Whale Trailer Cabin: Chinese ingenuity wins Red Dot Award

Innovations in the caravan world usually consist of further development of what already existed. The Whale Trailer Cabin is an exception to this. With an otherworldly design and an ultra-smart concept, this is the concept caravan of the future.

Designer Hu Yong

The Whale Trailer Cabin is the creation of Chinese designer Hu Yong. The caravan was therefore specially developed for the Chinese market. Nevertheless, his design also receives international acclaim. In the development of the Whale Trailer, Hu mainly focused on the best way to combine all functions in a limited space. With a modular construction of the caravan, this has been surprisingly successful.

Marine mammal on wheels

Almost all corners of the Whale Trailer Cabin can be tilted, opened or extended. When you do this completely, you understand the name, the caravan looks, when unfolded or extended, like a whale with its tail up.

Mega living room

The layout of the Whale Trailer offers a huge living area for teardrop caravan standards. Take the fully equipped kitchen, a bathroom worthy of the name, or the spacious sleeping area with plenty of windows for natural light and ventilation.

Extendable kitchen mechanism

The kitchen can be used both outdoors and indoors. You can slide the kitchen mechanism out in an instant. For indoor use, you can create more headroom by folding up the roof.

Red Dot Design Award 2021

Whether the concept will ever become a reality is not yet entirely clear. The Whale Trailer Cabin requires a complex production process. What helps is the awarding of the Red Dot Design Award 2021 to find a producer.

The exterior of the Whale Trailer is particularly striking; smooth and streamlined. Fins on the roof increase stability and the seamlessly placed doors and windows keep the Cw value unprecedentedly low. A caravan with extremely low air resistance is interesting for the electric age. The less a caravan burdens the car, the less energy from the battery is needed to get the car with caravan to its destination. This also, of course, saves on burned diesel or petrol.

More information: www.red-dot.org

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