Designing the Future of Off-Road
If electrification, van life and overland adventuring are having their breakthrough moment then I may be the luckiest designer on the planet. Fate, it seems, has steered me to the point where the next big thing on four wheels meets the sum of my personal and professional experiences.
I am so very pleased to have found my way to Potential Motors as Head of Design. In some ways it almost feels like it was inevitable given my lifetime of back woods adventures on foot and in my Westy, as well as a quarter century of vehicle design. Being presented with the opportunity to help create the future of off-road overland vehicles, with special emphasis on sustainability and exploration of wild spaces, is something that resonates strongly with my personal values.
After investing over a decade of pioneering work into high performance electric motorcycles all across the globe, I felt like it was time to focus more of my energies closer to home and in the wild spaces that I love. I was introduced to Potential Motors through a friend who told me about the company’s use of machine learning to elevate off-road driving for everyone, just as I began planning my family’s next epic camper van adventure. When the role…