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Engineer Hans-Gerd Eckel is an expert engineer with over 60 patents to his name. Among his inventions is a steering wheel that can jolt drivers awake who have fallen asleep.He relishes tricky challenges such as making smaller engines run as smoothly as their larger and more inefficient counterparts, or inventive ways of housing heavy batteries in electric cars – a born tinkerer. Marion Hütter accompanies the engineer as goes about his passion.
Engineer Hans-Gerd Eckel is an expert engineer with over 60 patents to his name. Among his inventions is a steering wheel that can jolt drivers awake who have fallen asleep.He relishes tricky challenges such as making smaller engines run as smoothly as their larger and more inefficient counterparts, or inventive ways of housing heavy batteries in electric cars – a born tinkerer. Marion Hütter accompanies the engineer as goes about his passion.