Hitchable slide-out kitchen helps convert a car or truck into a camper

Want a sweet slide-out kitchen like a mini-camper van but don’t want to mount something semi-permanent and hard to remove? Polish startup Camportable has a new solution in an all-in-one kitchen that mounts to the vehicle hitch, easily adding rear galle… Continue reading Hitchable slide-out kitchen helps convert a car or truck into a camper

Solar-topped Mercedes EQV electric camper van ignites e-RV market

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

Nissan adventure van rolls through the wild like a mobile ecolodge

Nissan has started 2022 much like it started 2021, showing an inspiring adventure van concept that encourages a more active lifestyle. Its Caravan Mountain Base Concept looks and feels like a mountain lodge and offers a respite for weary trail runners … Continue reading Nissan adventure van rolls through the wild like a mobile ecolodge

Magnificent motorhomes and large camper vans of 2021

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

FlexCamp expanding RV pod camps comfortably on truck or trailer

Expandable campers have really been pushing above and beyond simple pop-tops into more advanced forms, like transforming Cybertruck A-frames, stretchable off-road teardrops, and flip-open truck-top tents. Germany’s ICC Offroad played a big role in the … Continue reading FlexCamp expanding RV pod camps comfortably on truck or trailer

Cybertruck transformers to Wankel RVs: Top 2021 electric camper concepts

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

Expandable teardrop camper stretches into panoramic multi-room cabin

One of the more rugged camper trailers we’ve seen muscling its way through Europe is also one of the world’s roomiest teardrop trailers. The new Campravan Raptor XC from Turkish builder Hunter Nature Caravan features a long slide-out where one would ex… Continue reading Expandable teardrop camper stretches into panoramic multi-room cabin

Best 2021 pickup campers and 4×4 expedition trucks for off-grid life

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

Xponent’s smart solar RV awning gives camper charging a raise

An RV roof seems the perfect place to secure solar panels for onboard battery charging, right up until you try to squeeze them between and around the vents, skylights, air conditioner, antennas, racks and other roof-mounted components. California compa… Continue reading Xponent’s smart solar RV awning gives camper charging a raise

AEONrv rolls out 4-season off-grid RV ahead of electrified Ford camper

Carving out a niche between the all-terrain Ford Transit camper van and the oversized Ford F-Series expedition motorhome, Nevada startup AEONrv presents a compact Class C Ford expedition rig. Its titular motorhome pairs a one-ton Ford van chassis with … Continue reading AEONrv rolls out 4-season off-grid RV ahead of electrified Ford camper