Our fully-electric campervan has three big solar panels on the roof to sustainably power our household. But can solar also power the traction battery of an electric van for off-grid road trips? In this not-too-technical article, we dive into the future of electric vanlife and how viable e-campers powered by solar panels actually are.
When we returned to the Netherlands after our most recent road trip to the south of Europe in our electric campervan, we realised we’ve road tripped through 14 countries in our Fiat E-Ducato already! In the past year on the road, we’ve gotten to know EVanlife inside and out. Here are the top 5 invaluable lessons we learned.
Two travel journalists exploring Europe and beyond in our fully-electric campervan, our home base and office. Besides our vanlife adventures, we share our top tips for epic EV road trips and eco-conscious experiences.
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Welcome to our EV travel guide to Champagne! When we visited Champagne in our electric campervan, we realised it’s a perfect region for an EV road trip. Read on for all our insider tips, like where to charge, sleep and of course taste delicious champagne!
We just got back from a whirlwind, six-week road trip to France and Spain in our fully electric campervan. During our trip, we tested the public charging infrastructure in both countries thoroughly. Here’s how it went, including the apps and providers we used to charge our EV, and the challenges we encountered along the way.
Because we wanted our campervan to be fully electric, we chose to install an induction cooktop and an electric convection heater. Here’s how we did it and what our experiences cooking and heating electrically have been like so far.
Lonely Planet released a new coffee table book: Epic Road Trips of Europe — and we got to contribute a chapter! It was a work dream come true to create a story for a Lonely Planet book and about one of our favourite subjects too, an amazing vanlife trip to the west coast of Jutland in Denmark.
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