This New $460K Off-Grid Trailer Is Ready for the Apocalypse
When the power goes out for good, you can still have a "chef-designed kitchen" and other luxuries of the before times in Living Vehicle’s latest RV.
When the power goes out for good, you can still have a "chef-designed kitchen" and other luxuries of the before times in Living Vehicle’s latest RV.
Housing is in short supply, water levels are rising, and the earth is only getting warmer. Catastrophic climate events are on the rise, and with each one infrastructure like power plants and roadways take a pounding. But what if you didn’t have to rely on those old things, anyway?
No, it’s not a doomsday bunker: Living Vehicle, a Santa Barbara–based luxury travel trailer maker, has a new off-grid RV, and it’s designed to be completely self-sufficient with a rooftop solar array and a water supply that replenishes by extracting humidity from the air.
Luxury travel trailer maker Living Vehicle’s new RV is designed to operate off the grid indefinitely.
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The trailer, called the 2024 HD, is equipped for four-seasons living.
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"It comes down to two words," says company CEO Matthew Hofmann, who also designs the trailers. "Independence and freedom. We’re in perpetual metamorphosis with more and more problems with the power grid, and having a resource where you can completely disconnect gives you personal freedom."
While the company’s 2022 and 2023 models are off-grid capable, the 2024 HD Pro "is meant to stay off grid indefinitely," says Hofmann, with a more robust solar array and an all-electric system. (Just in case, there’s propane as backup.)
The trailer features a more robust solar array than its predecessors.
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