Outdoors

If you need capable transportation in a remote area where there are no roads, yet you still want to stay at least somewhat eco-friendly, your options are limited. That's exactly why the six-wheeled Green Scout electric amphibious ATV was created.

Israel's EZRaider takes the electric scooter into new territory – indeed, just about any territory – with a series of offroad-ready fouy-wheel beasts making up to 18 kilowatts. Rugged and fast with long-travel suspension, they look like 4x4 Segways.

Already quite established in the overlanding game, ARB branches out with one of the larger plug-and-play camper kitchens out there. The Slide Kitchen looks like any other at first pull but swings, flips and pops into an L-shaped gourmet cook station.

Off Grid Trailers grows its wood-free, all-aluminum off-road camping trailer lineup with the new Switchback. The baby of the Off Grid family, the Switchback brings a lightweight construction, unique tent-topper layout, and thorough list of options.

In 2013, Nitecore introduced what it billed as the world's smallest 3,500-lumen flashlight. After eight years, it's managed to shrink the size of its lights much further, packing 4,000 lumens into a torch that hangs from a keychain.

The RV surged in popularity this year, inspiring many to look for small, affordable leisure vehicle options. The industry answered with a surge of new mini-campers ranging from compact expandable trailers to amphibious electric three-wheelers.

While not everyone wants to lug around a heavy, bulky U-lock, they may worry about thieves trying to get through a lighter-duty lock. That's where the alarm-equipped electronic Pealock is designed to come in.

While 2020 has given us serious cabin fever, it's also provided some antidotes. The new Jupe shows that sometimes the cure to cabin fever is ... a cabin, albeit one with a better view. The modern prefab shelter serves as an escape from city life.

Twenty-twenty wasn't a great year for most of us, but it did prove a good one for RVs. Truck campers were one market that enjoyed a year of innovation and improved design. Here are the coolest truck campers and camper trucks we looked at in 2020.

Californian-based knife maker Terrain 365 has introduced a new implement for the everyday carry crowd with a very portable form factor, and around the same footprint as a set of US military-issue dog tags.

From e-AWD camping trailers that are no longer merely towed to camp, to all-electric mini-motorhomes, to plug-in hybrid camper vans with more practical ranges, 2020 welcomed many promising electric camper debuts, innovations and developments.

Quiet, clean electric drives have the ability to revolutionize vehicles well beyond autos. MoonBikes is bringing electric tech to the mountains, finding a space between the electric bike and the e-snowmobile with a full-throttle electric snow bike.