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- Dec 1, 201790% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Wind and solar-powered Ecocapsule is your off-grid home of the future
- Ecocapsule, by Slovakia-based Nice Architects, is a tiny off-grid pod of about 120 sq ft (per the company's 2015 description) that comfortably houses two adults, with a bed, kitchenette, bathroom and small workspace[1]
- A wind turbine and solar cells feed a 9,744 watt-hour battery, and it collects and reuses rainwater and dew; the company says it can support a person for up to a year off-grid[1]
- In 2015 no price was given and first shipping was planned for the first half of 2016; by 2017 only 50 first-edition pods were to be made, with cheaper mass production planned for 2018[1][3]
- By February 2018 the first unit was finished, and the 50 initial units were pre-orders at EUR 79,900 (about US$97,800) with 2018 delivery, after earlier delays from an expected 2017 delivery[2]
- Later specs: 4.67 x 2.2 m, about 8.2 sq m (88 sq ft) of floor space, 1,650 kg, an 880 W solar array and a 750 W telescopic wind turbine[2]
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- [1]90%mashable.com/2015/05/26/ecocapsule-pods/#cJE5J5tboiqDmashable.com· Posted Aug 16, 2017· Starts Dec 1, 2017 ✓· 0% of score
Happened as dated, per mashable.com: "…rice for the pods, but says it plans to begin taking pre-orders later this year with the first units…"
- [2]72%Egg-shaped tiny house finally hatchesnewatlas.com· Added Sep 14, 2026· 50% of score
New Atlas reports "An initial run of 50 is being sold this year and more are planned for 2019," with delivery "promised for 2018" - vaguer than the pin's specific December 2017 date, and the piece itself is skeptical the timeline will hold.
- [3]72%The first off-grid Ecocapsule microhomes are shipping to customers this yearinhabitat.com· Added Sep 14, 2026· 50% of score
Inhabitat, published June 2017, states the company planned "to deliver the first Ecocapsules to clients later this year" (2017), broadly supporting the pin's late-2017 date without pinning down the specific December week.
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