Off-grid

Ready.Set.Van steps away from the overbuilt Sprinter 4x4s that tend to dominate the US van conversion scene, building a more cosmopolitan breed of camper van. Its vans feature beautiful interiors wired up with loads of off-grid Tesla battery power.

A few boundless off-road vehicles are famed for going where they want, when they want. And a few compelling campers conversions make those 4x4s expedition-ready micro-motorhomes that travel off-grid, off-road and off-track to get away from it all.

Build Tiny recently completed a new home that gets its name from combining the names of the owner's two grandmothers. Family is a strong theme with the Daisy Vera Tiny House and the off-grid model also integrates an heirloom stained glass window.

Haaks has created a mobile living solution that blurs the line between RV and tiny home. Its Opperland camper slides off the flatbed truck carrying it, planting firmly on hydraulic legs and growing a second floor to serve as a comfy wilderness cabin.

The Freedom Vans Chongo conversion brings the feel of home into a camper van interior. It supports digital nomads with solar power and cell boosting, packs a dual-block expandable kitchen, and supports other conveniences of at-home life.

Part throwback hippy wagon, part rustic lodge on wheels, the new Flowcamper Max is a Mercedes camper van quite unlike any other. A follow-up to more compact, psychedelic Flowcampers of the past, the Max brings a large, multipurpose living space.

You could be forgiven for assuming that the Casa Ojalá tiny house concept we covered last year was too ambitious to be realized, but a prototype is indeed being built and readied for production. Pre-orders are now open for the flexible tiny house.

The ZeroCabin is a small off-grid cabin made by a team in Chile with no formal architecture training. It can be delivered as a finished turnkey home to locals but is also being sold as a kit for handy types to build their own.

Here's an idea for a beach house with a difference, courtesy of Brooklyn-based Studio Vural. Dune House would be built into the beach rather than on it like you might expect, and would run off-the-grid with solar panels and wind turbines.

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.

Storyteller Overland launched last year with a new vision for the Sprinter 4x4 camper van. This year, it experiments with fortifying its Mode 4x4 into the Beast Mode concept camper van, adding extra off-road equipment and gear storage.

Advanced RV's latest custom camper van comes packaged and detailed a little more thoughtfully than average, combining a stealthy exterior, electrical and connectivity "tech-gate," sturdy roof deck and tailor-fit living area.