PHEV

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.

BYD and Tesla’s sales reports for 2025 are out. The Chinese carmaker has officially surpassed Tesla to become the world’s best-selling battery electric vehicle maker, selling a total of 2,254,714 all-electric cars in 2025.

At this year's Japan Mobility Show, the legendary little Mitsubishi Delica van cedes the stage (for a moment, anyway) to an even cooler Mitsubishi camping rig: a futuristic concept combo that expands into a multi-room base camp.

Volvo has been quietly building luxury sport utilities with Swedish flair, content to let its German neighbors go to aggressive grilles and big badges. The 2025 XC90 plug-in hybrid exemplifies that professorial outlook.

VW's first-ever plug-in hybrid camper van went on sale in Continental Europe last fall and is now making its way to the UK. The new California ran behind the Ford Nugget in getting a clean, quiet electrified powertrain option, but now surges ahead.

Horse Powertrain looks to lend a hand to automakers expanding their hybrid offerings with an axle drive it calls the Future Hybrid Concept. The setup blends battery and fuel power into a single drive unit that transforms a BEV into a flexible hybrid.

Ford has debuted a new long-wheelbase variant of its small, efficient Nugget camper van, and this one packs a fully installed toilet ... as well as the kitchen sink. This highly coveted feature makes the new Nugget family better than ever before.

Volkswagen has worked quite hard to optimize the all-new California eHybrid 4Motion for smart, affordable, carefree road trips. Not only does the new camper pack standard AWD, it boasts a virtually silent, zero-emissions electric range over 80 km.

CATL has announced a new style of battery destined to create a cleaner, longer-range generation of plug-in hybrids. The Freevoy Super Hybrid Battery will give PHEVs the all-electric range and ultra-fast charging of a battery electric vehicle.

The US market has been slowly catching up with Europe on all-electric RVs but still lacks plug-in hybrid options. Thor and Harbinger are looking to change all that with an all-new Class A motorhome that promises a robust 500-mile PHEV range.

Not only does Reimo's Caddy Camp mini-camper surpass VW's own Caddy California in terms of overall van life quality, it's also the first Caddy camper available as a plug-in hybrid, making it one of the cleanest, most efficient tiny campers out there.

Okay, the VW Transporter didn't go anywhere, but the T6.1 has felt like a lame duck for a while now. That changes today, as VW has debuted the 7th-gen Transporter. It looks softer than its predecessor but packs more of everything buyers want.