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About five years ago, Seattle-area startup Caravan Outfitter launched one of the most affordable turnkey camper vans in the United States. Its $37K Nissan NV200-based Free Bird brought a compact, low-profile floor plan with everything a couple needed t… Continue reading Ford Free Bird mini-camper keeps US van life comfortably affordable
Americans have long stared enviously at Europe, where camper vans nearly as affordable as everyday passenger cars roam highways and countrysides. Meanwhile, back in the US, it’s big news when a new camper van limbos below six figures. New Wisconsin-bas… Continue reading ProCamp Rams are the sub-$100K camper vans Americans are thirsting for
This year’s Florida RV SuperShow is serving as a major coming-out party for American electrified camper technology. Winnebago already showed its first electric camper, and the US’ largest RV brand has laid out its own plans. With the Vision Vehicle, Th… Continue reading Vision Vehicle fuel-cell electric RV is a 300-mile wheeled smart home
As promised, Winnebago has kicked off the Florida RV SuperShow with a high-voltage bang, revealing the American market’s first all-electric motorhome, a Ford Transit-based camper van with full floor plan. More than just a big battery and electric motor… Continue reading Winnebago’s 125-mile electric RV zaps voltage into American van life
We’re only two weeks into 2022, and it’s already been a milestone year for electric campers. Winnebago has followed Mercedes-Benz and Thor Industries in announcing plans to show an all-electric camper. Set to debut in just a few days, the Winnebago e-m… Continue reading Winnebago prepares to show America’s first all-electric motorhome
A camper van inspired by a surfy trailer, itself a spiritual successor to the classic wave-chasing camper vans of decades’ past – that’s the basic formula behind the new Beachy Van 540. Beachy, a fun-loving spin-off of German staple Hobby, launched one… Continue reading Beachy 540 camper van rolls out as a nomadic budget beach house
Not a full week into 2022, Mercedes-Benz continues swinging for the fences on automotive electrification. The cutting-edge Vision EQXX concept foreshadows how the brand plans to take a lead on the electric passenger car side, and now Mercedes becomes o… Continue reading Solar-topped Mercedes EQV electric camper van ignites e-RV market
It was officially “The Year of the RV,” and the US RV Industry Association (RVIA) didn’t even need to wait for the year to end to declare it. It was over by October, at which point the 510,608 shipped towable and motor RVs surpassed 2017 numbers for a … Continue reading Magnificent motorhomes and large camper vans of 2021
With only a slow trickle of fairly simple, non-groundbreaking production electric camper vans and zero-gas trailers, 2021 didn’t prove a milestone year for electrified camper products. However, the electric and hybrid concepts and prototypes revealed t… Continue reading Cybertruck transformers to Wankel RVs: Top 2021 electric camper concepts
Much like 2020 before it, 2021 was a year that made much of the world’s population want to forget all about modern civilization and instead seek out the loving embrace of wide-open natural spaces. And if multi-day or longterm living was the goal, the y… Continue reading Best 2021 pickup campers and 4×4 expedition trucks for off-grid life