Photos: World’s first self-powering travel trailer lets campers live fully off-grid

At CES 2026, California-based Evotrex introduced the PG5, the world’s first self-powered travel trailer designed to enable fully off-grid living without the need to plug into campsite power. Central to its design is a 43-kilowatt-hour lithium-iron-phosphate battery supplemented by 1.5 kilowatts of solar power from roof panels and an onboard Horizon gas generator providing up to 225 kilowatt-hours per tank. This combination offers nearly 270 kilowatt-hours of usable energy, with solar and regenerative charging maintaining battery levels and the generator reserved for backup. The PG5 supports standard outlets for tools and camping gear, includes a front-mounted NACS connector for charging electric vehicles without unhitching, and can supply up to 12 kilowatts of emergency power to homes. The trailer features smart monitoring via an onboard tablet that tracks power, water, and fuel levels, and uses an off-grid calculator to optimize energy use by adjusting heating, cooling, and charging automatically