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Chinese overland gear company Wild Land has long been an innovator in remote controlled rooftop tents, and now it’s launching its most ambitious yet. The all-new 3-in-1 Safari Cruiser is part pickup bed rack, part truck topper and part panoramic two-st… Continue reading Dual-scissor Safari truck camper rides low, power-lifts into high-rise
RedSands made some news earlier this year when it introduced an electrified Toyota Hilux camper truck, one of our favorite truck camping innovations of 2023. That rig wasn’t to be the only innovative Hilux creation the RV rental company added to its fl… Continue reading Toyota Hilux 4×4 gullwing camper truck makes a hardy Outback explorer
We’ve long admired the looks of the Spacekap commercial truck canopy, wishing they’d make a camper version. Well, now we have a few options. Earlier this year, we looked at the work Ohio’s Grumpy Bear Campers is doing with the Spacecap Diablo fiberglas… Continue reading Range pickup camper is a Spacekap turned vibrant off-grid retreat
Heavy vehicles like semi trucks pose a bigger challenge in electrifying the transportation fleet than smaller, more aerodynamic passenger cars. Michigan now has the first public in-road charging system in …read more Continue reading Charging While Driving Now Possible in Michigan
It’ll be hard to pin down in official data – RVIA figures paint a bleak picture for 2023 RV sales in general, deliveries down just over 40 percent year-over-year through October – but 2023 felt to us like the year the van life craze ceded some real gro… Continue reading Top 12 pickup campers, toppers and all-out adventure RV trucks of 2023
Modern six- and seven-figure all-terrain expedition campers tend to be “size is no object” creations – massive truck cabs with stretched cabins that live like a house. Just have a double-take at this crazy behemoth. After previously releasing an impres… Continue reading Ford F-550 single-cab Mini RV navigates off-road treachery with aplomb
To meet the demand for a pickup truck shell built to hold all the provisions of modern adventure – platform racks, rooftop tents, standup paddleboards, bicycles and more – LTA Manufacturing has launched the new Venturous brand. The company sets its Oza… Continue reading Venturous truck shell holds up to 1,500 lb of camping & adventure gear
Here’s something we didn’t expect to see at the 2023 LA Auto Show (or necessarily any show): an all-new Cybertruck-like electric pickup that somehow manages to look more strangely disjointed than the original. It’s the Robotruck 1T from Silicon Valley … Continue reading Think Tesla’s Cybertruck is a mess? Meet the Robotruck 1T
Range Energy makes truck trailers, with a clever connection to any standard tractor cab, loaded with electric powertrains to turn any semi into an efficient hybrid. They also let you push entire trailers around by hand at the depot in “shopping cart mo… Continue reading Electrified trailer cuts fuel consumption in semi-trucks by 36.3%
Hard-sided pop-up pickup campers and camping toppers seem to be a growing trend of the early 2020s, evidenced by a steady wave of new launches like the Oru Designs Bruin, Cube Series QB and AntiShanty Dwell Shell. Ohio startup Hardsider is deep at work… Continue reading Space-age origami truck camper pops into hard-wall Toyota-top habitat