EarthCruiser shuts down effective immediately
EarthCruiser is kaput. Founded in 2008, the Oregon-based builder of overlanding rigs based on medium-duty pickups and box truck chassis' posted a notice on its site on April 24 that it would be shutting down the following day, April 25, with a finality that would end vehicle production and vehicle servicing. The company wrote that the events of the past few years created «changing market dynamics and economic challenges [that] made it increasingly difficult to sustain operations,» hence, «after careful consideration and in-depth strategic analysis the company has made the decision to wind down operations in its current form.»