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Electric Auto Association

Chapter member Ian Wright cofounded Tesla then later founded Wrightspeed, a company that built large hybrid trucks in San Jose. Wright also developed the Wrightspeed X1 , an EV sports car known for beating gasoline-powered sports cars in a drag race. Richard’s magic sauce has been a battery that is low to the ground.

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Quallion Introduces Li-ion Anti-Idling HVAC Solution for Class 6-8 Trucks; Showcases Battery Pack in CRF Panda Fuel Cell Vehicle Prototype

Green Car Congress

Quallion developed the system under a grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) in partnership with a global Tier 1 supplier to meet OEM specification requirements and has installed the battery in a Class 8 truck for preliminary field testing with plans to obtain data for future commercialization. and a mass flow rate of 75g/sec.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

But success or failure could turn on more mundane matters, like the time it takes car buyers to navigate a municipal bureaucracy to have charging stations installed in their homes. Peevey, leased an electric Mini Cooper, he said, it took six weeks of visits by installers and inspectors before he could plug in his new car at home. “It