I love a good road trip, but I just can't rationalize it anymore.  Gas is to expensive and cars seem too evil.  But the age of the road trip hasn't ended, it's just in a lull, and the Verdier Westfalia is set to bring it back.  This VW-Bus-looking camper is a hybrid-deisel vehicle with all the comforts of home.  An electric range, mosquito-netted front and back porch, and an upstairs bedroom that you get to via a front seat that transforms into stairs.  The video is very worth watching (though you might want to turn your speakers down,) as the thing comes off looking almost like a full-sized Transformer.

The Verdier makes claims to solar-powered self sufficiency, but I imagine it will sometimes be necessary to fire up the engine and charge up the batteries.  But with solar power aiding a hybrid engine, I don't think there's any greener way to RV your way from WalMart to WalMart. Don't go planning the road-trip yet, though. No release date has been set, but a target price has: $69,000.

 

 

Via Hugg