There are fewer obsessions bigger in the housing space right now than tiny homes. The search for small but practical living solutions?all the way to luxury treehouses? dominates furnishing companies, television networks, and shelter magazines. It has even seeped into the automotive market. Although not particularly novel or new, the vehicle as apartment/home alternative has seen new life among those who don’t want to fork over absurd amounts of money to landlords or have simply come down with a case of wanderlust after looking at too many National Geographic Instagram posts. The Nissan e-NV200 electric van has been adapted into the e-NV200 WORKSPACe, which is more loaded office on wheels than domestic shelter.
Although the WORKSPACe doesn’t provide full-service quarters as some aftermarket companies’ NVs do, it serves as an extension of the home and makes it possible to get away from the traditional office space. Designed in collaboration with U.K. company Studio Hardie, the e-NV200 is claimed to be the first fully electric mobile office, catering to the trend of “hot-desking.”
Inside the nicely appointed space are a fold-out desk, a large wall-mounted computer touchscreen, a wireless phone-charging station, a mini fridge, and a freakin’ coffee machine that pops up out of the counter. The latter isn’t just some ninny Keurig or Nespresso setup; it’s a real steel-tubed contraption with all the knobs, levers, and g...