A game-changing Melbourne company that has led the way in adopting 48V all-electric caravan technology down under has penetrated the US market.
OzXCorp, a tech start-up based in Campbellfield, Victoria-based, has announced that Florida-based Dave Carter & Associates will be the sole distributor of the Melbourne-designed RV and trailer electrification technology first unveiled in 2019, according to a report.
OzXCorp cemented the deal after exhibiting at a major conference in the US, described as the “world’s biggest OEM dealer event,” with OzXCorp’s latest turnkey DCE system to be available to American buyers by late 2022.
“To say the reception to our product was exceptional would be an understatement,” OzXcorp Technical Co-Founder and CEO Andrew Huett said.
It was beyond our expectation, and we look forward to supporting the future of RV’ing and enabling all-electric and practical dry camping, boondocking, and off-griding throughout North America.
Huett said the main advantage of the turnkey power solution to OEM manufacturers in the US was that “it can partially or fully electrify caravans, trailers, and RVs with a fundamental but intuitive ‘systems’ approach.
“This will enable a fully warranted power platform for OEM Product Managers to make informed decisions without the need for an in-house R&D department or excessive technical knowledge of batteries, inverters, chargers, and solar,” he said.
Like in Australia, American consumers will cam choose either a chassis-mounted 7kWh or 14kWh automotive-grade lithium battery system, matched to a 6kW 120VAC inverter and 4kW solar charger with a 13.1VDC, 100Amp nominal RV supply.
Huett said the OzXcorp DCX system would only be available to US-based OEM manufacturers for new RV builds.
“OzXcorp and Dave Carter have a team that will work closely with OEMs to help them transition to an all-electric platform or model variant,” he said.
Fully electric is by no means just the fitment of lots of batteries and product tech, but conversely, the integration of a well-refined technology solution such as DCX to a re-imagined all-electric product offering.”
Since its release in 2019, OzXCorp’s cutting-edge ‘gas-free’ power system has been adopted by many Australian caravan manufacturers, including Retreat, Royal Flair, and Spinifex.
The company is working on other high-tech ‘smart’ caravan technology, including a world-first hybrid drive unit allowing a caravan to push a car up a hill and capture energy from regenerative braking on the way down.
This article originally appeared on Caravan Camping Sales.