Caravan

Happier Camper adds a little size to its lineup of super-flexible modular campers with the new Traveler trailer. The latest Happier camper fills its belly with a fixed kitchen and wet bathroom but still packs plenty of freeform flex space.

Australia builds some of the toughest camping trailers on Earth, engineered to explore the world's most remote topography in style and comfort. These are some of the best of that prestigious pack, spotted at the 2020 Victorian caravan show.

Why would a company that made a big splash with a wheel-less, hitch-mounted camper add wheels? To reach out to buyers with smaller cars. The expandable Hitch Hotel Traveler tows behind small, efficient cars and grows into a cozy wilderness shelter.

Lumberjack presents its latest camper trailer, the Birdsville. It looks like a hard-edged teardrop while towing, but its roof folds forward to create a living space much larger than the typical tear, a comfortable option for intrepid families.

Taxa Outdoors has grown from the otherworldly Cricket camping trailer to a full-model lineup with trailers of all sizes. It updates the flagship Mantis for 2020, adding a new multifunctional indoor/outdoor dining area, rear access hatch, and more.

RV chassis builder AL-KO joins Dethleffs and OzXcorp in working toward an electric-driven camping trailer that can partially power itself. Instead of leaving out the motorized RV segment, it's also developing an electrified motorhome chassis.

Erwin Hymer Group is one of the most innovative RV manufacturers in Europe, and now it's bringing some RV magic over to the US. Parent company Thor Industries has formed Hymer USA to build and market European-designed RV products on American soil.

Having established itself as a global leader in hardcore, backcountry-grade camper trailers, Patriot Campers presents its very first live-in trailer. Unlike its other tent-topped trailers, the new X3 folds out to create a three-person living cabin.

Often the campers that leave the biggest impressions are the smallest vehicles of the pack. This year's CMT show had an intriguing collection of mini-campervans, tiny trailers, and conversion kits for smaller vehicles.

Dethleffs isn't the only company pondering an electrified camping trailer. Australian firm OzXcorp is hard at work on a supplementary e-drive to turn hard-edged off-road caravans into semi-self-propelled machines with Level 4 autonomous capabilities.

Pop-up tent campers are an age-old way of enjoying a light tow and roomy base camp, but they're not always as quick or easy to set up as the term "pop-up" suggests. The Easy Caravanning TakeOff follows through on the pop-up's promise of quickness.

The RV world reached new heights in the 2010s, laying the groundwork for a bigger decade to come. Camper concepts we saw over the decade showed an industry ready to apply the latest technologies in creating smarter, more luxurious, more stylish RVs.