Hugos early life was characterised by his twin fascination for science and dangerous sports. So he has reimagined not just the automobile, but the entire auto industry. Hugo spowers, a disillusioned former motorsport engineer and racing driver, believes the existing car industry is moribund and incapable of real change. The offices were located at dinham, by the river teme, which gave the business its name. The 1993 british formula three season was the 43rd british formula three championship, won by kelvin burt. Riversimple 15 years ago spowers stopped working with internal combustion engines when he had the idea of building a hydrogenpowered vehicle.
The car and the system around are both part of a grand plan by the company riversimple, founded by hugo spowers, former motor racer and mechanical engineer of race cars. The 50yearold former racing driver concentrates on the tarmac in front of him, carefully pursuing the optimum meaning fastest route. Hugo spowers born 1960 is a british entrepreneurengineer who coordinated the development of the morgan lifecar sports car project that was launched at the geneva motor show in march 2008, and the riversimple urban car spowers is the founder of riversimple formerly known as oscar, the company that coordinated the design of lifecar, and is currently developing the riversimple urban car. Interview with hugo spowers, engineer, entrepreneur and. In the mid1990s, hugo spowers ran a formula three racing team. Hugo s early life was characterised by his twin fascination for science and dangerous sports. Hugo spowers born 1960 is a british entrepreneurengineer who coordinated the development of the morgan lifecar sports car project that was launched at. Through his pioneering company, riversimple based in ludlow, shropshire, england spowers and his colleagues have taken on the modest task of. Hugo spowers racing career profile driver database.
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Riversimple is a united kingdombased car manufacturer of hydrogenpowered fuel cell. At the time, motorsport was in the pocket of big tobacco. Every weekend, formula one cars emblazoned with cigarette brands. Riversimple has a diverse team which includes those with f1, motor racing, yacht design, engineering and automotive design backgrounds. Hugo spowers puts down his foot and accelerates to 60mph. It has to be efficient because the driver isnt paying for the fuel. Riversimple a mobility revolution in wales ellen macarthur. Interview with hugo spowers, engineer, entrepreneur and former racing car driverwho uses his love of auto design to tackle one of the most intractab. The season started on 21 march at silverstone and ended at thruxton on 10 october at following fifteen races. Interview with hugo spowers, engineer, entrepreneur and former racing car driver who uses his love of auto design to tackle one of the most intractable environmental questions. The former led him to an encyclopaedic understanding of systems design, the latter into the dangerous sports club and motorsport. Chief engineer and founder of riversimple, hugo spowers is an oxford.
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