Travel RVs have become a part of people’s leisure travel and even life in the United States and Europe. The RV industry in the United States alone has a revenue of more than 10 billion U.S. dollars every year, and the downstream consumption it drives in the related industry chains will be even greater. huge. A recent survey in the United States shows that compared with other modes of travel, for a family of four, traveling in an RV saves 50% of the cost compared to traveling by car and staying in a hotel, and 75% cheaper than traveling by plane and staying in a hotel. . America’s yesterday is China’s today. It can be predicted that travel RVs will become a huge industry in China.

When talking about the history of RVs, we have to start long before the invention of automobiles. RV was originally derived from the word CARAVAN, which originally referred to the caravans that traveled long distances across the Eurasian deserts in the Middle Ages. Later, people also called the caravans of wandering Gypsies this way. This was the prototype of the RV.

The emergence of the engine and the invention of the automobile allowed the RV to begin its real journey. At the end of World War I, Americans moved tents, beds, kitchen equipment, etc. into family cars. In 1920, some people put a simple wooden house on a T-shaped chassis and creatively decorated the interior, and the travel car evolved from this.

By 1930, RVs used the structural design of airplanes, and installed comfortable beds, convenient kitchens, and power and water supply systems. After World War II, the developed highway system in the United States led to the rapid development of the RV industry. In the early 1950s, RVs gradually turned into the current family-style station wagons.

By 1950, there were various models of RVs ranging from small DIY models to 30-foot-long luxury models, and complete sets of trailer-type RV products were becoming increasingly mature. During the 1950s and 1960s, many modern RV manufacturers emerged.

With the application of aerodynamics in RV technology, the comfort inside the RV has been greatly increased, and the evolution of the RV has been accelerated. Now, some new luxury RVs use turbodiesel engines and are equipped with luxury home furnishings.

With the rise of RVs, RV camping clubs began to appear in the 1920s and 1930s. Some brave people who used RVs paved a piece of land on the roadside before making long-distance trips, where they could Use a gasoline stove to heat cans of food and take cold showers. With the popularity of RVs, more facilities have been added to campgrounds. RVs have gradually developed from a modified car model into their own unique family system.