidized by governments. France already has invested in and has operational, with the electricity being clean. There are however looming costly maintenance projects that need addressing in a few years, so France may need to reevaluate its future energy strategy. Solar and wind energy is already the cheapest source of energy. As the cost of battery storage technology continues to drop in price we'll see much more utilized globally. Solar energy can be distributed, so works from small scale to grid scale. Germany was the world leader in manufacturing solar equipment a couple decades ago, but was slow to scale up production which leads to cost reductions. Companies in China saw this as an opportunity, building large scale solar panel manufacturing plants which has enabled China to become the current world leader in solar production.

[@BrianBoniMakes]

What a bus! I've never before seen a coach converted to electric drive and I'd love to see more of these. The owner says the conversion cost over 100,000 Euro and compared it to fuel cost but you have to also figure for diesel maintenance. I hear an oil change and inspection for a bus is around $600 and needs to be done every 5,000 to 15,000 miles. It also says an engine rebuild average is $8,000. Electric drive might also save on brake service. What a bus!

[@rkan2]

A modern big diesel engine rebuild is difficult for 8k$. Maybe for a small one in a truck, but buses have difficult access which can double the labour. Also the engines are not small. A clutch done properly is at least 2000€. A coach bus engine will probably run at least 15000€ if doing a full rebuild.. The hardware for such a conversion shouldn't be much more than 50k€ today. Solar panels only cost a couple k 😂 The thing that is important also is that in Europe the legislations for electrical installations in vehicles are quite lax compared to house installations so you can in many countries do all of the work yourself without having to pay an electrician or an engineer. You would have a hard time finding one in any case. 😂

[@工业党员]

建议你来中国试试 他这个创意很不错 不过 成本有点太高了

[@Sebastien.tomb75]

one word about this bus : Amazing !

[@mmuller2402]

Yes amazing fire hazard for 100k ... tesla battery straped by ductape and all the wires, lines are loose😢 Insane dangerous and those poor two 15kW growatt inverter with no active fan in the vent to te youside, you need a minimum air volume around and there is no walls of concrete to push heat into 😮

[@SaSaaVirus]

that man is living my dream

[@xxwookey]

That is a very impressive conversion. I have been contemplating something similar (but smaller) for a while. I do think something like the Stella Vita is a much better approach: more efficiency, less brute force. But it's great to see that this does work, even with such a big vehicle.

[@PeaceChanel]

Thank You Everybody for All that you are doing for our Planet Earth.... Peace.. Shalom.. Salam.. Namaste 🙏🏻 😊 ✌ ☮ ❤ 🕊

[@carolynreitz2714]

So sorry you were sick:( The lost crouton was so funny and your salad looked fabulous! Holy cow! That bus with solar wings! I never imagined that something so massive could be entirely electric using solar. Of course when Mark asked the cost I knew why a rig like that is not in my future. Sorry, but the transition from the shot of Super Bus to Tiny Tubi was...funny. Safe travels from Texas!

[@CallMeTeach2]

The absolute dream. RV companies, take a good look. Hire this man, buy his design as a patent or something. The modern community needs this.

[@gsestream]

patents? its public domain. God bless you.

[@CallMeTeach2]

@gsestream then what do I say? All I meant was for major RV manufacturers to take his design and work with it. I have yet to see a fully electric RV. And one with its own Solar array to charge itself to boot. Now, if there is a market for that kind of thing now, then it needs to become more popular. Or maybe I'm just too far under my rock.

[@gsestream]

@@CallMeTeach2 yeah its a cool open source free design, not proprietary, emphasis on the free design, ie not patentable. ie he was not the first to design it, and its in the public domain.

[@AKAtheA]

the 221kWh of batteries alone are easily $60k new, that *might* make this a little out of budget for most

[@punkrocker10115]

No it isn't. People with RVs don't want to charge for 10 days every 200 miles. It would take months to get anywhere and if you added more batteries it would make it insanely heavy. Electric is a fad and will go away like it has multiple times.

[@willm5814]

Jean-Phillipe thinks big- so impressive!!!!

[@McRocket]

That bus is just mega!!! ☮

[@stefftraveler]

amazing electric bus, im an engeneer myself, i think i could never built this by myself. i can barely fix a toaster :)

[@Dogsnark]

Well, that was interesting! Electric everything, even motorcycles. Wish we could’ve seen the inside. But, Lucy, you were ill…and then not. I hope that, whatever it was, is over. Stay healthy.

[@Alain.Helstroffer01]

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[@zugmeister314]

I was thinking something similar, but instead of having the solar panels slide straight in and out, they could hang down from the top of the vehicle. That way they'd always be bringing in at least a little bit of power, and you could flip (locking hinge) them up horizontal when you got where you're going to be stopping for a bit.

[@jonathanmelhuish4530]

If you do that, you might like to look for the solar panels that have clear sections between the cells, then you'll still have a little bit of visibility out of the side windows of your bus.

[@Eco-VillePatagoniaChile]

This is the future.

[@Carapat]

Thank's a lot for this video we are also a french family who live in a converted bus. See you soon, bye

[@fbnmstr]

Wow, this guy is living the dream and he is a fuckin genius at the same time 😮

[@willm5814]

You got that right - imagine if he was your neighbour - hey JP, I have a couple of questions for you…

[@fnordpol]

I love this bus! I have always thought I could make a similar transformation to my bus back in the Day when I owned one. Meanwhile you can buy similar ranged vans and lorry brand new so only the solar has to be added aftermarket. I love to see all this stuff happening, that gives me hope!

[@AerialWaviator]

Excellent find, an exceptional off-grid EV camper home away from home. A very inspirational project showing what is possible.

[@greggreg2263]

Amazing build I really like this Bus😎😻👻

[@Theodore-tj4jo]

Wow !! So capable and wealthy enough is he ! This is so amazing, great ride !

[@Suburp212]

Great build.

[@andrewkorzeniewski9535]

This bus is brilliant. Glad to see someone has taken the same 3 tiered sandwich solar approach I was thinking of and applied it to a project as large as this. I was planning on taking the same idea and applying it to Kei van like a subaru sambar. No reason the same concept can't be applied to a smaller van that'd cost a slight portion of this large bus. Subscribed!

[@richardbrice6535]

Like minded. Here in Trujillo Perú my wife and I want a full electric kei pickup stacked with solar that jacks-up and out unfolding a tent beneath it. Can't see the point of being in a metal box.

[@ThalassTKynn]

I was thinking the exact same thing! Except with a sambar truck, and a box on the back like Olympic Overland (though more like a teardrop camper). The way he's done this bus is so cool!

[@2Fast4Mellow]

The roof of our bus is almost not suitable for RV panels (we were able to fit just three), but we did found those lightweight flexible solar panels that produce 400wp and weight only 8lbs. So, we put those flexible solar panel 'sheets' (they are 1/10 of an inch thick) on plywood boards and when we have the awning out, we simply put our boards on top thereby increasing the solar surface. We have 3 boards with three sheets, so we have added 3600wp to our system. Generated power averages out on about 1.5kWh with usually in summer a total charge of about 6kw, it differs per day. But at least 6kw per day in summer is save to assume and this is mostly due to the wooded area's where we like to stay...

[@holgerk6352]

He could reduce charging time by 50% when installing a hydraulic to adjust the Roof panels for optimal charging angle. I would have preferred adjustable angel over the slide out panels (output should be about the same) to cut the heavy panels weight when driving. But amazing build!

[@2hotscottpro]

I have a 525 watt bifacial panel and it doesn’t matter what angle it’s in for same wattage.I tried vertical,flat and 20-45* tilt.Weird I seen 443 watts for a split second and hovered around 400 for a minute.Was Cinda steady 280-340 on bright clear sunny day.Do you think my panel is defective or low efficiency? Sticker on back says 70% Pmax +/-5% I’m mounting on rv roof so probably won’t get much from bifacial. What’s your thoughts on my Canadian solar 525 bifacial panel? Thanks

[@marwerno]

@@2hotscottpro Those panels, where you are seeing the actual silicon wafer are more prone to getting more energy when having the right angle. Solarpanels where you do not see the individual wafers (mostly the new ones) have slightly less efficiency, but are cheaper to manufacture and work from a wider set of angles.

[@sharonoldham4374]

What an amazing bus. Great video. Have a good week.

[@moakim4930]

와.. 장난없네요 혼자 극 오지 탐방 가능할듯.. 움직이는 기지네요.

[@marviwilson1853]

Admiration for the French who just build this sort of thing. Now waiting to see the innovator who takes a sailing mono hull, (not a catamaran), takes off all the masts, booms, winches and diesel engine and installs a full telescopic solar roof. Roof deployed like this at anchor.

[@licencetoswill]

catamaran makes vastly more sense.

[@rkan2]

There are commercial solutions for 24/7 cruise at 3-5 knots during summer or near the equator. Cost a couple million though. Haven't seen a diy, which is surprising since it was advertised they only have 300kWh of batteries - which is only 4xclassic Model S. That amount of batteries only costs the price of a big engine you'd want for such a boat (about 50k)

[@mmuller2402]

​@rkan2 classic tesla battery is worn.. water and lithium is another story.. weight to calculate for 😮 Structural integrity for a boat is something to master so we will wait longer, or some idiot will build it anyways

[@rkan2]

@@mmuller2402 The 85kWh packs would be 340kWh, so I counted with 75kWh for used packs for 300kWh. With the shell they weigh 540kg/pc or about 2 tons for a boat. The shell weighs about 100kg afaik. I can also see that eveurope is offering them packs for 9k€/pc. So you could build 300kWh pack for 40k€.

[@dnh3005]

Cool build. Only things I would do different are all the loose wires under the inverters hanging above the open road. And the ductape/straps holding the battery’s in place.

[@YoungDadoffgridsolar]

This could power a small village. Wow...

[@rkan2]

221kWh with 16kW solar could easily power a significant apartment block as that is how much most people spend in a month!

[@marcelb.7224]

What a nice guy! I love this project!

[@madnesssoft2012]

I literally wrote a story on some rock star tour buses that used a trio of solar panels to make their tour buses ICE free, sometime around when this video was released apparently. It was different of course, but the idea was pretty much the same. Three massive solar arrays that you could slide out while parked, but a center one that's always drinking in solar, even while on the go. Thanks hive mind.

[@nisagomez4366]

This has given me ideas for my next build. 😈

[@yxcvmk]

10:10 From a first glimpse, it seems you might want to check the brakes (disks), too.

[@panemon187]

You could extend this solar array a lot more, and get more juice back per day. You would just need a place to stack all of the solar panels and then find a place to park and extend the panels outwards of the vehicle and having something to support their weight.

[@vincentra8849]

Meh. It really depends. From my past experiences with solar panel maximum rate might happen on no cloud desert location once in a blue moon. What works is what works. But I also think this build rather creates lot of carbon footprint either way. By looking at the amount of the battery.

[@blueman5924]

What a super cool bus ! ⚡️⚡️Your air filter 😷would be better up high utilizing a snorkel, like off road vehicles. 🤙

[@strada5052]

Talk about panel envy! 😂

[@thatdudefromthefuture3346]

Guillemonde: The power of the sun.. at top of my bus...

[@suprvideo]

Start watching at 3:40. It takes 10 days to charge to go 300 km or 180 miles, and doesn't €100K. Not exactly practical but an incredible achievement.

[@Slava-m7h]

Amazing project!

[@RandomlyRich]

Amazing

[@ChetanKhilosiya]

10% charging in a day includes his family usage of electricity for 24 Hrs. So if he uses complete electricity to charge then it will be much faster

[@MatthewTaylorAu]

Winter I will get 1/3 the kw.hrs out of my solar panels cf summer. My 1.8T car ev uses 16kw.hr/100. Pretty typical. That bus would be ~ 20T, maybe 25T. So proportionally I would expect 177kw.hr/100km to 222kw.hr/100km. He is doing well to get the range. Large vehicles tend to be more efficient at kw.hr.kg/km, even with less aerodynamic shape.

[@stig120212]

oh no!! was it the stinky fart that took you out of commision! hahahahahahaha still loving your videos and journeys

[@sakou2707]

Amazing !!!!

[@rockstargaming199]

Indian brother is here 😅❤

[@tristanbased-af2159]

5:10 Super soco TC max!!

[@lightneko]

Imagine if they built RVs like this? You could live in one full time off grid easily.

[@peternguyen2323]

Most RV are parked doing nothing for 80% of their life. If this can feed its energy excess energy back to the grid at peak power the RV can be a revenue stream for their owner. So the next vacation is fully paid for by this Rv.

[@alastorclark3492]

They'd have to be able to plug into a system that can receive as well as send.

[@mmuller2402]

You do realise that 30kW peak panels can't supply more than 10% per day on that bus? Completely stupid to feed int9 the grid as it will just collapse even more from all those MOVABLE solar systems 😮 Stop chasing dreams and learn to understand the basic problems of last mile energy supply and grid dynamics ics before asking such wild none possible dreams

[@martinhuiber6031]

Hey, how dare you to make my dreams come true! I would opt for linear actuators to track the sun. And this was way more then 100k! I calculated 250k just for the parts and not taking a Tesla, but way cheaper options into consideration. Well, over 300kWh, but the array is about what I calculated. You need a different gear-ratio and most probably 3 gears to cover all situations properly. Otherwise you eat up your juice and need to stay around a little bit too long. 100km/d should be fine. You have to follow the summer, then you will harvest way more in average. Anyway all thumbs available up for this demonstration vehicle. With sunny love from Austria...

[@88Spint]

dude has more battery capacity then I spend in 2 months :D

[@RW1LD]

I'm in the process of a similar build... his math on everything checks out.

[@Theeslickness]

I can't believe a single Model S motor can power this huge bus. I suppose it is heavily geared down, which could mean it is more powerful than the original Diesel.

[@roland9367]

It will definitely have the power and torque, but you are a lot closer to the max continuous output in a bus than a passenger car. But it will be driven easily and not for hours on end. In the industry you see very big electric motors which do not make more power but continuous power is high

[@jimmyscreen]

Would love any advice you have. Got a bus I wanna make electric but with bio diesel backup. 😊

[@ahmed4kp]

Wow, his batteries are significantly larger than his solar panels. No wonder it took 10 days to charge them. He could charge them in one day if he had more panels, but that's impossible given the limited space on top of his van. Hopefully, he finds a solution or new solar technology becomes available in the future. My entire house is now running on an off grid 10kwh solar system, and this van has enough batteries to run my whole neighborhood 😂

[@lakshaynz]

😂❤

[@KyleRuggles]

Oh this is awesome! I was like.. Is this CampingCarJoa? Only to realize she's your wife! LOL! Been subscribed to her channel for a while now lol. Haven't seen much but she looked really familiar!

[@N1ghtR1der666]

acceptable range for a place like the US or Europe where everything is so packed and close together, in Australia 300km gets you to the local shop and back, I wouldnt feel comfortable until I hit about 500km range

[@sahinyasar9119]

This was one year ago. I really want ultimate solar Ev camper

[@tdombui]

this guy has to be an entrepreneur or something

[@CWK09]

I bet if he had regenerative braking, that he would get closer to 200 miles of range. I’m curious how he figured weight balancing the whole RV. Surely this is more weight than original parts would be rated for. Did he have to get the vehicle registered and approved?

[@boringsoftware2093]

super cool, but it's only 3x modules of a tesla battery? 🤔

[@sophieb86]

Very cute

[@eldaria]

Hmm, I wonder what kind of road performance that has, A Model S motor on a Bus that is also rebuilt for living in so likely a lot heavier than just a regular bus.

[@Picklemedia]

@8:47 2 million km if you put the money into a fuel allowance

[@littlelostchild6767]

does it use 2 tesla engines or just one.? because that's a massive mass to be moving around by tesla engine.,

[@TKomoski]

THAT WAS FREAKY EV

[@SundryTalesOfConstance79WESTY]

Nooice! 😎 STOC

[@usobr69]

This is my dream vehicle, but i'm going to have to pay an engineer to convert the engine to electric because I'm not going down that rabbit hole as a hobbyist.

[@zakzwijn8410]

Yep this is me. I really really really want something like this, but I also need experienced engineers to do the build for me, because Im not going to mess around with things like this with zero experience. I want to learn everything, but I want a finished build.

[@parcos79]

OMG COOOOOOL

[@Mr.Hooter702]

Super cool set up. Shockingly I'm shocked it can go 186 miles on a full charge. One thing is for sure. He's going nowhere fast. I would install a diesel generator for emergencies. I'm sure he has a way to charge at the campgrounds.

[@mmmddd4366]

Skip to 3:38

[@samuelvera9449]

Nice

[@BarryMambo]

Amazing work! But did I get it right - 10 days of charging is necessary for a 300km bus ride? Which means average travelling speed is just 30km per day?

[@campingcarjoaen]

It was the middle of winter when we filmed this.. soooo

[@BarryMambo]

@@campingcarjoaen OK so traveling in summer is a bit faster. My dream car should be able to go at least 600km and fully recharge solar in one or two days. The "Stella Terra" invented by Solar Team Eindhoven gets quite close to this vision.

[@loop5]

if you put it like that it sounds slow, but you could also say 3000 km every 3 months, and consider that is a house and you'll stay at places for periods of time contrary to be on the moving all the time. I give you tho' that it sounds a bit impractical to have to plan the trip in

[@EVtripper]

Like Number 500! Awesome Bus Build! I want to do this too! #evtripper

[@zerthura8500]

Top

[@howlinhauler]

esprinter coming soon!

[@awahbouyachbouyach1425]

Hight level

[@JLowe-uu8lr]

Very cool !=8)

[@monunyabidness5949]

Needs a Cummins for the long drives. Two drive axles, one electric, both on lift axles. I wouldn't want to be stuck in one place for 10 days just to go 200 miles.

[@wedmark]

Solar panel info starts at 3:39.

[@25566]

No inside tour?

[@harshalkukade8664]

Try to have good quality water purifier to prevent diarrhea

[@_timespace_]

What country is this video made in?

[@miclaelmoloney1759]

Must be a highly intelligent man

[@hynekfuchs1378]

👍👍👍

[@Sebastien.tomb75]

When we can expect an Electric Tubi 3.0 ? hehe

[@campingcarjoaen]

That would be awesome right?

[@Sebastien.tomb75]

@@campingcarjoaen Can't wait to see it ^^

[@milkyrinoa5921]

I think it's interesting?

[@markwright196]

lol bus found on side after mildly windy day.

[@mrjasonjneal]

❤

[@jonathanmichael915]

I missed if he said how many miles he gets on a charge for distance?

[@1LoveGame2]

I think he said about 300km on a full charge

[@sharonbraselton4302]

186 mioe rabge orey goód

[@travisr1720]

Get maybe a mile per week charging?

[@samfromportadown]

The batteries max out at 225 kwh, the solar array is 16kw. It would take about 14 hours of direct summer sunshine to fully charge the batteries. He said at full charge they get 300km, that's 186 miles. Let's say in a more typical day the array charges the batteries about half. That's 93 miles. A quarter charge is about 46 miles. A 10% charge on a winter day would be about 18 - 19 miles. So if they stayed parked for 2 days in the winter they would accumulate enough power to drive to a new site 30 miles away. Either way, definitely more than "a mile per week".

[@88Spint]

Actually sick as hell :D

[@gsestream]

even bi-facial solar panels, even more power. no, solar panels are just about 5500usd for 16kW. the 100kusd is way overkill.

[@romteb]

100k is the whole build, pretty reasonable compared to what's on the market

[@gsestream]

@@romteb someone is getting ripped off, very much, I dont support the expert prices on the market, diy, reasonable = ripped off

[@gsestream]

@@romteb yeah market makes everything expensive, you could have done it free for yourself diy

[@vincentra8849]

I would assume 70% of that cost went thru the powertrain. Battery, motor, custom axles and so on buuut. No wrong. This was overkill for the project. Besides Tesla motor and battery aren’t really all that reliable either. Diesel and proper SCR setup would have given him much more mileage vs cost vs carbon footprint challenge. Only down cost of that is though. There still would be EGR and intake service interval.

[@gsestream]

@@vincentra8849 I disagree, all of the cost is a scam

[@Gwydion67]

Charging 10 days for fully charged batteries by his own solar, to get a range of 300 km. May sound arkward to petrol-heads. But speaking as an EV and solar nerd and owner myself: Charging my MG4 (64 kWh battery) from 0-100% by my own small 3kWp (house roof) off-grid solar PV, it also takes me 20 days, ensuring full additional coverage of my household consumption. Given the same travel speed as the bus guy, I'd get a range of around 450 km. Oh, and for me it only works out in summer, whereas the bus guy talked about WINTER. 🔆Solar-electric⚡ applications of all kind: I ❤ them! 😍🚙🚎🛵⛺🏠🚛🚄🛥😍

[@sporehux8344]

it needs a few vampire harpoon turrets that spear other EV's and sucks out their electricity to increase mileage

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

But is it street legal?

[@vladv593]

Vw E crafter потребляет 30 kw на 100 км , думаю этот монстр потребляет 80 тоесть этот автобус проедит 200 км