Overland vehicle manufacturer EarthCruiser is relaunching after last year’s operational restructuring.
In 2024, the company shuttered its in-house vehicle production facility in Bend, Oregon. EarthCruiser said this week the company is reemerging as a composite expedition shell supplier.
EarthCruiser’s current model has the company operating on a smaller, but scalable level. EarthCruiser said they supply shells to a national upfitter network.
Upfitter companies complete the final builds and customizations before the product reaches the consumer.
EarthCruiser founder Lance Gilles said the EarthCruiser EXP will be handcrafted in limited numbers by selected build partners.
“This is not a step back—it is a smarter way forward,” he said. “By empowering regional builders and maintaining our engineering leadership in Bend, we are making expedition-grade design more accessible and resilient than ever before.”
The company said initial production batches of the EarthCruiser MOD overland camper are allocated to select partners for late-2025 delivery.
Looking ahead, the company said ongoing research and development includes a new expedition platform designed for Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis called EVADO, and early development of towable expedition modules.
The company stresses that online search results may still return outdated “closed” messaging, but EarthCruiser has resumed operations in a new form.
“We know some headlines say we are gone—but those reports are simply outdated,” Gillies said. “EarthCruiser is very much here, and this next chapter is about evolution, not closure.”
