Table of Contents

Introduction: Boys from Cork don't design cars

Chapter 1: Fresh meat
Chapter 2: Apprenticeship
Chapter 3: Irasshaimase! [written in italics, footnote to translate from Japanese - meaning 'Welcome in!']
Chapter 4: False Start
Chapter 5: Digging In
Chapter 6: Bringing it home [alternative title "Anarchy in the UK"]
Chapter 7: Crossroads
Chapter 8: EVs? Seriously?
Chapter 9: Uncharted Waters
Chapter 10: Reality Bites
Chapter 11: High tension
Chapter 12: Anti-climax
Chapter 13: 'Where do I sign?"
Chapter 14: Pressure game
Chapter 15: Out of the frying pan...

Epilogue
References [TBC if required]
Index

About the Author

David Twohig is an automotive industry veteran, having spent almost three decades in the business.
A native of Cork in Ireland, he started his career with Nissan in the UK in 1992.
During his time with Nissan, and later with Renault after the creation of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, David led the engineering teams responsible for three very different and highly significant vehicles – the first-generation Nissan Qashqai (2007), the Renault ZOE (2012), and finally the award-wining Alpine A110 lightweight sports car (2017).
David was named Engineer of the Year (the ‘Mundy Award’) by the UK’s Autocar Magazine in 2018.
He then spent three years in California’s Silicon Valley, as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Vehicle Engineer at BYTON, a US-Chinese EV start-up, before working at Waymo (the ex-“Google car” autonomous vehicle company).
Of dual Irish-French nationality, he currently lives in France, and works as an independent automotive engineering consultant.