Hugo Spowers is a British entrepreneur-engineer who co-ordinated the development of the Morgan LIFEcar

Morgan LIFEcar

The Morgan LIFEcar is a fuel cell-powered electric vehicle project being undertaken by Morgan Motor Company and startup company Riversimple. The goal of LIFEcar is a sports car that will be environmentally responsible, and also deliver impressive performance...

 sports car project that was launched at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2008, and the Riversimple Urban Car

Riversimple Urban Car

The Riversimple Urban Car is an open source hydrogen fuel cell vehicle that is to be built by Hugo Spowers' company, Riversimple. A working demonstrator vehicle was unveiled at the Somerset House in London on 16 June 2009, and production is planned to begin by 2013.-Design:The Riversimple Urban Car...

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Spowers is the founder of Riversimple

Riversimple

Riversimple is a United Kingdom-based transportation company focused on producing environmentally conscious automobiles.Riversimple was founded by former motorsport engineer and racing driver Hugo Spowers....

 (formerly known as OSCar), the company that co-ordinated the design of LIFECar, and is currently developing the Riversimple Urban Car, a viable hydrogen fuel cell car for urban use. Spowers is a graduate of the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...

, and Cranfield University

Cranfield University

Cranfield University is a British postgraduate university based on two campuses, with a research-oriented focus. The main campus is at Cranfield, Bedfordshire and the second is the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom based at Shrivenham, Oxfordshire. The main campus is unique in the United...

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Whilst an undergraduate at Oxford University in the late seventies and early eighties, Spowers was an active member of the extreme sports society, the Dangerous Sports Club

Dangerous Sports Club

The Dangerous Sports Club, a group of adventurers and extreme sports pioneers based in Oxford and London, were active from the late 1970s for about ten years, during which they developed modern bungee jumping and experimented with a variety of other innovative sporting activities.-Origins:The...

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