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Pebble Flow Electric RV Pulls Its Own Weight
The Pebble Flow electric trailer boosts towing efficiency, parks itself with remote robotics and can even power your house in an emergency thanks to its big battery and electric motors. 00:00 Pebble Flow RV 00:10 Development of the Pebble Flow 00:48 Dual Electric Motors 01:36 App-controlled Remote Parking 02:02 45 Kilowatt-hour Battery 02:31 Magic Hitch…
r k
October 19, 2023 at 1:27 pm
Full STOP! Decades ago …. fifty years maybe, EV with lead acid batteries would add an axle ….like a cement mixer truck… to carry batteries.
Simply put the extra batteries in a trailer to add range to the tow vehicle OR to use energy when your parked. SAVE the thousands of $$$$ and weight of motors and controllers for motors in a trailer that DUPLICATE the tech in your tow vehicle. Think people!
sonny
October 19, 2023 at 1:29 pm
Hmmmm I’m guessing they overlooked how to skirt this thing…. for a 109k you aren’t going to be drilling snap holes that’s for sure….
Paul G
October 19, 2023 at 1:35 pm
great vibe. Solves for MPG and also MPGE
zero11010
October 19, 2023 at 1:38 pm
Quickly run into range anxiety? Didn’t the results of the F150 basically show it’s incapable of towing things over distance unless you maintain a speed of 45-50mph?
And even at those speeds the range was poor.
Towing with an EV isn’t really a thing. What are you looking at … hundreds of potential customers out of 300 million people?
Kacey Green
October 19, 2023 at 4:35 pm
and then TFLEV did a test with the Silverado and found it quite workable at excessive speeds too.
zero11010
October 19, 2023 at 1:41 pm
More toys for the ultra wealthy.
Sean G
October 19, 2023 at 1:50 pm
Not sure about the see through bathroom, uh, but the rest is very nice.
zunedog31
October 19, 2023 at 1:53 pm
Will never see the road. This is merely a concept designed to attract VC.
DJL
October 19, 2023 at 1:56 pm
No car content because the entire staff was canned and they make Antuan do this? Sad. This site is dead.
Pablo Quiroga
October 19, 2023 at 2:26 pm
Great RV… For the 1% 😂
Brookville Kansas
October 19, 2023 at 2:32 pm
Implications for boat trailers, toy haulers etc possibly even mobile home platforms.
Ben610
October 19, 2023 at 2:47 pm
This is similar to the Lightship L1 travel trailer. Both use EV technology and solar.
Nicholas Doulgass
October 19, 2023 at 2:50 pm
Another “affordable” luxury trailer for the top 1%
Rube Hayseed
October 19, 2023 at 3:21 pm
Airstream is developing one as well. It could be cheaper since it’s smaller.
Ace7of7Hearts
October 19, 2023 at 3:39 pm
My question is can u sleep in it while it’s being towed?
Kacey Green
October 19, 2023 at 4:34 pm
physically yes, legally no
Michael Dongor
October 19, 2023 at 3:51 pm
This is exactly one of the ideas I pitched in my digital transformation class and promised would arise at some point
Gino
October 19, 2023 at 5:51 pm
It’s actually a good deal in comparison to an AirStream. Probably about the same price and a lot more perks.
GetTheFOutOfMyWay
October 19, 2023 at 5:51 pm
This makes being a rich homeless person sound good, if only it could take care of the waste too. Best bit you’d be raising properly levels for the ghetto $1 mil+ homes you park next to not bring them down… Lol…
wellthi
October 19, 2023 at 5:54 pm
too much electronic don’t go well with Murphy’s law
ollyoxx
October 19, 2023 at 6:02 pm
100k I just saved you wasted time
Joe
October 19, 2023 at 7:20 pm
Controlling via an app?
One drop of water and God knows what horrors might occur.
Jeffrey Wedekind
October 19, 2023 at 7:30 pm
“range anxiety” 🙂
Hi-Fi Insider
October 19, 2023 at 8:06 pm
wow! I like it.
ace1
October 19, 2023 at 8:48 pm
I can see that small hitch wheel moving easily at the campground site….
Aspry Writes
October 19, 2023 at 10:13 pm
900K for something you don’t even need. The target market here is obvious. But it sure is a cool machine! 🤑💸💶💲💰
Marty Kauffman
October 19, 2023 at 10:59 pm
That’s a lot of money for a trailer
Destructo Disk
October 19, 2023 at 11:24 pm
The same price as the LightShip but smaller, less elegant, and the EV assist doesn’t completely cover its weight when being pulled like the LightShip does? This is a $50,000 unit, not $100,000.
Ppalslsjdudysuw
October 20, 2023 at 11:16 am
50k???? You clearly have never designed or conceived a luxury product in your life lmao. Literally cars and trucks are struggling to be 50k…….. you think this huge luxury RV should cost the same? You’re out of your mind. I agree lightship is better, but they are both extremely deserving of the price point
FartDonkey
October 20, 2023 at 8:57 pm
@Ppalslsjdudysuwluxury RV is an oxymoron
Tai Nguyen
October 19, 2023 at 11:31 pm
I want a private Zoox car for every day, that will drive itself to a warehouse to be outfitted when I want to go camping and park itself in my driveway ready for the morning.
Shane T
October 19, 2023 at 11:37 pm
The tech is cool, but with modern backup cameras hitching is easy. Plus the trailer is really expensive, add in an expert EV and it nakes way more sense to get a normal luxury travel trailer and a diesel pickup truck where range anxiety doesn’t exist, itll cost tens of thousands less per unit, and tow way more with a diesel. Its cool but impractical.
sherri moquin
October 20, 2023 at 12:22 am
Nakes? You mean makes right
KOI Pond
October 20, 2023 at 12:03 am
If hitching and backing are that difficult maybe a trailer is not for you. Plus crazy expensive. We have an Escape19 fiberglass trailer which tows just fine behind my ICE tow vehicle and I have never had “range anxiety” during our routine 500 mile travel days. All for 1/3 the cost!!
danny
October 20, 2023 at 1:02 am
that’s elitist. why shouldn’t as many people as possible have accessibility options when it comes to camping and using a trailer?
KOI Pond
October 20, 2023 at 1:09 am
@danny Elitist? What’s elitist is the crazy price. Almost the price of a home in parts of some states.
Katrina Williams
October 20, 2023 at 3:14 am
This is beautiful, and a excellent idea. Also a good price.❤😊
Man Ho Lai
October 20, 2023 at 3:23 am
Too expensive
Pebble
October 20, 2023 at 3:35 am
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0riginal _Panda_Child
October 20, 2023 at 8:00 am
A future electrical nightmare starting at a low price of $109k
Barry Saville
October 20, 2023 at 8:39 am
Great concept, useful tech now they need to think beyond style to useable style while actually boon docking.
VisionaryVapor
October 20, 2023 at 10:19 am
Would rather buy a house for that kind of money!
Google Account
October 20, 2023 at 10:30 am
I’m not seeing any provisions or mention of a weight distribution hitch? Is there room on the tounge?
djtomoy
October 20, 2023 at 10:56 am
how the toilet situation?
Carlos Tavares Jr
October 20, 2023 at 11:19 am
I made comments in the past to resolve EV towing was assisted trailers and now here we are!
FartDonkey
October 20, 2023 at 8:56 pm
I also said we needed new things to resolve problems in the past and now here we are!
Mihai Kulcsar
October 20, 2023 at 12:51 pm
$109k starting price? For a small trailer?
What problems did they even solve? Hitching up and range is not on my major problems list. I got an RV this year. I spent $80k or so, got a used RAM 2500 and a 32′ 5th wheel. My main concerns are roof leaks, sewer and grey tank issues, storage. I don’t have a huge driveway to park something like that next to my house. That whole maneuvering thing, I wonder how that small wheel would do on dirt and gravel campsites. From my point of view it’s a nice shiny toy that is too expensive.
shamira tasnim
October 20, 2023 at 6:33 pm
It’s looks amazing
Steve Felt
October 20, 2023 at 6:51 pm
I’m a full time RVer and would love it but I need more details about the interior, weight, water capacity, and storage capacity first. Does it come in a toy hauler? Starting at $109,000 isn’t terrible but it’s pricey like an Airstream so it better be built solidly. Oh and who can service it?
FartDonkey
October 20, 2023 at 8:54 pm
Airstream is made by Thor now, they were bought out a few years ago. They are complete garbage now like every other camper
Revelation 13:2
October 20, 2023 at 9:10 pm
Everything that seems like a good idea or money saving, you either pay the cost up front or go regular and maybe save on the stupid product they are trying to sell to you in the name of savings. Welcome to america
Allen R. Bussell
October 20, 2023 at 9:10 pm
Nice…but oof…the price.