Green Car Congress
JUNE 8, 2016
Outfitted with 730kW regenerative braking power, as well as an 80kW, fuel agnostic Fulcrum Turbine Generator that charges on-board batteries, the powertrain kit gives the vehicles unlimited range with refueling. Located in Silicon Valley, Wrightspeed was founded by Ian Wright, co-founder of Tesla Motors.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 13, 2016
Wrightspeed, founded by Ian Wright, one of the original co-founders of Tesla Motors, is growing rapidly. Bringing more than 15 years of automotive and controls expertise from Tesla Motors and Ford to Honeywell and Cummins, Sawyer has led teams geared at improving efficiency and fuel economy in the commercial vehicles space.
EV Central
JULY 4, 2022
We’re working on another Beetle right now, and a 2013 Land Rover Defender with Tesla motor is next. Power steering you use an electric hydraulic pump to run the original power steering system on the Perentie; on other vehicles you use an electric power steering kit that’s fitted in the column. What projects are next?
Cars That Think
APRIL 23, 2022
The Defender charges like a lioness on a wildebeest’s scent, slaying 60 miles per hour (almost 100 kilometers per hour) in about 5 seconds. A port mounted on a rear fender connects a standard CCS ( Combined Charging System ) plug to an onboard 7-kW charger. But [with such kits], you don’t need special high-voltage knowledge.”.
Get Electric Vehicle
MAY 30, 2021
Tesla Motors began production in 2008 with the Roadster, which was essentially an AC Propulsion vehicle with kit-car parts replaced by one-grade-above-kit-car Lotus Elise pieces in the first generation. Tesla and other modern electric cars (except a few) owe lithium-ion batteries to their success.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
JANUARY 15, 2009
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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
How Real, How Soon, and What Must Happen Next,” which concludes the costs of creating an automotive market dominated by electric and hybrid cars are prohibitively high for the foreseeable future – as high as $49 billion for Europe alone (along with another $21 billion for battery-charging infrastructure). Volt will survive and prosper,” G.M.’s
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