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Colorado company’s family teardrop trailer is a power bank for your EV

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If you build your dreams on wheels, the Boulder should be your trailer of choice on the next outing to a National Park. A four-person teardrop trailer for EVs, the Boulder is more than a comfortable tow-in camper for sleeping: It is also a power backup for your EV.

Designed and manufactured by Colorado Teardrops, the Boulder is specifically made with the unpredictable native weather in mind. It packs within its welded aircraft aluminum body a 75kWh battery that can extend the driving range of your towing EV and take care of the power requirements at the camp.

Designer: Colorado Teardrops

The Boulder is a fully insulated cabin stretching 12 feet in length. It has been meticulously designed to accommodate a couple and two children: has a queen size bed and two bunk beds for kids. Aerodynamically made, the trailer is fashioned with porthole windows, gullwing doors, and a kitchen galley to prepare sumptuous meals when camped.

The construction ensures plenty of natural light inside the cozy interiors laid out with ample storage to pack your favorite gear along. With a 3,500-pound rated suspension, the trailer makes space for storage on the outside as well. The retractable exterior kitchen of the camping trailer for instance accommodates a stove, food storage and has room for coolers and water.

To keep the adventure going longer than planned, the EV camping trailer kicks in extra dose of power to recharge your electric vehicle if need be. For onboard power needs, Orlando Teardrop provides the trailer with solar panels. The company, fascinated by the idea of an impactful EV trailer is likely working on 17- and 27-foot options for the Boulder in the future. Fitted with an outdoor shower, the Boulder in its 12-foot setting – for now – starts at $67,000.

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This micro camper with glass doors, oversized window and a skylight offers panoramic ride and camping halt

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I’m primarily a fan of delightful, pop-up roof off-road campers since no road is unnegotiable for them. But the Emma micro camper from Germany’s Kuckoo reminds me that not all campers have to be off-roadable.

A camping trailer with a distinctive personality, Emma is designed to make those scenic rides in the city outskirts more exciting. The trailer is fashioned with a glass door on the passenger side. Kuckoo will give adventurers an option to customize the camper with a glass door on the driver’s side as well.

Designer: Kuckoo Campers

Emma is the second desirable camper from Kuckoo. Bruno, the first variant, is a lovable option in the rugged camper market in Europe. Emma borrows the acceptable mechanics and layout of the Bruno and scales it down in size to make the micro camper easier to tow using a vehicle of choice.

The glass sides of the Emma along with the rear glass window and a skylight in the living area, make this camper a day rider’s delight. And if you like sleeping in the great outdoors at a campsite, it wouldn’t get better than safely cocooning within the Emma and still have a full, unobstructed sight of the stars and the surrounding.

This interesting towable ride for panoramic journeys and extravagant halts under the starry sky is still a prototype. Kuckoo will be working on fine-tuning Emma over the year and is expected to bring it to the market in 2024. The company has not revealed pricing and not much can be made out from Emma’s under-construction website.

From what is available through early media reports; Emma has a naturally well-lit wooden interior fitted with a folding queen mattress (that doubles as a sofa) and plenty of open and closed overhead storage. The trailer itself measures a little above 11 feet in length and accommodates a pull-out kitchen to make sure Emma can function as a full-fledged camper on your weekend getaways.

The kitchen, pulled out of the camper body, measures 37 inches and accommodates a portable stove, cooking and serving dishes. There is an additional sliding worktop (that pulls out of the kitchen slab) offering additional space for cutting and chopping. Agreeably, Emma is not the most comfortable house on wheels you can use as a permanent solution to live on the road, but it is a potent camper for adventurers who enjoy driving through panoramic pastures.

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Bowlus Heritage is lightest full-size travel trailer packed with premium options for comfortable remote life

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While every fathomable industry recorded a slump in business during the pandemic, there was a remarkable upward shift in the camping industry. The acquired appreciation of family outings and remote working in controlled environments germinated a new breed of RV travelers.

Bowlus, with the intention to give this (not so spendthrift) travel community an option to own one of its models, has introduced Heritage – the ultimate ultralight travel traveler – available for the most accessible price point from the company.

Designer: Bowlus

Lightweight and low-cost travel trailers cut corners to meet their towing standards and economics. Heritage edition sways from the league to provide Bowlus’ assortment of premium options despite its starting price of $159,000.  It presents itself in a sheen, aerodynamic design and extremely lightweighted form factor to be towed by any car: SUV or EV of choice.

Bowlus Heritage edition owes its design essence to the company’s original 1934 luxury travel trailer, idealized by the founder himself. Scaled to a weight of 3,500 lbs that makes it the most lightweight full-size travel trailer ever, the Heritage edition, is a feasible option for eco-friendly camping.

It touts an aluminum body with a satin-silver exterior finish: customers also have a choice of either a matte-back or satin-gray finish. The interiors – ceiling and walls – are aluminum as well. The living cum dining room has convertible seating, which transforms into a twin bed on demand. The bedroom with en suite bathroom is outfitted with a king-size bed.

The eye-pleasing kitchen is compact but is laid out with all the high-end appliances and amenities you’d require for cooking on the go. For when you want to laze a while in the outdoor, awnings have been provided and Starlink internet ensures you face no hiccups in your remote work. Bowlus has installed an additional battery system with capacity to allow the Heritage to venture off-grid for ten odd days.

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Off-roading Highland 60 trailer with queen-size bed, kitchen, and outdoor shower makes you feel at home

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What do you want after a long day of exploring the faraway land? After a long breath; it is a tent-topped camping trailer to offer the comforts of home and minimalist storage for your gear.

Keeping the prerequisites in mind, a Colorado-based start-up, that set out at making camping trailers in the middle of the pandemic, has revamped its offering with an off-road trailer called the Highland 60.

Designer: Sasquatch Expedition Campers

By all means, the robust Highland 60 is Sasquatch Expedition Campers’ most premium delivery. The flagship trailer measures 16.3 feet long and 6.8 feet high, it comes with a queen-size memory foam mattress, and a full-size kitchen so you never have to compromise with your lodging in the great outdoors.

Other amenities onboard include a three-stove burner, sink, fridge, on-demand water heater, an outdoor shower, and ample storage on the inside and outside. You may prefer a tent mount trailer, but this one is delivered with a flat-roof, rendering it a boxy shape, that makes the overall appearance compact and cozy: an option worth exploring. But if you’re adamant, Sasquatch offers a rooftop tent add-on, basically as a second-bedroom option.

The compact trailer can be accessed from either side courtesy of a dual-side entry. The interiors: walls, roof, and floor are fully insulated. The walls are finished in water-resistant and sustainable rice husk paneling. The trailer features a MaxxFan roof vent and packs aluminum cabinetry in the kitchen and on the rear door for storage.

The sturdy cabin frame is made from aluminum, which rests on an in-house suspension system called Bigfoot. This makes the Highland 60 capable of handling the roughest trails despite its 60-inch-wide interiors. The trailer’s customized aluminum roof rack features 5 T-track crossbars and storage space underneath to hold optional solar panels.

Individually controlled LED lights glow up the trailer on the inside, and a 6,500-BTU Propex heater ensures the trailer has an adequate temperature no matter the weather outside. Highland 60 starts at $47,000 for the base model with the price shooting up by approximately 8K for the top-of-the-line model with all essentials for off-grid camping.

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This electrified trailer expands the use-case-scenarios of your e-bicycle

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As an eco-conscious bicycle rider, how many times have you longed for more cargo space to carry groceries or tow around kids? Times when you wished you had the liberty of extra space whenever needed?

The Biomega EIN weightless trailer is the answer to all these predicaments – bringing a utility many will fancy. The lightweight electric bicycle trailer is a useful solution for sustainable transport in urban situations— places where no emissions and compact mobility are preferred.

Designer: Mayone Design

This award-winning design for Biomega is ideal for a modern urban lifestyle and no-frills mobility, the way you demand. The electric powered single wheel trailer can haul medium-sized cargo or a couple of kids. The onboard motor detects the motion of the bike and provides assisted power to seamlessly tow behind it. So, you’ll be getting able assistance on inclines when required, and no assistance when going downhill.

Safety is paramount here, so the bike comes with regulatory reflector badges and reflective bands on the sides, making it visible during dark hours or commuting in inclement weather conditions. The weight is another factor that’s important for the trailer to be viable in practical situations, hence, the monocoque capsule design. There’s a kickstand too for easy parking and the wheel is also of a standard bicycle size for adaptability with most models out there. The rechargeable digital motor and the battery pack reside at the bottom of the trailer for visual aesthetics.

The makers claim the bicycle trailer to be ultra-lightweight and agile enough to tow around in tight spaces which is a huge plus. Would an eco-conscious city commuter want this for times when there is a desperate need? Absolutely yes, given the option to attach it on demand rather than having it there all the time

 

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A loveseat that leaves you no reason to get up until you want to hit the bed

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 A sofa has come of age from being the white elephant in a living room to allow the space to be used as an additional guest room in the apartment. Convertible sofas that deliver convenience, alter effortlessly back into a comfortable sofa after the guest has had a good night’s sleep on it.

Transforming sofas or couches with built-in storage provide the convenience of usage in addition to storage to put the bedding or PJs out of sight. But what if you are an anthophile; how can your couch give you that additional space to shower your love for the greens? Well, you need a sofa that is called the Cask!

Designer: Ricardo Sá

The first time I read that, before sharing it with you, I thought the couch would be reusing wood from a cask as we know it. It turns out, the sofa is far from that but a crafty rendition of a modern-day couch for an apartment that loves to remain systematized: looking ship-shape and vibrant.

To that accord, the well-upholstered sofa finds open storage space on the front and a shelf on the back to allow homeowners to store and display anything from books and magazines to plants and accessories. What really adds up flair to the loveseat, if I may, is the naked arms on either side, which function as the side table to place your coffee mug or a phone when your eyes a fixated on the television screen.

The bespoke Cask sofa is designed with the idea, as designer Ricardo believes, to “give people plenty of room for storage and spot to put down their coffee,” without compromising the aesthetics of a room even slightly. If you love spending time on the couch with your partner (or by yourself), the Cask ensures you can have all the necessary things around you, without cluttering the center table. How I wish Ricordo considers a power socket somewhere on the Cask and I would never leave this baby ideal.

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This travel trailer with a pop-up window is sleek on the outside, spacious on the inside

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Move over teardrop camper trailers, as Campinawe Sport Trailer is here to change the dynamics of Overlanding adventures in the iffiest terrains. Created by Kansas-based start-up, Infusion Design, the rig is a modernized (and better) take on the classic teardrop camper.

The USP of this compact-looking camper is its versatility of use, low maintenance requirement and cleverly managed spacious interiors. Unlike other bulky trailers that could land one in trouble while treading tight spots, this one with a good ride height suffices all the outdoor adventure needs without compromising on anything.

Designer: Infusion Design

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The Campinawe is not much bothered about the aerodynamical design, and gets a balance of angular and geometric silhouette. What got me excited about this travel trailer is the pop-open panoramic window that brings the outdoors inside. Just imagine waking up on the queen-sized bed, opening the window and welcoming the sunrise in a secluded treeline.

There are off-the-shelf components like Rhino Rack rail and crossbar system to load a rooftop tent or kayak too. The rig gets a toilet, Yeti cooler bench, outdoor bathroom tent, Sunbrella fabric shades, trash bag holder, 10 gallons onboard water storage and 72-Ah mobile power bank to make extended adventures exciting. Buyers can also choose to get the optional bike rack, awning, air conditioning, fold-out solar panel, etc.

The trailer has a cargo capacity of 1,080 lb and a dry weight of 1,910 lb. That makes it ideal to be towed with a Jeep Wrangler, Ford Bronco or Toyota Tacoma. The lightweight yet durable chassis of the rig comes courtesy of Croft Trailer Supply who have crafted it with multiple layers of insulation, dual reinforced panel cores, and use of Knyar aluminum on both sides. The makers have kept the height to 6.9 feet which makes sure it fits in your garage without worry.

On the inside, the trailer is surprisingly spacious with a large entrance. The 60 x 80-inch memory foam mattress on the bed ensures plenty of space for sleep. There’s storage space under the bed which is another plus. All this goodness comes at a starting price tag of $29,395 or $249 per month via financing. The company claims the trailer can be added with optional components anytime, so that gives buyers plenty of options to add as the need arises. Campinawe Sport trailer comes in six color variants and the one I like the most is the Starlight Yellow.

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Built on Humvee trailer chassis, tiny BluMobile produces its own power and water for unmatched off-grid life

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As a weekend warrior ready for an Overlanding expedition, what do you want from the trailer you’d be towing along? If it’s robust off-roading capability, water, power, work desk, lots of storage, and overnight accommodation; you can strike a deal with BluOasis’s BlueMobile.

Based on a Humvee trailer chassis, this ultimate off-road-ready trailer is ideal for Overlanding or off-grid camping. This we say because, in addition to its military-grade off-road chassis, this guy can generate its own solar power and water from an onboard atmospheric water generator.

Designer: BluOasis

We have definitely been through hordes of trailers with impressive off-grid capabilities, but the differentiator here is that the BlueMobile packs 1.5kW of external solar panels and water-making capabilities in a petit form factor mobile trailer. The deployable solar panels on the rooftop would be nothing without matching power storage. The BluMobile trailer puts power storage on the forefront with a 15kWh lithium-iron-phosphate battery pack.

BluMobile trailer is primarily designed as an off-grid base camp of sorts for adventurers or perhaps a tiny accommodation with requisite supplies on a remote job site. The trailer features 4,250 liters of internal storage that can accommodate your equipment and cargo. As an RV it also makes room for up to four people to sleep in. The additional room for a queen-size bed (besides a double bed below) is made possible with the pop-up roof.

It’s not the most comfortable trailer, but for off-grid living, the BluMobile uses BluOasis’s water generator which condenses humidity from the air and runs the separated water through a UV-enabled filtration system. At about 60 percent of humidity, the atmospheric water generator can generate 38 liters of drinking water in a day, which can be stored in an onboard 150 liters tank.

The power requirement for remote working, cooking, and overnight parties is all taken care of by the interesting electrical setup connected to the solar panels and storage batteries. Without the solar panels, the BluMobile starts at $24,500. The cost of the trailer appropriate for permanent off-grid families – increases with add-ons and customization.

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Tesla quietly launched a new trailer with solar panels (and Starlink) to boost your EV’s overall range

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It isn’t quite like Tesla to do anything without fanfare, yet at the IdeenExpo in Hannover Germany, the EV giant unveiled a prototype of yet another product they’re working on – a trailer that attaches to the back of your EV, with fold-out solar panels and battery packs that help expand your EV’s range. Designed presumably for the Cybertruck (given that it’s more purpose-built for the outdoors), the trailer also comes with a SpaceX Starlink internet terminal, helping extend internet connectivity along with your Tesla’s overall range capacity.

Designer: Tesla

These images come from Twitter user Tesla Adri, who broke the story of sorts, given that it occurred at a lesser-known expo in Germany. There’s no official name to this contraption, although calling it the Tesla Solar Range Extending Trailer seems to encompass exactly what the device does. Looking at just the image above, it’s pretty clear that this automotive accessory is straight-up massive. It’s sized like a pretty large trailer, and the kind you’d feel more comfortable hooking to the back of a Cybertruck rather than a slim, lean Model 3. The trailer sports a set of fold-out panels solar panels that charge a massive battery pack below it. This can, in turn, be used as a supplementary power source for your EV, extending its overall range. Visitors were also quick to note that the trailer also had a built-in SpaceX Starlink satellite internet receiver, giving you a seamless internet connection no matter where you are on the globe. Sounds like the ultimate off-road camping accessory if you ask me. Or something a prepper would buy.

“It’s not clear why Tesla built the trailer and unveiled it at the show, but the automaker is not expected to sell it to the public any time soon. If those are all 300W panels (and they look a little small for that), then the optimum output would be 2.7kW. That means it would generate less than 50 miles of range a day extended or a third of that folded up”, reported Electrek in their coverage. It’s presumed that this prototype was designed more of an easter egg designed to attract visitors, rather than actually project the company’s intent. However, only time will tell. I’m still waiting on the Roadster that Elon announced almost 5 years ago…

Images via Tesla Adri

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Space Camper reimagines Cybertruck for a couple’s camping in extreme blimey

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We are yet to have a real-life Cybertruck in spite of hearing about it since 2019. Years have passed through the pandemic, and Elon Musk’s dream project is only getting a deferred launch date. That said, there is no dearth of imaginers who spends hours and days on their digital art software to render the most lucrative camper design to make the Cybertruck – when launched – a substantial travel camper for couples.

Space Camper is the latest name to enter the domain of Cybecamper idealizers. This space has gone incredibly buzzing since the Elon Musk detailed at the Cybertruck announcement that it would be accompanied by a trailer and a pop-up tent of its own, giving rise to a host of designs imagining the camping version of the Cybertruck.

Designer: Space Camper

Amid all the fandom, the Cybertruck was expected to launch in 2021. It didn’t happen as planned, partly because of the supply chain hiccups during the pandemic and partly because of Musk’s Twitter misadventure. But for the fans, there is no Cybertruck yet, and perhaps no certainty of when it will happen for real. Before Tesla rolls out the space-age model or someone beats Musk to the ground, we have only eyes to feed with the Space Camper style designs of a camping-enabled Cybertruck for the modern nomads preferring to live and work on the road.

Equipped to take a couple anywhere on tar, gravel, and boulders – the Space Camper is designed from aerospace-grade materials for durability. The wedge-style unit tethers to the back of the Cybertruck without much fuss. It is positioned close to the road and can be pulled up to camp anywhere instantly. Onboard air-powered actuators are used to retract the camper to a halt in under a minute. For the concerned, the wedge-style opening allows 8-foot headroom, while the built-in awing offers additional open space.

So, load your gear, and hop into the Cybertuck with the Space Camper attached to the rear. Take the untravelled roads on the journey and stop over by the remotest lake to retract the Murphy bed in the attached camper and sleep over staring at the stars in the open sky. The camper is packed with extensions tucked away under the bed which can double as table and seating. For the more serious adventurists, the camper is topped with a modular racking system on the roof that can hold the gear, carry your raft or bike, or even be fastened with solar panels for near off-grid camping. To enhance the abilities of the electric truck for camping, the 470lbs camper has a battery pack capable of delivering about of week of backup in the wilderness.

While this may sound almost apt for some, there would be a section that would complain about the lack of a kitchen or bathroom. Reportedly, add-ons like a kitchen, and outdoor bathroom are possible, if the customer requires them.

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