autoevolution's RV Month

To some extent, the concept of a mobile home has been around for far longer than the automobile. In fact, one could say mobile homes were first, and they can trace their origins to the animal-drawn carts and such, the ones nomads used as far back as thousands of years ago.

Because for a long part of their history humans have been on the move, those animal-drawn carts evolved over time into carriages, which could be used to transport whatever the humans of the time needed for both living and fighting. Then we got stuff like the European stage wagons, the gypsy vardos, or the American covered wagons, which usually organized in the so-called trains that the early settlers used in their search for a more stable home.

Once humans largely settled and became the civilization we know today, and the automobile arrived, animal-drawn wagons were dropped, but the need to head to the great outdoor from time to time remained. In a nutshell, this is why we still have recreational vehicles today.

Coming in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, from campers and caravans to motor homes and trailers, these RVs as we now know them exploded in popularity during the early years of the coronavirus pandemic, when being around other people in hotels and elsewhere was not the best of ideas.

Because of their popularity, we’ve decided here on autoevolution to dedicate an entire month to these recreational vehicles, the ones that, in a single package, offer transport, accommodation, and feeding. Enter July, RV Month.

Editor's note: This special feature by autoevolution was not sponsored or supported by a third-party.