Designed and built by Dreadnort Boats a New Zealand-based company,Our concept came about from a case study in 2011 for a multi-use tsunami survival shelter that would double as a boat and caravan.
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Boasting a 5.1m x 2.5m x 2.5m floor plan, the P.O.D. is extraordinarily modular, offering over 100 square feet of living space that can be configured in a variety of different manners.
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It should be noted that our POD, in its current form will not stand up to the forces of a tsunami due to our door design and large windows. Designed to be a tsunami shelter that doubles as a boat or a trailer, the POD, in its current stage, is not equipped for emergencies.We plan to offer the POD’s with varying layouts and different sizes.Off-Grid Solar Options!
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The POD is customizable and can be equippedwith two 150-watt solar panels connected to a 200 Ah battery and a 350-W inverter to provide power.
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Dreadnort is working on several other layouts for the POD to make it useful as kiosk,a food cart a houseboat or anything the client wishes to use for.
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Dimensions
- 5.1m x 2.5m x 2.5m
- Plan View Area 9.44m 2
- 1000kg (V1 Approximate)
- Scalable in Size
- Lifting Lugs – Hiab or Helicopter!
Uses for the POD include:
- Portable Office
- Sleepout
- Glamping Unit (See Version 2 Layout)
- Camper Van (We plan to offer a full road legal version in the future)
- House Boat (After all we do design boats!)
- Food Stall (with a serving door)
- Humanitarian/Disaster Relief Shelter
- Inter-Planetary Rover?
