Grey nomads drive higher standards from R.V. manufacturers

MELBOURNE: Grey nomads are taking glamping to new levels with a world-first voice activated recreational vehicle (R.V.).

The in­no­va­tive RV, cre­ated by Aus­tralian com­pany Jayco, comes with a vir­tual per­sonal as­sis­tant, Ama­zon Alexa. It means campers can make voice com­mands, such as re­quest­ing their favourite mu­sic.

Jayco CEO Garry Moore said in­te­grat­ing tech­nol­ogy with car­a­vans was a nat­u­ral step that had been taken in other ar­eas of life.

“We rely heav­ily on tech­nol­ogy when it comes to our home and work lives, and it shouldn’t be any dif­fer­ent when it comes to your car­a­van,” Mr Moore said. The tech­nol­ogy is avail­able in the Jayco Sil­ver­line range, which also in­cludes other fea­tures such as a wi-fi ex­ten­der.

“We rely heav­ily on tech­nol­ogy when it comes to our home and work lives, and it shouldn’t be any dif­fer­ent when it comes to your car­a­van,” Mr Moore said. The tech­nol­ogy is avail­able in the Jayco Sil­ver­line range, which also in­cludes other fea­tures such as a wi-fi ex­ten­der.

And Mr Moore said the Aus­tralian man­u­fac­turer’s world-lead­ing in­no­va­tion wouldn’t stop there.

“We will con­tinue to lead the rev­o­lu­tion of the RV in­dus­try, and smart tech­nol­ogy (in) Jayco car­a­vans is just the start,” Mr Moore said.