Overlanding in an electric vehicle, meandering miles off the electrical grid for days, has so far been virtually unfathomable. But electric truck startup Rivian is hoping to make it more mainstream. Its electric pickup camper has 400 miles (644 km) of range, a roof-top tent and an electric kitchen.
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Sweden's Einride unveiled the first prototype T-pod truck in 2017. The transport company inked a partnership agreement in 2018 with global logistics company DB Schenker to test the T-pod, and now the autonomous electric truck has made its public roads debut.
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The pickup camper innovators at Leentu are moving away from pricy carbon fiber and on to more affordable aluminum. The Leentu Sunzal maintains a low weight but comes in well under the price of the Carbon Camper, providing a more economical way of turning a pickup into an adventure vessel.
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After first being commissioned by the German state of Hesse in August 2017 to build a stretch of electrified highway along the Autobahn, Siemens has now added the finishing touches to the system and fired it up for the first time.
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The latest version of Toyota's zero-emissions fuel-cell powered tractor truck was unveiled today in Los Angeles. The Fuel Cell Electric heavy-duty Truck (FCET) that runs on hydrogen and produces only water as waste is intended to meet or exceed the performance of a conventional diesel truck.
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Starting in early June, GMC will begin offering carbon fiber truck beds for its Sierra line of pickups. The Sierra CarbonPro will be offered with the Denali and AT4 half-ton pickups. This is the first purpose-built production carbon fiber truck bed and GMC developed a composite specifically for it.
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If you thought that the launch of the Gladiator pickup meant that Jeep was done experimenting with pickup concepts at the annual Easter Jeep Safari, think again. This year's lineup is ALL pickup, from Gladiator camper, to retromodded M715, to Wrangler-turned-long bed Gladiator.
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When Jeep announced a pickup truck, most assumed it would be a Wrangler with a cargo bed. That isn't far off, but the Gladiator is a lot more than that. Now that we've had our hands on it, we can unequivocally say that this is a very Jeep pickup in every way.
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Truck campers seem forever stuck in the 1970s, hulking, broad-sided monstrosities spilling off every edge of the pickups they top. Kimbo brings things up to date with a Tacoma-sized aluminum mini-lodge. It's your go-anywhere adventure rig, mobile office and flame-crackling ski lodge.
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Canada's Lion Electric – the company behind the electric bus we covered in 2017 – has announced the upcoming release of the Lion8, an all-electric urban truck that's built to withstand harsh North American weather extremes.
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