Electric Motorhomes at Scale, Can't be Far Away Now.

[nicholsong]

The Telegraph have done a comparison of a Vauxhall Movan 2.2 turbo diesel 6 speed manual against the battery version (110kWH, 262 miles claimed range, 0-80% recharge via a 150kW charger in 55 minutes). I guess these vans are the type that could be converted into camper vans.

In summary, the diesel has a payload of 1,425kg and costs £34,520 + VAT. The electric has the same gross weight but a payload of 710kg and costs £46,435 + VAT.

The electric has half the payload, is £14,300 more in price (including VAT) and, I assume, will attract additional road fund charges because of the list price.

I think that additional road fund charge for more expensive vehicles only lasted for 2-3 years and then was discontinued. I could be wrong.

 

[Minxy]

You might see this as a marketing issue rather than a purely financial one.

You might end up having to compete against other lodge owners who took the letting agents' advice and installed wall box chargers. A USP that makes them stand out where internet searches are concerned.

Guess which holiday lodges EV owners will rent. Maybe they would expect to pay a small premium added to the rent, for the convenience. EV owners (average list price new now £48K) are aspirational and probably well-off. A desirable clientele.

Or you could stick to the ICE car holiday market. Your choice.

At present we're paying out for loads of stuff to bring our lodges up to scratch as the site has neglected them as well as not recovering funds from visitors who have damaged stuff. Additionally they haven't done any electrical testing and we've just discovered that the supposedly combined heat sensor and CO detector isn't, it's heat only, so has been illegal from day one!

Loads of money being spent already so don't want to put in something that may not make a difference as none of the other private owners are doing so and neither is the site so no competition from them. We've not totally discounted it though so will see how bookings go this year and then review.

One thing's for sure though, our lodges will knock spots off the site owned ones and probably the other privately owned too as they're the best placed ones on site and don't have the privacy issues many of the others have.

 

[The Wino]

You might see this as a marketing issue rather than a purely financial one.

You might end up having to compete against other lodge owners who took the letting agents' advice and installed wall box chargers. A USP that makes them stand out where internet searches are concerned.

Guess which holiday lodges EV owners will rent. Maybe they would expect to pay a small premium added to the rent, for the convenience. EV owners (average list price new now £48K) are aspirational and probably well-off. A desirable clientele.

Or you could stick to the ICE car holiday market. Your choice.

You seem to think because people on average pay a fair bit for an EV they won't be averse to paying extra for access to a charger. Could you explain why so many people who have spent a lot more on a motorhome try and find cheap or free places to stop!
Our EV was £22k brand new access to a charger would have to be cheaper or the same cost as the alernatives to make me think it was a selling point. Within 100 miles of here that would mean as cheap as an EV tariff at home. Further than that or if we were going out on day trip the same as public chargers.
It's like motorhome owners having paid upfront for your own accommodation ( or a cheap to run vehicle) there's a disinterest in paying out unnecessarily

 

[Gromett]

Most public points in car parks, garages, service areas are accessible only by cars. Large vans let alone motorhomes will not get near.

They are starting to build out chargers for vans and towing vehicles. These will mainly be on motorway services to start I would suspect so not cheap sadly. But that will come in time as demand increases.