17th Symposium - The Working Prozess of the Internal Combustion Engine
New vehicle concepts for mobile vacation
Authors
Dr. Rüdiger Freimann, Erwin Hymer Group SE;
Udo Gillich, Dr. Gerhard Gumpoltsberger, ZF Friedrichshafen AG;
Ria Kaiser, TTT – The Team Technology
Year
2019
Summary
Today recreational vehicles (RVs) – Motor caravans and caravans – are mainly based on standard light commercial vehicles and standard trailer chassis. All RVs are designed to deliver the most possible space and ergonomic for a comfort living inside, thus leading to a big and bulky outside.
Our customers have very individual needs and ideas how to spend their vacation trips and this additionally may vary from trip to trip. On one hand, someone may drive very long distance in one leg to reach the desired vacation destination quickly. On the other hand, one may like quite short trips for sightseeing city to city. Even combining these two kind of mobile vacation is quite common. A good RV concept therefore has to offer a very versatile use.
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