Time for more consultations

Lotus Engineering's new director, Dr. Robert Hentschel, thinks hard and often, especially about electric bicycles in China, building bridges to the future, extended-range hybrids, and vehicle links to the infrastructure.

The strength of any automotive consultancy is not just what it can do but what it can foresee and what it can act upon. As the world struggles to recover from the economic crisis, the services of consultancies are likely to be in increasing demand. They will be both practical, in terms of providing systems, and intellectual in terms of geopolitical, financial, legislative, and market analyses.

“A lot of the work I do is thinking,” said Dr. Robert Hentschel, Director of Lotus Engineering. “It is a passion, not a pain. I am part of a very strong team, which is determined to develop industry-leading technologies-so generating ideas between us is vital.”