Collaborate Disseminate
Earlier in the year, autonomous transport company TuSimple sent one of its trucks on a 900-mile journey from Arizona to Texas, though human drivers took the wheel for the first and last parts. Now a semi-truck has completed an 80-mile trip on public ro… Continue reading TuSimple takes humans out of the equation for fully autonomous road trip
This all-electric 4×4 off-road concept has a monster battery pack, a brutally angular and military look that borrows heavily from the Cybertruck, and pop-out solar panels for off-grid charging. Oh, and if you need extra range, you can snap two extra wh… Continue reading Fantastical Thundertruck EV has fold-out solar and snap-on 6WD caboose
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
Cover up or go naked? It’s a question many a pickup truck driver has entertained at some point, weighing whether they’d prefer the security of a camper shell or canopy or the open-ended versatility of a stock, uncapped bed. Inflatables startup Flated u… Continue reading Inflatable Air-Topper pickup camper shell packs away with ease
Perhaps you’ve got a Toyota Tacoma pickup with a cap on the back, and you’d like to sleep in there when camping, but the truck’s cargo bed is just too short. Should that be the case, the Topper Tent may be for you.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, Li… Continue reading Topper Tent gives Tacoma-back campers more sleeping room
Earlier this year, Canadian camper startup Loki Basecamp introduced itself by way of the Falcon pickup camper, a cutting-edge on/off truck camper loaded with innovation and versatility. On the downside, the Falcon Series price tag also came loaded with… Continue reading Loki slashes size and price on fast-adapting off-grid pickup camper
The commercial vehicle arm of Chinese automotive giant Geely has revealed a concept semi truck called the Homtruck that’s planned for production in early 2024, and boasts a powertrain that can run with swappable batteries, a range extender or as a meth… Continue reading Geely takes on Tesla Semi with futuristic Homtruck electric hauler
Tesla threw a big, clanky wrench into the pickup camper industry machine when it introduced the Cybertruck. In an instant, the world’s hottest pickup truck was entirely incompatible with every traditional camper product out there, from basic shells to … Continue reading Expandable camper pod turns Cybertruck or F-150 into a micro-RV
Digging into its illustrious history, Toyota introduces a spiritual successor to the Toyota camper trucks of the 1970s and 80s. The brand-new Tacozilla marries a rugged Tacoma TRD Sport pickup chassis and a custom-built “micro-house” into an amazing, l… Continue reading Toyota presents the Tacoma 4×4 camper the world needs immediately
The convention of naming electric vehicle startups after iconic innovators of electricity past continues. EdisonFuture was founded in 2020 as a subsidiary of SPI Energy and it’s about to introduce itself to the world in a big way at this month’s LA Aut… Continue reading EdisonFuture blends old school with new in solarized electric SU-van