For years, electric vehicle owners who dreamed of weekend getaways to remote campsites faced a brutal reality: hook up a traditional travel trailer and watch your range evaporate. Half your battery gone before you hit the highway's first hill. Constant stops to charge. The freedom of the open road feeling more like a logistics puzzle. But Encore RV is betting that the future ofEV camping isn't about bigger trailers — it's about smarter, sleeker ones.
The company has developed a lineup of low-profile, garageable trailers designed from the ground up to work with electric vehicles. Three models currently make up the range: the 12RKFB, the 14RKB, and the 12BH bunkhouse. Each one prioritizes a low center of gravity and compact footprint over the sprawling square footage that defines traditional RVs.
The 12RKFB, the most compact of the bunch, fits completely under a standard 7-foot garage door — meaning it sits low enough to tuck neatly behind an electric pickup truck rather than catching air like a sail. It features 400 watts of slide-out solar, a slide-out rear kitchen, and an instant-up outdoor wet bath on the tongue. The construction is entirely wood-free, relying on aluminum cabinets strong enough to support the entire weight of the trailer. (The video proves this — a grown man stands on them without flinching.)
The 14RKB adds six inches of height for a full indoor bathroom, while the 12BH returns to garage-friendly proportions but adds a smart bunk bed system inside, sleeping a small family without the typical claustrophobia.
But the real innovation might be electrical. A DC-to-DC charging system can pull up to 62 amps from your tow vehicle while you drive, meaning your EV's massive battery becomes a mobile power bank for your trailer. Arrive at camp with the trailer's battery bank topped off, not running on fumes.
The aerodynamic insight driving all of this is crucial: weight hurts you on hills, but drag kills your range on the highway. Pulling a flat-faced, boxy trailer through the air demands enormous energy. A low-profile trailer that sits in the truck's slipstream — even if it's lighter overall — lets you coast further into the wilderness without hunting for the next fast charger.
"You are no longer dragging a parachute down the interstate," the video host notes. For families and adventurers who want to go truly off-grid without going back to gas, this might be the closest thing to an answer yet.