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Originally Posted by The Gritz Carlton

Either way...this opens up a whole new ocean of power management. Regardless of what the inexperienced ( me) says...Thor knows what they are doing and has the pockets to stay on the front line of innovation. You could overnight anywhere silently.

Other companies started using Volta a while back. I think Thor is late to game, and hardly innovative. But I do credit them for embracing the obvious need, which I hope filters down to smaller motorhomes.

Overnighting silently without a generator while running A/C is indeed a great option to have.

For smaller rigs, a single 3.6 or 4.0 kW inverter/charger is not that expensive anymore in order to produce 30 Amps. And now OEMs like Ford are starting to offer a second alternator from factory that can recharge battery bank while driving, so the main cost remains the battery bank. And it would only take 10~12 kWh to power an A/C overnight in a National Park, or in a rest area or Walmart parking lot. I’m glad to see all the pieces coming together to make an affordable system (not that Volta isn’t still expensive).