One of the great joys of camping is the solitude. There is nothing worse than going out into the wilderness, away from society, and then hearing a camper start a loud, smelly gas generator. RV is just the thing to bring some quiet to the glamping life.The Pebble Flow is a travel trailer with a big ol’ battery on its floor. It can run lights, showers, heat, and air conditioning, and anything else you might want to use power for when you’re out in the woods. The battery also has a towing assist feature, so the Flow can give you an extra boost when you’re towing down the road, lightening the load on the vehicle you’re using to transport your camper. Lights and appliances are powered by batteries. built on the floor. Courtesy of PebblePebble first announced the Flow in 2023, but hasn’t announced the various features it plans to include in the camper until now. In the announcement of the time for the week of CES, Pebble said it will assemble and send the first campers in the first half of 2025. They are available for preorder now, starting from $109,000, but go up to $135,500 if you want to work. Control its features with the companion mobile app. The FlowThe Flow has the same aesthetic as many current model EVs, with large windows and soft, curved features that aim to make it more aerodynamic. It looks like a futuristic luxury spaceship, or a really big toaster, depending on how romantic you want to be about it. CEO Bingrui Yang is very romantic about it: He chose the name Pebble for the company because natural smooth stones tend to bring people joy, and he wanted the electric camper to evoke the same sense of calm. I got a chance to wander the tight quarters of the Pebble Flow demo unit at Pebble headquarters in Fremont, California. It holds just about everything you’d want when you’re out RV’ing. Inside is a kitchen with an induction stove, convection oven, sink, microwave, and refrigerator. The closet has plenty of storage, and there are hidden hatches in the floor for even more storage. Most windows pop open if you need to let the breeze in. In the back is a queen size Murphy bed that retracts into the wall to create space. A dining table can be broken down into the second bed at the other end of the trailer. A bathroom and shower sit right in the middle of the floorplan. A glass wall separates it from the rest of the interior, but people in the bathroom can press the button to electronically frost the glass if they need a personal poo. Interior of Pebble Flow. Video: Boone Ashworth Bathroom featured in Pebble Flow. Video: Boone Ashworth To the seasoned RV enthusiast, this may seem like standard fare for trailers costing over a hundred. Well, you’re right, but what Pebble wants is an EV-like addition to make the Flow special. The stream is powered by a 45-kWh lithium-ion battery built into the camper’s floor. That’s smaller than the batteries built into compact EVs currently on the market, and about half the size of the largest EV batteries in the auto industry. Pebble says the battery can power the interior system for up to seven days on a full charge. A set of 1-kW solar panels built into the roof can charge the battery section while you’re on the road, and regenerative charging starts when towing. It has vehicle-to-charge technology too, so you can connect it to the Flow to use it as a backup power source or EV charger. Charge it with a fast charger. Courtesy of PebbleSolar panels on the roof. Courtesy of PebbleIt can charge other things, such as EVs. Courtesy of Pebble The Pebble Flow is not an E-RV in the sense that it can be used as a vehicle on its own. You need another rig to tow anywhere. Pebble says that while towing with a hybrid or gas engine vehicle will probably get you farther, you can tow with another EV. The 25-foot trailer weighs 6,200 pounds loaded with all the options, so it takes some muscle to move it. Pebble’s website shows the Stream pulled by the Cybertruck. (When I was at the company’s headquarters, I noticed a matte black Cybertruck in the parking lot. It belongs to Pebble’s CTO, who talked about it a lot when I was there.) The powered tow assist feature can be disabled during Flow. it’s moving. While the motor gives a decent push behind the real vehicle, they are just powerful enough to spin the Flow around a little using the smartphone app, even though it only moves about 1 mile per hour on its own. It’s enough to spin in a very slow circle, but it’s nowhere near enough to get you down the block. What you do is maneuver the trailer to the campsite without having to push and drag your car. Just unhitch the Flow, grab your iPad, and steer like a giant, slow RC car to the perfect spot. Using the towing assist mode or driving around the campsite will definitely reduce the life of the trailer battery for real camping activities, as you can imagine. Pebble has a feature called Magic Hitch (not magic) that allows you to use the app to hook the Stream up to the trailer hitch on your towing vehicle. Just guide with the controls on the screen, and when the flow is close enough, hold the button and the obstacle will use the attached camera to find the exact point for the hook. Another feature, called InstaCamp, allows you to park your trailer on an uneven surface and then press a button to level the camper automatically.
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