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.
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#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!
Continue reading #GUIDES/RVLIFE: GoRVing Day 2022#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.
Continue reading #STUDY/ELECTRICRV: THOR Publishes Key Insights About Consumer Expectations for Motorized Electric RVs#RVLIFE/VIDEO: New Video Showing The Many Benefits Of Enjoying the Outdoors
BY RV ASSOCIATION INDUSTRY STAFF—Earlier this week, the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) and its members released an energizing video highlighting many outdoor recreation activities, the $689 billion outdoor recreation economy, and the more than 4.3 million jobs it supports while urging Americans to get outside and have fun.
Continue reading #RVLIFE/VIDEO: New Video Showing The Many Benefits Of Enjoying the Outdoors#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.
Continue reading #RVLIFE/REPORT: 2022 NA Camping Report Reveals That Camping Accounts For 40% Of Leisure Traveling Trips#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.
Continue reading #RVLIFE/MARKETING: New Go RVing Commercials Begin Airing This Week#EVLEGISLATION/UPDATE: Virginia Bill Aims To Bring EV Charging To State And Local Parks
BY RV Industry Association Staff—As battery technologies improve and gas prices climb, many state legislatures have placed a focus on electric vehicle (EV) related legislation in the 2022 session. Ranging from HOV lane access to new regulations on EV manufacturing facilities, states are preparing themselves for the growing number of EVs and electric RVs (eRVs) on their roads.
Continue reading #EVLEGISLATION/UPDATE: Virginia Bill Aims To Bring EV Charging To State And Local Parks#PRODUCT/SHOWCASE: Solar Awning Showcased at Tacoma RV Show
BY RVNews Staff—Following its 2021 online launch of Xpanse, a solar awning for RVs, Xponent Power showcased the awning for the first time at the Tacoma RV Show recently.
Continue reading #PRODUCT/SHOWCASE: Solar Awning Showcased at Tacoma RV Show#NPS/GAOA: Great American Outdoors Act Will Fund Rehabilitation Of 17-Miles Of Scenic Roadway
BY The National Part Foundation—Great Smoky Mountains National Park is using $31 million in funding from the Great American Outdoor Act (GAOA) to repave the Foothills Parkway West, from Chilhowee Lake to Walland.
Continue reading #NPS/GAOA: Great American Outdoors Act Will Fund Rehabilitation Of 17-Miles Of Scenic Roadway#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.
Continue reading #RVLIFE/CAMPERVAN: Volkswagen’s ‘Mobile Home in a Box’ Is a Modular Camping Solution for Avid Travelers#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.
Continue reading #CAMPERLIFE/CONCEPT: Mitsubishi Shows Off Electric Micro-Camper and Delica Overlander#RVSHOW/BIRMINGHAM: The UK’s Caravan, Camping & Motorhome Show, Feb. 22nd-27th
BY AboutcampBtoB Staff with additional reporting by Marco Kathuria—The UK’s Caravan, Camping & Motorhome Show at the NEC, Birmingham will open from 22nd – 27th February 2022 with over 300 exhibitors and the latest new-for-2022 caravans, campervans and motorhomes from the UK and Europe’s leading manufacturers and dealers, plus the latest tents, trailer tents, folding campers, holiday caravans and lodges.
Continue reading #RVSHOW/BIRMINGHAM: The UK’s Caravan, Camping & Motorhome Show, Feb. 22nd-27th#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.
Continue reading #RVLIFE/OVERLANDING: Extreme RVs Grow Bigger, Bolder With Younger Consumers#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.
Continue reading #OUTDOORLIFE/DIVERSITY: The USA Saw More Than 8 Million Black Households Camping In 2021#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.
Continue reading #ELECTRIC/CONCEPT: Could this Delivery Vehicle Be a Future Electric RV (eRV)?#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.
Continue reading #RVLIFE/TRENDS: More RVs Built During Boom with Buyers Trending Younger#ELECTRIC/EVCHARGING: The US’ First-Ever National EV & eRV Charging Summit is Coming, and it’s Free to the Public
BY Michelle Lewis—A coalition of business, labor, and environmental advocacy leaders will host the US’ first-ever National EV Charging Summit on January 20, 2022. Members of the public are invited to attend, and it’s free.
Continue reading #ELECTRIC/EVCHARGING: The US’ First-Ever National EV & eRV Charging Summit is Coming, and it’s Free to the Public#ELECTRIC/BRANDUPDATE: Canoo Plans EV Production in 2022 in Arkansas, dropping Netherlands Plan
BY Stephen Edelstein (with additional reporting by Marco Kathuria)—EV startup Canoo has ceased contract manufacturing discussions with the Netherlands’ VDL Nedcar, opting instead to build EVs at its own United States facilities starting in 2022.
Continue reading #ELECTRIC/BRANDUPDATE: Canoo Plans EV Production in 2022 in Arkansas, dropping Netherlands Plan#RVLIFE/EMISSIONS: CARB Bans RV Generators Starting In 2028
BY RV Industry Association Staff—At its hearing on Thursday, December 9, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) passed Resolution 21-13-2 (as amended at the hearing) to approve the proposed amendments to the Small Off-Road Engine (SORE) regulation. The SORE regulation applies to all spark ignition engines less than 25 horsepower. All gas and LP-powered RV generators are impacted by the regulation; diesel RV generators are exempt.
Continue reading #RVLIFE/EMISSIONS: CARB Bans RV Generators Starting In 2028#ELECTRIC/TRUCK: Rivian’s Electric Pickup Truck has a Slide-Out Camp Kitchen
BY Mark Vaughn—Rivian had a number of R1T electric pickups parked on the tarmac of a private airport in the SoCal foothills, with demos set up of everything from charging the truck’s 135-kWh battery to cooking popcorn on the $5000 optional slide-out “Camp Kitchen.”
Continue reading #ELECTRIC/TRUCK: Rivian’s Electric Pickup Truck has a Slide-Out Camp Kitchen#ELECTRIC/EVNEWS: Battery Material Plant will Feed GM’s North American EV Supply Chain
BY Bengt Halvorson—In order to produce affordable electric vehicles at scale, automakers need to both drive down battery costs and secure a stable supply of critical materials. For General Motors and its Ultium Cells LLC joint-venture battery plants with LG Energy Solution, that will be aided by plans to form a joint venture between the automaker and South Korea’s Posco Chemical.
Continue reading #ELECTRIC/EVNEWS: Battery Material Plant will Feed GM’s North American EV Supply Chain