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French startup TinyVroum has presented a bicycle camping trailer that looks and lives more like a motor vehicle caravan. It has used light, compact backpacking equipment to give its ebike-pulled CapsulBike camper all the amenities of a larger RV, inclu… Continue reading CapsulBike micro-camper supports ebike tours with kitchen and bathroom
Trakka makes some of Australia’s most rugged, amenity-loaded Outback-ready camper vans aimed at everyone from responsibility-free perma-roamers to digital nomads. With its latest build, it deconstructs the camper van down into its most basic elements, … Continue reading Trakka blows up camper van into stackable RV building blocks
A few years ago, Colorado startup High Altitude Trailer Co launched a very different style of teardrop trailer with its arched-nose foam-core-composite XT50. This time around, the company is boosting that same construction up into the beds of midsize p… Continue reading Ultralight foamy camper turns Toyota Tacoma into hard-roof hut
We’ve seen modular capsules, bullet tools and keychain pill blades in the past, but Kickstarter DeepBlue Design combines them into something different. Its new multi-tool is a thumb-size titanium capsule that comes with a series of interchangeable tool… Continue reading Titanium capsule multitool carries tiny lighter, micro-blade and more
Thirty-five years after the original Volkswagen California made its debut, VW is preparing to preview the future of the California brand with the all-new Multivan California Concept. The new camper van will leverage the versatile T7 platform toward bec… Continue reading VW Multivan California plug-in camper spreads wings as future smart RV
Ebikes are great at replacing cars for short urban rides, but they’re not so great when it comes to driving to a destination in or on the car. Their added size and weight often exceeds the limits of traditional bike racks and makes them difficult or im… Continue reading Pender hydraulic ebike lift hoists bikes onto car roof in seconds
Ok, the Toyota Land Cruiser was never technically dead. But it has been MIA from the American market for the past couple years. The last time American Toyota dealerships had new Land Cruisers to show, they were selling big, US$87K luxury SUVs. Or tryin… Continue reading Toyota Land Cruiser rises from the grave as cheaper, true-to-roots 4×4
Over the past decade+, we’ve seen many takes on the water filtration bottle, from full-blown modular ecosystems, to UV zapper tops, to French press-snug push filters, to squeezable bottle filters. Each one goes well beyond the typical fridge-stored Bri… Continue reading Defender graphene-filter water bottle purifies at the push of a button
Electric vehicle engineering has really emboldened car designers, the compact, decentralized powertrains inspiring new vehicle shapes and packages. The SUV coupe has been one of the more ambitious recurring themes, as designers attempt to meld the spor… Continue reading Pininfarina Pura Vision tests the limits of the SUV-coupe craze
We’ve seen many pop-up pickup campers and toppers over the years, but the Hiatus Camper has long been the only simple topper we’ve come across with folding hard walls in place of fabric. Oru Designs’ Bruin becomes the second, using a hybrid hard/soft p… Continue reading Oru pop-up pickup camper provides all-season comfort with hybrid walls