An all-electric Retreat caravan has completed a 20,000km shakedown run around the country with plans underway to make the technology available to other RV makers. Australia’s first fully-electric caravan has completed an epic 20,000km test program that saw it travel…
The final weeks of the ultimate in solar, battery tech and caravan testing is coming to a close later this month (September) 2019. The adventurous crew were perplexed by the need to boost the charge in the battery pack causing…
Our intrepid tourers, John and Fran, have reached civilisation after several weeks out of communication range and boy what a few weeks it’s been. Here’s their summary of this section of the trip. We have seen an amazing part of…
[contentgated] John and Fran are heading deep into the north from Port Headland to De Grey River then onto Cape Keraudren at the start of week 13 of the gasless caravan testing. This next phase of the journey will really…
The gasless caravan testing crew has made it to Exmouth and some unexpected shenanigans with the lighting system has freaked them out. This is how they described what happened: “At 4:00am this morning suddenly all the lights in the van…
The electric caravan is back on the road with Fran and John steering the Ford north once again along the coast of Western Australia. From Geraldton to Kalbarri, plus a special drive to see Nature’s Window, an absolutely amazing landscape…
Our sun-loving adventurers had headed north after Fran had been in hospital in Kalgoorlie. With the all clear given, they again found themselves in the sun heading to Gwalia then moving on to Leinster. A couple of days catching up…
This week’s update is all about taking care with one’s health while in remote areas. Our dynamic duo ended up in Leinster, where we settled down in the BHP Caravan Park. Just to prove how small this country can be,…
Our intrepid testers hauled the Retreat from Laverton along the Old Laverton Road to the Deep Well area, a favourite spot for some time-out. This road was rough and in very poor condition, which really tested the dirt road driveability…
There’s a lot of fun to be had by going off grid. Our crew started the week with 56 percent battery charge, and while there’s been some cloud, there’s been sun, sun, sun! After heading out from Laverton, and with…
After powering three vans in Coolgardie where the State of Charge (SoC) dropped to just 23.4 percent as per our last update, the gasless van was allowed some time to recharge in the glorious sun. In fact the van jumped…
Week four of the Retreat electric van testing and our intrepid explorers are in the Goldfields of WA, parked up ready to go prospecting. In what has proven to be some tough weather conditions with very little sun, heavy cloud…
After several days getting the Retreat serviced and prep’d for the big haul through to Kalgoorlie and parts further north, plus getting the Ford ready to go as well, the electric van hits the road for the next stage of…
Retreat Caravans and OzXcorp, Australian technology start-up, has combined caravan manufacture and technology not seen in the caravan industry previously, to create a fully electric caravan that has no complementary fossil-fuelled energy sources, but instead uses an industry-leading 16kW/h battery…
