Truck

Dakar Rally participants know what they're signing up for: a gruelling two-week ordeal they have no guarantee of completing. But this storied event was born of an even more extreme and dangerous experience, that one man had to endure all alone...

The Shell Starship Initiative is an experiment on wheels, focusing on energy-efficient truck design using currently available tech while testing others that are near-to-market. As a former truck driver, I found the work Shell is doing to be fascinating.

Trap doors, electric expansion systems and amphibious ebikes ... those are just a few of the ideas we saw pushed across the RV market in 2024. In fact, all those ideas (and plenty more) found their way into some of the market's smallest RVs.

We've seen camper kits for vans, 4x4s and crossovers. But pickup truck owners have long been left to build their own. Roadloft bucks that trend with a pickup camper kit that becomes a truck lounge, dining area, mobile office, kitchenette and bedroom.

Last year, EV startup Telo launched a compact truck that has the same footprint as a Mini Cooper but boasts a cargo bed that challenges the big boys. At that time, it was listed at under $50k, but the company has now revealed a much lower base price.

From wide-open flat bed, to loaded utility canopy, to fully packed multi-week expedition camper, Alublack's modular canopy camping system customizes the world's most rugged, unstoppable trucks into personalized adventure partners.

The all-new Panthera overland motorhome is designed to push the boundaries of RVing well beyond glamping resorts and park campgrounds. The all-terrain powerhouse comes from one of the most established names in the American overland industry.

Radica hit the pickup camping scene a couple years ago with the Moonlander, a truck cap that's part security shell, part camper. The new Moonlander X looks at first to go a more traditional route but functions a little differently than it appears.

Ford redesigned the Ranger pickup truck for the 2024 model year, pushing it into its fifth generation. I drove both the XLT and the Raptor, comprising two of the four models of Ranger available now.

We're a tad late to the news on this one, but we're no less excited to bring it to you heavy machinery nerds. Australia's Fortescue is teaming up with Liebherr Mining to develop an autonomous mining truck that will, in addition to driving itself, be the first of its kind worldwide to operate with zero emissions.

We've seen a lot of tiny houses over the years, but they continue to surprise us. Case in point is the Rubishack, which is a bonkers tiny house that has its own engine and off-road tracks, allowing it to overcome even the most challenging terrain.

The Peak Performance Stealth pickup camper is the lightest we've ever covered. It's also the most versatile, readily transforming from an empty composite pop-top shell to a fully equipped base camp and reconfiguring into multiple other layouts.