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The world's smallest caravan
Designed to be towed by a mobility scooter, the battery powered caravan features a full-sized bed, 19 inch television, a drinks cabinet and boasts tea-making facilities.
The tiny caravan, measures 2m by 75cm and retails at a price of £5,500. It is so compact it can be towed inside a supermarket at a top speed of 5mph.
Developed by Environmental Transport Agency (ETA), the caravan is designed to highlight the estimated 220,000 people who use a mobility scooter without breakdown cover and face the prospect of a long wait should they suffer a mechanical fault or their battery runs flat.
The ETA called it the QTvan, because it caters to three very British obsessions: queuing, tea and caravans.
But the caravan is best-suited to local trips. A trip from London to a popular caravanning destination the New Forest would take two days, while a journey to Whitby would take a week.