The Amble One: A Tech-Minded Beach Buggy
The Amble One is an electric beach buggy designed for short trips across resorts, islands, campuses, and low-speed communities. It's a lightweight, open-frame vehicle with a cork-clad steering wheel, a visible electric platform inspired by the lunar rover, and a top speed of 40 mph. The vehicle is fully road legal in both the US and EU, with a range of more than 60 miles and a weight limit of 450 kilograms.
The project is led by a team with experience across hospitality, industrial design, e-bikes, and creative direction. The team includes José António Uva, Adrien Roose, Michael Tropper, and Julian Hoenig. Together, they frame the Amble One as a lightweight electric vehicle for journeys where a full-size car feels oversized.
The Amble One is designed with a focus on material and weight, with an open-air feeling and a visible electric platform. The cabin is shaped by aluminum, leather, cotton, and cork, with large orange screws marking the parts that can be removed or reconfigured. The dashboard bar uses the same diameter as motorcycle handlebars, allowing standard bike accessories to attach directly.
The vehicle is designed to be adaptable, with a modular platform that can be adapted for cargo and light commercial use. Rear seats fold flat, a canvas weather option is planned, and a lockable front box will replace the open basket for more urban buyers. The vehicle keeps the arrangement simple, but the details suggest a product built for changing needs across resorts, campuses, and compact communities.
The Amble One is already working on a second platform that will move closer to a conventional small car, with removable doors, a hardtop, and a lower roofline planned for a later release. For now, the One makes the stronger editorial gesture. It treats the electric buggy as a design object with its own language, shaped by material, weight, exposure, and the feeling of moving through a place at human scale.
The Amble One is a fascinating example of how technology and design can come together to create a unique and innovative vehicle. It's a vehicle that is designed to be both functional and aesthetically pleasing, with a focus on material and weight, and a visible electric platform inspired by the lunar rover. The vehicle is designed to be adaptable, with a modular platform that can be adapted for cargo and light commercial use, and a focus on the human scale.
