Solar-powered ebike charging station takes top-ups outdoors and off-grid

Though ebike battery fires are relatively rare, they can cause serious damage to property and riders alike. Beam Global is looking to take charging outdoors with a 12-ebike, grid-independent charging hub that’s powered by solar and batteries.Continue R… Continue reading Solar-powered ebike charging station takes top-ups outdoors and off-grid

Genius Mercedes Sprinter “motorhome van” aims to be camping Goldilocks

What do you do if you find a sub-6-meter (19.7-ft) Mercedes-Benz Sprinter too small for your camper van but a near-7-m (23-ft) Sprinter too large? If you’re German RV specialist Malibu, you tack on a little extra Sprinter to create a camper van that si… Continue reading Genius Mercedes Sprinter “motorhome van” aims to be camping Goldilocks

Airstream’s latest camper van hides serious secrets, good and gross

While its fancier sibling has been undercutting it with a solid piece of off-road RVing, Airstream has been preoccupied taking a good idea too far. Way too far. The Interstate 19X LE Outland Edition starts off with a few unique, interesting camping fea… Continue reading Airstream’s latest camper van hides serious secrets, good and gross

Airstream’s latest camper van hides serious secrets, good and gross

While its fancier sibling has been undercutting it with a solid piece of off-road RVing, Airstream has been preoccupied taking a good idea too far. Way too far. The Interstate 19X LE Outland Edition starts off with a few unique, interesting camping fea… Continue reading Airstream’s latest camper van hides serious secrets, good and gross

Luxury-branded adventure camper van handily undercuts Winnebago

Tiffin is best known for offering some of the American market’s most lavish and expensive bus-sized Class A motorhomes. So it might come as a surprise that it’s added a gritty, fully off-grid-capable Mercedes Sprinter camper van to its lineup. It’s eve… Continue reading Luxury-branded adventure camper van handily undercuts Winnebago

Open Source Residential Energy Storage

An L-shaped orange mounting structure with two white reservoirs on top, a set of pumps on the outer bottom edges, and a membrane cell bolted together in the center. The parts are connected by a series of transparent tubes.

Battery news typically covers the latest, greatest laboratory or industry breakthroughs to push modern devices further and faster. Could you build your own flow battery stationary storage for home-built solar …read more Continue reading Open Source Residential Energy Storage

Expandable camping pod turns barren ground into RV-style kitchen

The last time UK tentmaker Cinch and Chinese global gear manufacturer Wild Land teamed up, they brought the world a push-button inflatable rooftop tent with serious starry night views. A year later and they’re back, this time with a product that can pe… Continue reading Expandable camping pod turns barren ground into RV-style kitchen

Absurdly light pickup camper adapts to adventure via plug-n-play pods

With a base weight estimated at a nice round 550 lb (249 kg), the Stealth pickup camper from Peak Performance Campers is the lightest we’ve ever covered. Thanks to Peak’s extruded aluminum-framed Modu-Lock component system, it’s also the most versatile… Continue reading Absurdly light pickup camper adapts to adventure via plug-n-play pods

Self-sufficient concrete home disappears into lush landscape

If you love all things concrete then you’ll find a lot to like with the Shire, by Atelier Matias Mosquera. The extraordinary home blends into its lush surrounding landscape and offers self-sufficiency in power, water and food.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading Self-sufficient concrete home disappears into lush landscape

Rugged micro-trailer unboxes into two-story base camp with staircase

The Hardkorr Xplorer was already one of the smallest, most feature-packed off-road micro-campers out there, and now Hardkorr has gone and made it smaller. More accurately, it’s made it lower, dropping down the total ride height so that the trailer stor… Continue reading Rugged micro-trailer unboxes into two-story base camp with staircase