This Cute Electric Camper Is An Off-Roading BEAST!

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Published 2023-08-29
The Adventure 1 from Potential Motors is an incredibly cute, albeit strangely proportioned electric RV that will, quite literally, take you off the beaten track for an electric adventure. As well as this EV, Potential are developing all sorts of sophisticated software to ensure that electric vehicles can confidently travel far and wide in a range of industries from mining, leisure vehicles, motorbikes and normal cars. As such, as well as being jam packed with a load of home comforts including a fancy fold out kitchen, the Adventure 1 is also laden with some extreme AI predictive off-road advanced driving assistance systems. Unsure quite what that entails?! Watch the full episode to find out!

00:00 Intro
01:19 Exterior
03:07 Potential Motors... who/what/where?
03:33 What is this vehicle for?
05:06 External features
06:36 AI Terrain Prediction
08:18 Driving experience?
09:00 AI assisted driving
9:34 Off road efficiency
10:24 How much?
11:05 Interior
13:09 Cabin space
14:18 The importance of a vehicle like this

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All Comments (21)
  • @ImogenBhogal
    Spoiler alert. It's PRICEY. But that is inevitable when they're not being made in 100s of thousands. So the big question, how much would YOU pay for it?!
  • @ihitchman83
    It's an electric Delica! Let's hope they can deliver on the production
  • @yt_Ajay_
    This is by far the most 'cyberpunk' vehicle I've ever seen in my life. I need funky vans to make a comeback..
  • @burnzy3210
    1:22 not sure why you're seeing a hi-jet when its actually a dead ringer for the old mitsubishi delica...
  • @motorv8N
    Cool machine. And I love the idea that they’ve resisted the annoying “must eliminate all physical buttons and knobs!” trend for EVs. In fact they understand that while getting jostled and bounced you might actually need a bigger target to aim your finger at. Truly an example of Human Centered Design. Well done.
  • This looks like an amazing vehicle to venture to the outer parking lot of Whole Foods.
  • @ckm-mkc
    Looks almost exactly like my 1993 Mitsubishi Delica StarWagon, except.... My Delica has zero computers and is the most reliable car I own by far..... A huge, huge advantage when you are hundreds of miles from nowhere.
  • @patrickdgarez86
    Love the innovation and the stretch out to the more rugged sphere (Potential's real market will be in the industrial domain but it's fun that they are toying with consumer off road) What an excellent presenter. Relaxed with a fluid cadence and highly engaging. Hats off.
  • @ninjagotguns
    Absolutely ridiculous for the price. Especially when you compare this to a vw van. You can't even open the side doors on a parking lot
  • @toyotaprius79
    I always loved to see of FC promotes new EVs, especially when they're not pretentious behemoths But aren't they all not using FC as a platform for venture capital?
  • The side door needs to be able to hinge at the middle of the door(just under the window to be able to be opened while in a parking lot. To open the door with the hinged part hanging down you can pull the handle down(easy with handful of bags or other things) and to open it as a solid gullwing, you can lift on the handle to keep the hinge locked to have a larger covered area.
  • @thechappist
    I think I'm still partial to the Canoo Adventure, and at half the price... of course like the Canoo these both are not available yet. I'd probably choose the Potential if it was around 30k.. or less. Looks nifty.
  • @danielwhyatt3278
    OMG, I absolutely love this design so much. I really do hope that, considering it’s most likely very pricey, its price does go down with enough orders. This looks like a design which would be very popular in Japan. This vehicle appears to be the perfect size for the countryside over there, and for multipurpose and rural living.
  • @memofromessex
    They should do one of those brand crossovers, but with Patagonia. I'd love to see the design and sustainability they'd add.
  • @InimitaPaul
    Nice if they can get it made. I’ll stick with the Xbus for now, assuming they can get that made. The Xbus has off-road 4WD too but not as aggressive and considering the likelihood of me taking it anywhere other than a little bit off the beaten path is minimal this isn’t for me. Add the fact the Xbus is made in Germany and it will likely take these guys many years to release this in Europe and I’m out. The Xbus is MUCH more spacious too, and it has 800W of solar up top and you’ve got free power with you, I feel like this is a very North American vehicle. Edit: £88k! Are you mental! The Xbus is £50k fully loaded with removable batteries! 🤯
  • @BananaArmsMcNess
    I love forward control designs, they can fit so much usable space into a short wheebase. This machine looks great and i love the size
  • @nevadaxtube
    I really love this channel for showing new and innovative vehicles that virtually no one will ever see or actually buy.
  • 3 things for optimizing came to my mind: Offroad: I live in northern Germany with rather muddy or sandy grounds. No steep hills and surely no rocks. Offroad in my area means unpaved roads through the fields and woods. washed out roads, partly muddy. So, I don't need a lot of torque, I rather need ground clearance all the way from the left tires to the right side. The biggest challenge would be a massive wall of hardened earth between the left wheel tracks of the road and the right wheel track . So, this model doesn't fit my preferences. The suspension springs(?) go way to deep to the ground. You got a lot of space from the big tires, but you waste it by using this space for stuff beneath the line of the axis. Camper: You're sleeping at the level of all these big, open windows. Most people prefer private space while sleeping. You might wanna add some options, especially for the open front of the camper. Given the tiny interriors, curtains won't do the job. Doors: In most areas of the world, the tiny sizes of parking slots are a thing. Enormous wing doors like that cann't be opened anywhere in any given city in europe!!! :D My guess would be: take the inbuild ladder to another spot and change to a sliding door instead. Other than that: your camper is exactly, what I'm looking for right now: A very narrow offroad van with sleeping options for two. <3
  • @someoneelse7629
    Working many years in sales has made me fluent in "bullshit-speak", and this video is full of it! Many years as an offroader/motorsport has made me understand what works and what doesn't And many years tinkering with electronics has given me insight in that too. This will never leave the prototype stage, but the company will burn trough investor money like there is no tomorrow.
  • @stevestruthers6180
    As a Canadian, I am really pleased to see this. For far too long, we've simply let the Americans design and build our cars and trucks (although we do have branch plants in Canada that do some or all of the building for these vehicles along with a more limited scope of design and engineering capabilities). It's also neat to see a Canadian company so far ahead in its attempts to leverage AI in motor vehicle technology. Shame about the price, though, as it will make a vehicle like this not only a niche product, but something only the well-heeled can afford.