The Irish ‘Elon Musk’. David Twohig

Rhys Essien

Okay he’s not a billionaire but he’s the Vice President and Chief Engineer of Byton cars. A fella by the name of David Twohig from Cork.
The car is a serious piece of kit.

https://youtu.be/2iNRpsz1uJE

unkel

I was the first person to mention Byton cars on the whole of boards.ie a few days ago (you can do a search). Now you mention them. I'd say they will be mentioned a few more times in future

Rhys Essien

It’s a beautiful looking car in fairness. Hopefully Leo and co might give them an incentive to set up a European production facility in Ireland. I suppose we can dream on.

jusmeig

unkel wrote: »

I was the first person to mention Byton cars on the whole of boards.ie a few days ago (you can do a search). Now you mention them. I'd say they will be mentioned a few more times in future

Guys, I think unkel was the first to mention Bython, if you do a search you will find confirmation.

zapitastas

jusmeig wrote: »

Guys, I think unkel was the first to mention Bython, if you do a search you will find confirmation.

No I mentioned bython a few years ago but then deleted the post so you will not find it through the search function. You might not believe me but I know that I did and that is good enough for me

jon1981

Lads i don't think anyone cares who mentioned it first

Also calling him the Irish Elon Musk is really a stretch!

jusmeig

Jasus lads I'm taking the Mick, who gives a rats who mentioned it first!??

L'prof

His accent is atrocious, I hope he wasn’t raised in Ireland!

mattser

L'prof wrote: »

His accent is atrocious, I hope he wasn’t raised in Ireland!

Typical Irish parish pump begrudgery.
Well done to the lad.

L'prof

mattser wrote: »

Typical Irish parish pump begrudgery.
Well done to the lad.

It was nothing of the sort, his accent is all over the place. So bad, I turned the video off after 10s. I’m not in the market for an electric car either. Best of luck to him

Rhys Essien

L'prof wrote: »

His accent is atrocious, I hope he wasn’t raised in Ireland!

That’s a bit unfair. He’s from Mayfield in Cork City, same place as Roy Keane and even speaks very like Roy if you listen back but he has lived in France and Japan over the last 20+ years working for Renault and Nissan. I think he can also speak French and Japanese so his accent would naturally be all over the place.

biko

Please stop bickering, you're dragging thread offtopic
If anyone wants to keep posting in this thread then post in an adult fashion

biko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJCLwQyn2TA

NIMAN

Who's Unkel? And what's his accent like?

In all seriousness, nice looking car.
Would be great to have car manufacturing back in Ireland.

cursai

Is any part of the car made in Ireland. Or is it just based here to dodge tax.

SmartinMartin

Reminds me of a Ford Probe.

n97 mini

Not sure the Yanks are going to be keen on a Chinese built car. Time will tell.

OldMrBrennan83

n97 mini wrote: »

Not sure the Yanks are going to be keen on a Chinese built car. Time will tell.

They'll think it's spying on them.

n97 mini

cursai wrote: »

Is any part of the car made in Ireland. Or is it just based here to dodge tax.

Is it based here? I don't see any reference to Ireland. Only China/Hong Kong.

mickdw

I'd image they are nowhere yet in terms of producing finished cars onto the market.
He is using a picture of the interior in this video yet claims to be selling cars later this year.
Sounds like a complete bullsh1tter to me. No concrete answers, no signed agreements with dealers? just talk.

cursai

The Atari Jaguar of cars

scooby77

More importantly CEO, Carsten was with BMW for 20 years, including 10 as group vice president and led i8 development team!
A serious company I'd say...seem to have plenty of powerful backers.
Interesting machines too.

Sabre Man

I love big screens but how much is too much? It'll be interesting to see what they will use it for.

NIMAN

The new De Lorean?

NIMAN

Is it not hypocritical that a man who has invested so much in EVs can send a rocket to the ISS?

How many gallons of fuel did the Dragon 2 use?

biko

Back on topic please

...Ghost...

NIMAN wrote: »

Is it not hypocritical that a man who has invested so much in EVs can send a rocket to the ISS?

How many gallons of fuel did the Dragon 2 use?

On David Twohig....he has nothing to do with rockets. I like the look of the car, but I think the Lidar poking out of it ruins the look. I think his explanation for poking the Lidar out of the body of the car is rubbish. He is pretty much saying that we should embrace ugly. I don't buy it. I also side with Musk when he says Lidar is not the future.

On Elon Musk....as I am sure you know, he has been a crucial cog in the machine of change, which is seeing us accelerate the transition from fossil fuel cars to EVs. In Dublin, I cannot go on a short journey to the supermarket without seeing at least 2 EVs. Elon had a strong vision and drive (excuse the pun) and I am personally thankful for that, even though I drive a Leaf.

Sending rockets into space cannot be done at this time using clean fuel, but this is just another area where Elon has made massive changes and for the future benefit of mankind. It's safe to say that his contributions to us via EVs, Solar panels and battery storage have off-set any rocket launch to date and into the future.

Rhys Essien

Great interview on the Neil Prendeville Show today with David. Podcast here begins at 01:51:50

Comes across as a very down to earth guy.Well worth a listen.

http://www.redfm.ie/on-air/podcasts/neil-prendeville-on-redfm/episode/22nd-march-20191/?autoplay=1

unkel

Thanks for sharing. Well worth a listen indeed. I had no idea of the guys credentials. We haven't heard the last from him or from Byton, and that's probably a huge understatement.

Rhys Essien

Agree. I never knew he was involved in the Renault Zoe until hearing this and as far as I know he was also behind the Alpine sports car which he modestly never mentioned to Prendeville. He’s the kind of guest that Tubridy should be interviewing. Still baffled as to how he’s relatively unknown here in Ireland.

unkel

This Irish Times article from almost a year ago covers most of David's story too. From his youth up to Byton. It must have gone completely under the radar of anyone posting here on boards. I admit I only came across it now myself.

Linky


Must read for anyone who has made it into this thread so far.

HorseSea

David Twohig has written a book: https://www.ucc.ie/en/sefs/news/2022/inside-the-machine-new-book-by-car-designer-david-twohig.html

An excellent read, I just finished it and thoroughly enjoyed it. I am not a real petrol head (what's the EV equivalent) and was relieved to see he made what could have been a very dry read interesting and entertaining.

RainInSummer

This thing any closer to actual production? I imagine it'll be bananas money.

Edit: Reasonably priced in the US anyway. If it ever makes it into production. Indicative pricing of $45,000 for the M-Byte.

s8n

his accent is a mess

sam t smith

I remember mentioning him 5 years ago on here.