AEONrv Eyes ‘World’s Most High-Tech’ RV Manufacturing Plant – RVBusiness – Breaking RV Industry News
When outdoor enthusiast Jim Ritchie started looking for a camper van to travel to his favorite secret powder stashes in the Lake Tahoe backcountry, he found the offerings from major auto dealerships and RV manufacturers lacked many important features, according to a report by Rob Sabo for Northern Nevada Business Weekly.
The decades-long Silicon Valley engineer and longtime San Francisco resident began designing his own RV at night. Those early CAD drawings from 2020 formed the backbone of AEONrv, which was recently named manufacturing company of the year by Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology.
“I was looking for my own RV; I was thinking maybe I would retire,” Ritchie told NNBW during a tour of the company’s 70,000-square-foot manufacturing facility on Air Center Drive. “I’m a big backcountry skier and hiker and have always liked coming to Tahoe, and I thought it would be cool if I could take my wife and dog.
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