Pickup

The new Auriga Explorer camper truck looks almost as fast and ferocious as a Dakar rig. But it's made for slow travel, the kind that sees you link together wandering days with cozy nights in a mobile 4-person hut expanded by pop-top and 3 slide-outs.

Land Rover didn't always build plush, tech-laden Defenders. There was a time when the British carmaker purpose-made these SUVs for African safaris. As a tribute to that very piece of history, a custom shop just churned out this gorgeous, retro Defender.

GM charged out of left field this week to announce a world record, and it's a properly astonishing feat. It managed to push the single-charge EV range record into quadruple digits, beating out the Lucid Air GT by over 300 miles. With a pickup truck.

Ovrlnd Campers' latest launch isn't a product but an entire option category. The new "Chubby" flares out each of its truck camping toppers beyond the width of the pickup bed, making space for potential east-to-west sleeping and more interior volume.

Different yet familiar, the new Unplug Trailster Truck Camper is a low profile, lightweight spin on the pickup camping topper. It stands at cab height like a heavy-duty cap but adds a roof-integrated fold-out tent to sleep the overland crew.

Known best for trailers, Aliner is introducing its first pickup camper in decades: the Switchback. The clever pod rides as a ridiculously lightweight, compact box and in about 30 seconds unfurls into a fully hard-sided A-frame for two.

Joining the trend of lighter, cheaper camper solutions, the new Tune M1 Lite pickup topper maintains attributes of the larger M1 while shaving off unnecessary bulk and expense. It's a smart, fast and light Toyota Tacoma-ready truck camping solution.

No matter how you spec it, the all-new Hawk+ camper from Four Wheel Campers will serve as your personal wilderness escape. Buyers can spec it however they like, from fast, simple weekend getaway to all-out autonomous cabin-in-the-woods.

The Tusca HitchHiker chassis-less camper pod has been renamed the Freedom Camper and is now available in a lighter, sleeker version that fits trucks as small as the Ford Maverick and requires just two people to lift on and off the vehicle.

YouTuber Levi Kelly has created what he calls the world's smallest mobile tiny house – a remarkably functional micro-camper that somehow manages to squeeze in a bed, sink, toilet, and even a shower.

When the Silverado EV was first announced, it felt like a hurried push to play catchup with Ford’s Lightning. I thus assumed that it’d be a bedazzled version of the gas truck. Surprisingly, the EV has very little in common with the combustion models.

When we covered the Slate pickup/SUV a few weeks ago, we described it as a car looking to “kickstart a revolution.” And boy, did it! In just over two weeks since it was unveiled, the Blank Slate pickup has garnered more than 100,000 reservations.