Just up Interstate 26 from me in North Charleston, sits Mercedes’ sprawling Sprinter van plant. The 222-acre factory for the venerable Merc hauler—along with the new battery propelled E-Sprinter—also serves as a sort of hub for all manner of companies that create modular add-ons or build out special edition Sprinters for camping, contracting, medical work, and of course, people moving. What has evolved here is a plug-and-play ecosystem that not only bolsters the hell out of Charleston’s economy but has created a hive of creative Sprinter engineering solutions for near any use.
Now, I’m not saying this is
