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#FAQ/USEFULTIPS: How Long Do RV Tires/Tyres Last?

By Scott Rivers—It’s time to get on the road across the country in your motorhome. Before making that trip, there’s some work to be done by the driver that always starts with tires.

#VANLIFE/STUDY: Ford (France) Commissions New Study on Vanlife

BY Various Sources—After more than a year of pandemic, the desires of the French have gradually changed: travel, teleworking, consumption… Disruptions that Ford wanted to study by carrying out a new study with the YouGov institute.* And the results are surprising.

#ELECTRIC/CAMPER: World’s Latest Electric RV is a Great Multifunctional Mini-Camper

BY C.C. Weiss—With a modular, multifunctional rear lounge so comfy it puts most full-size camper vans to shame, the Vanderer Urban Camper was easily one of the coolest mini-campers of 2021. A year and a half later, it’s getting even better. The homey tiny lounge-on-wheels is going fully electric atop the Peugeot e-Rifter and Citroën e-Berlingo.

#DESIGN/GMCMOTORHOME: Designer Reimagines A Modern Version Of The Legendary GMC Motorhome

BY Jason Torchinsky —In hindsight, the GMC Motorhome is an incredible, improbable thing. Campers and RVs and Motorhomes or whatever you want to call those drivable houses-on-wheels have always been the domain of smaller, lower-tech specialist companies as opposed to major automakers, which is why so many RVs are built like construction company office trailers bolted to a truck chassis.

VIDEO/RVLIFE: DC TV Station Highlights National Go RVing Day

BY Marco Kathuria—It was National Go RVing Day this past weekend, automotive and RV industry expert Mike Caudill discussed electric RVs, the shifting demographics of RVers, and how you can use Go RVing’s website to plan your next RV trip.

#GUIDES/RVLIFE: GoRVing Day 2022

BY Marco Kathuria—Interested in RVing but not sure where to start? Check out @GoRVing’s First Timer’s Tool Kit and find the inspiration to get out there–just in time for #NationalGoRVingDay!

#STUDY/ELECTRICRV: THOR Publishes Key Insights About Consumer Expectations for Motorized Electric RVs

BY Marco Kathuria—THOR Industries, Inc. announced the release of the company’s North American Motorized Electric RV Study, which explores consumer expectations, key purchase motivators and electric infrastructure development needs.

#RVLIFE/REPORT: 2022 NA Camping Report Reveals That Camping Accounts For 40% Of Leisure Traveling Trips

BY RV ASSOCIATION INDUSTRY STAFF—The 2022 North American Camping Report is now available. This industry-leading, annual research initiative details the camping habits and preferences of North America’s campers. This year, the report takes a close look at how camping is leading the recovery of the travel sector.

#RVLIFE/MARKETING: New Go RVing Commercials Begin Airing This Week

BY RV ASSOCIATION INDUSTRY STAFF—As part of Go RVing’s rebrand, consumers across the United States will begin seeing the new Go RVing commercial this week during sports and cable entertainment programs. The commercial highlights RVers’ sense of freedom and adventure whenever they’re on the road and builds on the successful initial launch of the “Go on a Real Vacation” campaign.

#RVLIFE/MICROCAMPER: Adorable Hijet Micro-Campervan Opens into Warm, Fragrant Log Cabin

BY C.C. Weiss—Quite different from the average camper van, even among the quirky camping cars of Japan, the Quokka camper from car dealership Mishima Daihatsu is a basic white delivery micro-van outside, a transformable log cabin inside.

#RVLIFE/NURSES: Travel Nurses To The Rescue – In Their RVs

BY RV Industry Association Staff—There has long been a shortage of nurses in America; prior to COVID, there was an estimated need to fill 200,000 positions. Responding to this need are travel nurses who live at home, but who contract themselves out to different area hospitals for the typical 13-week assignments.

#RVLIFE/CAMPERVAN: Volkswagen’s ‘Mobile Home in a Box’ Is a Modular Camping Solution for Avid Travelers

BY Sergiu Tudose—Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles have unveiled a range of mini-mobile camping units, which include a kitchen area, bed, water supply and sufficient storage space for most avid travelers. The so-called ‘mobile home in a box’ can fit into existing luggage compartments and can be deployed literally in seconds, both the kitchen and the bed. The latter unfolds in a single movement.

#CAMPERLIFE/CONCEPT: Mitsubishi Shows Off Electric Micro-Camper and Delica Overlander

BY C.C. Weiss—Van life and pursuit of leisure are shaping up to be major themes at this year’s Tokyo Auto Salon. Nissan rolled these themes into a pair of Caravan concepts it has already previewed, and now Mitsubishi shows its own take on the concepts.

#RVLIFE/OVERLANDING: Extreme RVs Grow Bigger, Bolder With Younger Consumers

BY Hannah Elliott—Eli Kogan isn’t the type you’d imagine would buy a giant, wildly modified automobile that can survive a rugged off-road trek. The clean-cut 27-year-old entrepreneur likes things powerful but tidy: He owns modern and vintage Porsches as well as Ducati bikes designed for the track.

#OUTDOORLIFE/DIVERSITY: The USA Saw More Than 8 Million Black Households Camping In 2021

BY RVNews Staff—Kampgrounds of America, Inc. (KOA) is marking Black History Month by releasing its 2022 Black Community Camping Snapshot, highlighting the continued growth of camping popularity among Black U.S. audiences.

#ELECTRIC/CONCEPT: Could this Delivery Vehicle Be a Future Electric RV (eRV)?

BY Cristina Mircea—Fully flat, electric, modular, and with a payload of up to 8,800 lb. (almost 4,000 kg), REE Automotive’s newly announced P7 platform is suitable for commercial delivery vehicles and promises to pack up to 35 percent more packages than other competitors.

#RVLIFE/TRENDS: More RVs Built During Boom with Buyers Trending Younger

BY Trevia Lind—RV sales boomed during the pandemic, clearing out some dealers’ lots in Spokane and nationwide. However, industry leaders say both a push to manufacture more units and winter’s slowdown equate to some improved inventory now despite backlogged orders.

#RVSHOW/FLORIDA: Winnebago Reveals New eRV Concept With 125 Miles of Range

BY Marco Kathuria—Winnebago Industries revealed an all-electric concept motorhome developed by the company’s Advanced Technology Group (ATG) at the Florida RV Super Show and live on Facebook on January 18, 2022.

#ELECTRIC/MOTORHOME: The S-Camper Mercedes EQV conversion is an All-Electric Motorhome

BY Chris Bruce (with additional reporting by Marco Kathuria)—The European motorhome industry becomes more electrified from the newly launched Mercedes-Benz EQV conversion from the Swiss company Sortimo Walter Rüegg PLC. It gives customers the option of taking a zero-emissions camping trip.

#RVSHOW/CAMPERVAN: Wingamm Displaying the OASI 540 Camper in Tampa, Florida

BY Marco Kathuria—Italian RV manufacturer, Wingamm, will be presenting their European-derived OASI 540 camper at the Florida RV SuperShow in Tampa, FL from January 19th to January 23rd. The North American variant will feature a Ram ProMaster chassis with a 3.6L 24V gasoline engine offered with a manual or optional automatic transmission.