David Hilton (auto designer)

Since January 2021, Mr. Hilton works as the Senior Director Global Design and Brand at the luxury EV maker Karma Automotive[20][21][22] in southern California.

As the chief designer on the 2002 Focus RS project, based in the UK, Hilton worked under the then President Ford of Europe Dr. Martin Leach.

Clients included Hyundai, KIA, TATA, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mazda, Nissan, McLaren, Citroen, VW, Ford, according to the website.

In 2015, Hilton became one of the first few employees of the now very successful China based Electric Vehicle startup Nio, which at the time was called NEXTEV.

In 2015, the design team leaders consisted of Kris Tomasson, Juho Suh, David Hilton, and was based in Munich and London.

During these early days, the design team created and developed the NIO brand identity, logo, story and product plans.