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Ten years from now millions of people will live in all electric mobile homes that allow them to move from place to place and bring their apartment with them. I
by olefoo 8y ago
Ten years from now millions of people will live in all electric mobile homes that allow them to move from place to place and bring their apartment with them.
IF there is a plug and play standard for such things.
- 0xcde4c3db 8y agoThis got me curious about existing solutions that might be technologically adjacent. From poking around a bit I see that refrigerated shipping containers have a standard known as "reefer socket" (yes, seriously) for which suitably large/rugged distribution units exist, but they seemingly only provide electricity and not connections that could be used for water/sewer (some containers are described as water-cooled, but it's not clear to me how that works).
- olefoo 8y agoShipping containers would be a good starting point for standardization. RVs have standard fittings for evacuating the black water tanks and taking on water. It seems like the parts are there for building a relatively cheap format for people being able to own their living unit and ( at some expense ) relocating it. I have thought that with the engineering flexibility of electric drivetrains we'd see some innovation in terms of vehicle arrangements. I'm really surprised nobody makes a set of drive wheels that attach to the corners of a standard TEU and let someone pilot it with a game controller.
- Arbalest 8y agoNot quite for a standard TEU, but remote controller here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWNNMnDa82o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWNNMnDa82o