{"id":453489,"date":"2026-10-01T19:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T19:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/453489\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T19:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T19:30:08","slug":"high-tech-camper-may-redefine-open-road-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/453489\/","title":{"rendered":"High-tech camper may redefine open road life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve ever looked longingly after a passing RV or camper, imagining yourself exploring the open road instead of sitting in workday traffic, a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/roadshow\/automobiles\/ightship-ae1-ev-trailer-travel-hands-on\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">high-tech option<\/a> might make the traveling life more tempting \u2014 if you can afford it. <\/p>\n<p>Tech expert Omar Gallaga toured Lightship\u2019s AE.1 when the company brought it to Austin recently.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights from this segment:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u2013 The trailer converts to a roomy camper when it\u2019s parked at a campsite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u2013 EV batteries and solar panels allow the AE.1 to go \u201coff the grid\u201d for up to a week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u2013 The trailer starts at $157,500.<\/p>\n<p>If you found the reporting above valuable, please consider making a donation to support it\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kut.secureallegiance.com\/kut\/WebModule\/Donate.aspx?P=KUTOA&amp;PAGETYPE=PLG&amp;CHECK=aI6A0UTYM%2bPiQl%2byqVkEd4HJipnY8PNT&amp;SOURCECODE=STORYT\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Your gift helps pay for everything you find on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/texasstandard.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">texasstandard.org<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kut.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KUT.org<\/a>. Thanks for donating today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ve ever looked longingly after a passing RV or camper, imagining yourself exploring the open road instead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-453489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}