{"id":80827,"date":"2025-03-01T12:03:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T17:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=80827"},"modified":"2025-03-01T12:03:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T17:03:33","slug":"1145878_airstream-launches-electric-travel-trailer-for-off-grid-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=80827","title":{"rendered":"Airstream launches electric travel trailer for off-grid adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Airstream on Saturday unveiled its first all-electric travel trailer, which can use battery power to operate off the grid.<\/p>\n<p>Called the Airstream Basecamp 20Xe, the trailer includes a <strong>10.3-kwh battery pack<\/strong> and <strong>3,000-watt inverter<\/strong> powering a 30-amp electrical system, providing onboard power for charging devices from built-in outlets, as well as running an optional air-conditioning system or microwave. A standard induction cooktop powered by a 110-volt outlet can be used inside or outside the trailer.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"static-marker-video-player-primis\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>600-watt rooftop solar<\/strong> array provides supplementary power. The trailer also comes pre-wired for an additional 300 watts of solar-generating capacity, and includes a <strong>20-pound propane tank<\/strong> that can be used for interior heating and hot water, as well as outdoor grilling. Heating can be done using only electricity, only propane, or a combination of the two.<\/p>\n<p>An optional composting toilet helps conserve water, as does a recirculating feature that redirects cold water from the heater into the freshwater tank until it reaches the proper temperature.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The trailer&#8217;s 20-foot floorpan includes a dedicated sleeping space at the back and a convertible dinette up front. It&#8217;s also equipped with standard 3-inch lift, chunky tires, and stone guards for off-road use, as well as storage space within its teardrop shroud bodywork.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper first_wrapper\" readability=\"7\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100828191_m\" title=\"Airstream eStream electric camping trailer\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"Airstream eStream electric camping trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"first_image lazy\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"682\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/airstream-estream-electric-camping-trailer_100828191_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/airstream-estream-electric-camping-trailer_100828191_h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/airstream-estream-electric-camping-trailer_100828191_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/airstream-estream-electric-camping-trailer_100828191_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/airstream-estream-electric-camping-trailer_100828191_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/airstream-estream-electric-camping-trailer_100828191_s.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Airstream eStream electric camping trailer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Missing from Airstream&#8217;s announcement, however: There is no mention of using the battery pack to help propel the trailer and reduce the range loss of electric tow vehicles, or improve the fuel economy of internal-combustion tow vehicles, as with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1134799_electric-airstream-travel-trailer-revealed-game-changer-for-ev-camping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eStream concept<\/a> Airstream unveiled in 2022. That idea has been taken up by startups <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1145400_pebble-flow-ev-travel-trailer-price\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pebble<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1145235_lightship-ae-1-cosmos-edition-electrifies-glamping-for-250-000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lightship<\/a> for use in their luxury travel trailers, both of which are scheduled to start production later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airstream on Saturday unveiled its first all-electric travel trailer, which can use battery power to operate off the grid. Called the Airstream Basecamp 20Xe, the trailer includes a 10.3-kwh battery pack and 3,000-watt inverter powering a 30-amp electrical system, providing onboard power for charging devices from built-in outlets, as well as running an optional air-conditioning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}