Electromobility is also a big topic in the camper scene, even if there are still many questions about where and how you can charge your batteries on the pitch, says Benjamin Schaad.
Ideal basis: From the outside, the EQV is (almost) a V-Class like any other, only the flow-optimized grille makes the difference.
This is the EQV Sortimo
The kitchenette has everything you need – and can even be turned into a shower if you wish.
The Mercedes has that
Where they usually install tool boxes, goods transport systems or spare parts dispensers, this time they have cut a pop-up tent into the roof, strapped a folding bed to the seats and installed a gigantic kitchen drawer in the trunk.
The EQV can travel 400 kilometers on one charge. Then it has to be plugged in – at 220 V for around 2.5 days!
On the right is the cool box, in the middle the sink with a pull-out spray, next to it are two gas cookers that can also be put in a hiking backpack with a flick of the wrist, and there are plenty of compartments all around for crockery, food and clothing.
They only had to rethink the power supply: Because they preferred not to touch the traction battery, there is a second network on board from which they feed the stationary air conditioning, the dozen USB sockets at every corner and end of the EQV and the LED Lighting and the 230-volt sockets under the driver’s seat.
motorization
perfomance
torque
top speed
transmission/drive
battery capacity
Length Width Height
wheelbase/tyres
empty weight ready to drive/load (test vehicle)
Material wall/roof/floor
Lying area below L x W
Lying area above L x W
Inner height/width max.
cool box/freezer
gas cooker
board battery
Fresh/waste water tank
Gas supply/heating
Price/test car price
This also works largely independently – at least when the weather is nice. It is not for nothing that the pop-up roof is paved with almost three square meters of solar cells.
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Electric V-Class in check
400 kilometers standard range
Of course, Schaad also knows that the range of the EQV, with its standard range of over 400 kilometers, doesn’t really fit the idea of a motorhome. Because it takes you a while to go as far as Spain or Sweden.
The comfortable mattress is enough for a couple – even if the honeymoon was a bit ago.
Especially when the expansion of the campsite drains the batteries again with almost 100 kilos. But first of all, the Swiss like to go on holiday in their own country as a camper and can then get comparatively far there with one load, says Schaad: “We almost have a lake or a mountain on our doorstep.”
Secondly, you have time on holiday and are much more relaxed about the stopovers, the Sortimo man has learned. Even with the 2.5 days on the 220 volt connection, the campers can live well if their car is meanwhile parked on the lake shore as a property on wheels.
And thirdly, the entire equipment is reversible: “You can remove everything in a few minutes and use the EQV as a normal family or company vehicle during the week.”
