Robert Q Riley

Robert Q. Riley is an industrial designer and a mechanical engineer with design and engineering successes in a wide range of product categories. His automotive experience includes vehicle styling, layout, packaging, and powertrain design, focusing on low-energy-demand passenger cars. He is widely recognized for designing high-performance three-wheel road vehicles, electric and hybrid cars, and fuel-efficient internal combustion engine (ICE) automobiles of up to 128-mpg fuel economy. Nonautomotive designs range from high-performance watercraft and hovercraft to fitness equipment and medical products. He is also known as the “Father of the Modern Bent” for his pioneering work in modern recumbent bicycle design. He recently set new standards of excellence in recumbent design with the release of his Ground Hugger XR2 carbon fiber machine. A solar-assist version of the Ground Hugger XR2 took first place in Category B (unfared recumbents) in the 2001 Australian World Solar Cycle Challenge. Mr. Riley consults on new product design and product strategies. He promotes environmentally friendly technologies and writes and speaks on the subject of alternative automobile design. He has led conference workshops and speaks at industry, scientific, and academic events. He consulted on the Different Roads automobile exhibit at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, and he was the lead speaker at the museurns daylong symposium on the future of the automobile. He was one of two U.S. technical consultants selected by Delcan Corporation to contribute to Transport Canada’s Sustainable Transportation Technology Forecast. Mr. Riley is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, the Industrial Designers Society of America, the Intelligent Transportation Society—Arizona, and the Marine Technology Society. His website is located at www .rqriley.com.