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Wrightspeed’s Ian Wright set to Electrify Trucking

Ari Luis — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 19:40:04 +0000

Ian Wright, one of Tesla Motors’ co-founders, is setting his sights on transforming the trucking industry. He and his company, Wrightspeed, are set to electrify trucks, and not just one truck at a time. Elon Musk and company have transformed the way we view electric vehicles. From glorified golf carts, we now see them as […]

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WrightSpeed X1 – The First Retired Electric Sportscar

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:38:08 +0000

Remember Ian Wright? Right, he's the inventor and producer of Wrightspeed X1, the first most famous electric sportscar. This summer his car was on top of all the newspapers, environmental and auto blogs. Now, the same famous sportscar with plans to be commercialized and developed in the coming years, is being retired and put on the shelf. Why is that happening?

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WrightSpeed X1 – 170mpg/300 horsepower SportsCar

Ovidiu Sandru — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:08:46 +0000

This is the Wrightspeed X1, built by Ian Wright (51), the first employee from Tesla Motors. It is a full electric car that can do 0-60mph in about 3 seconds. You wish it could go further than that? Yes, it can go. Future plans are to adopt changes that boost it to about 2seconds for […]

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