Rather than feature physical built-in control panels to manage the onboard appliances, King said they’ve instead replaced these traditional components with various interfaces, allowing people to control the various pumps, generator, rooftop solar panels, battery and more via a smartphone app. “It is thoroughly modern with premium materials, so walking from the cab to the camper no longer feels like a trip backwards in time,” King said.
Unlike old school camper models, the CyberLandr includes a number of 21st-century touches for the connected device era. “This means it is easier to drive and maneuver because it doesn’t block your vision, it isn’t an eyesore, you can park your truck in the garage and also take it through the drive-thru, car wash, or into the mall parking garage,” he continued.Īdditionally, he said the design allows the truck to fit within “normal” parking spaces, “doesn’t attract any unwanted attention” and owners won’t need to rent a storage space between trips. Due to these capabilities, King described the CyberLandr as the “only disappearing camper.” Designed with a telescoping build, the unit expands upward from the truck bed during use and collapses into a more compact form when in tow. CyberLandrįeatures: Solar panels, satellite internet and moreĪt first glance, the CyberLandr certainly doesn’t look like the traditional " tin can tourist" campers of yestercentury. The CyberLandr is an all-in-one camper designed for Tesla's Cybertruck. After thinking about what such an undertaking would entail (software, AI, designers and engineering), King said he realized he was describing his own company. Having recently preordered a Cybertruck for himself, King said he found himself dreaming about the possibility of a compatible camper and wondered which company would build the product with an eye toward aerodynamics and range.
This product unveiling would also play a critical role in the CyberLandr’s origin story. “As humans, we all yearn to explore and have adventures, and we thought a mobile tiny home that didn’t need to be tethered to an RV park and that could go down country roads or even off-road would provide even more freedom than a traditional RV.”Īt the end of 2019, just months before the start of the pandemic, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the Cybertruck, an electric pickup with an untraditional build and extended per-change change. “Like almost everyone else, we were tired of largely being confined to homes,” King said. This includes both economic constraints as a business owner and the cabin fever associated with lockdowns during the initial waves of the pandemic.Īt the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, King said COVID-19 brought his traditional business operations to a “crawl,” and he decided to tap his team to come up with a new product altogether as he didn’t want to lay off any employees.Īs the saying goes, necessity is the mother of innovation and, amid lockdowns and travel restrictions, the pandemic served up a timely bit of inspiration.
Overall, Lance King, CEO and Chief Designer at Stream It, a data and analytic software company headquartered in Austin, Texas and the maker of the CyberLandr, said the coronavirus pandemic inspired the CyberLandr’s creation in a number of ways. CyberLandr inspiration: COVID-19, economics and the “new normal”