Off-grid

The Unity TBX motorhome steps up the game from 4x4 adventure van life like a penthouse suite steps it up from basic hotel room. It's much more than just a crash pad on a Sprinter chassis, providing a comfy, oversized living space for restful nights.

Bowlus' all-new Frontier Edition takes the brand's most powerful trailer to new aesthetic heights, warming up the interior of the riveted-aluminum fuselage with a rustic cabin inspired by the ranches and pioneer homesteads of the American West.

The Mercedes-Benz Unimog always makes an impression. That becomes even truer when the stout-jawed U418 variant shows up painted in Rover green carrying what appears to be a truck-sized beer barrel or treasure chest below a rooftop tent.

One of the buzziest highlights of this year's CMT camper and travel show, the new Freescape camper van combines a flexible floor plan like nothing we recall seeing before with a unique patented pop-up roof system we definitely haven't seen before.

The PHEV powertrain is a natural solution for motorhomes, but it could be an equally viable solution for trailers. Evotrex makes that case with the PG5 travel trailer, a livable power plant that develops its own electricity for camp life and travel.

From self-driving smart trailers to on- and off-road explorers that bulge out in every direction to maximize living space, some truly jaw-dropping and inspiring camper vans, travel trailers, large motorhomes and expedition trucks emerged in 2025.

Developed for the Shiver Offroad rally raid team that will be competing for a Dakar crown in just a few weeks, the Shiver x Expandable 6x6 motorhome is an intensely rare combination of rally-supporting grit, off-grid autonomy and spacious living.

This recently completed tiny house, by Vagabond Haven, packs a lot of comfort into a compact footprint. Designed to sleep two people, it's fully equipped for off-grid living and is envisioned as a vacation home or rental.

At first glance you could be forgiven for thinking this neat little structure is a tiny house, but it's actually a sauna. Named the Aquila Sauna, it runs fully off-grid and allows up to six people to get their sweat on.

We've heard of off-grid toilets that macerate, compost, incinerate and electro-wrap. We even stumbled on one that "super-composts." We guess we should have expected one that turns pee into a fine fog ... but we did not. Inspired or insane?

Bliss Mobil has launched its smallest camper module. Rather than being tied to a large HD truck chassis, the new Bliss 8 hard-sided pop-up cube rides aback smaller, nimbler 4x4 chassis like the Toyota Land Cruiser or Ford F-Series.

For 50 years, Australian overland pioneer ARB has offered essentials to help make unnavigable terrain navigable and temporarily habitable. After launching its first camper trailer 2 years ago, it's bringing the rugged expandable base camp to the US.