Hugo Richardson




_ABOUT

I am an innovator, driven to make a positive impact to society. As Co-founder and CTO, of an award winning cleantech startup, I developed our technology from moonshot to reality. Raising over £3 million and securing partnerships with automotive industry leaders Rivian and Volvo. I thrive when faced with a challenge. My roots in engineering and passion for design are constantly colliding, leading me to take an interdisciplinary approach to the complex and nuanced challenges we face.




_The Tyre Collective

1 Overview
2 Opportunity From Ambiguity
3 Manufacturing
4 Tech Stack
5 Partnerships
6 Entrepreneurship




_Design & Engineering

1 Dyson
2 Camper Monster
3 Human Centred Design
4 Canopy
5 Superform




_Personal Projects

1 Red Bull Soapbox 🏆
2 Offcut Toys

3 Parakeet Mobile

4 Periplus Project



PARTNERSHIPS

Project Management & Industry


>    Partnerships with Rivian, Volvo and a Tier 1 Supplier
>    On-vehicle pilots surpassing 200,000 miles
>    PM parallel workplans on-time & on-budget
>    Research with academia & policy makers






Fig. 1   Integrated prototype developed with a tier 1 supplier


As Co-Founder I have shared responsibility for business strategy, investor meetings, grant opportunities and responding quickly to changes in the economic, social and technological environment. We have also built strong links with academia and environmental agencies like the EPA to further research and inform future policy



Fig. 2   Conducting a POC pilot with Rivian in the San Francisco Bay Area


To date we have conducted 12 on-vehicle pilots, securing £100k in revenue. I have been responsible for project managing Proof of Concept partnerships with industry leaders, on time and on budget. I am happy to hold in-depth technical conversations, delicately probing to learn everything we can. We have an ongoing relationship with Rivian, in 2023 we fitted our retrofit devices to their internal EDV test vehicles covering 3000 miles around the Bay Area of San Francisco. Last year we were challenged by a Tier 1 Supplier to design and test an integrated filter into the rear diffuser of an ID Buzz in just 100 days.




Fig. 3   100,000km pilot with HIVED, a delivery fleet in London