Cargo

A UK-based company is on a mission to make goods haulage easier and cleaner for producers in developing nations. Now thanks to a multi-million-dollar deal, its electric-truck-as-a-service model is about to expand in Rwanda and neighboring regions.

Orion Motors takes the largest Ford Transit cargo van out there and turns it into a utility camper so versatile, you can use it every day. The 365 camper has five seats, five sleeping berths, and plenty of space for kayaks, bicycles or motorcycles.

Back in July, the Japanese government outlined an intriguing idea to connect major cities with what sounded like a giant "conveyor belt" for cargo. Now we have a clearer picture of what that “Auto Flow Road” will look like.

Zion hit the trailer market with a highly modular off-road squaredrop camper. Now it slides the modularity to a simpler utility trailer/camper. The Z2 starts out as a basic bed, but buyers can build it into an overnight gear-stacking adventure tool.

The last time we checked in at Serve Robotics, the Uber-backed company had partnered with Alphabet's Wing for a robot-to-drone delivery service in Dallas. That was with Serve's Gen2 bot, but a faster, smarter and more robust model has just launched.

On the same day it introduced its cheapest teardrop trailer in years, Hiker also debuted something entirely different. The versatile GearLoft has two full levels of gear carry for items as large as canoes and an optional electric-lift penthouse tent.

Pulled wagons are great for moving stuff around, but tackling heavier loads can be exhausting. Startup Litefar has launched the Orion, a motorized cargo wagon with remote control that can haul up to 180 lb of gear so you don't have to.

Beyond spinning off a California camper brand and debuting the T7 Transporter this past month, VW Commercial Vehicles has rolled out a few new Caddy vans. The Caddy Flexible is a versatile van that flips seamlessly between passenger and cargo modes.

Whether at the shopping mall or tasked with moving stuff around the office, you've likely had to deal with a cart with a wonky wheel at some point. Help could be on the way in the shape of a flying cart named the Palletrone.

As clean air zones are imposed in more cities, clean alternatives to combustion-engine delivery vans are needed to keep packages flowing. A startup is working on a compact e-hauler that's claimed to have a "cubic load capacity rivaling mid-size vans."

The new Ushi Chuck isn't as natural a chuckwagon as Ushi's original tagalong, but it is a tiny, light support trailer that customizes into an ultimate adventure partner. It carries nearly 2x its own dry weight and has a MOLLE rack for upgrades.

Following successful trials last year at a UK wind farm, Denmark's Ørsted has now put heavy lift drones to work at a 94-turbine offshore wind farm in the North Sea – completing resupply missions up to 15 times faster while also reducing costs.