PHOTOS: Wrightspeed’s Extended Range Electric Truck Tech

Apr. 8, 2011 - 2:16 PM PDT Apr. 8, 2011 - 2:16 PM PDT

Wrightspeed Founder, San Jose Mayor & Commissioners cutting ribbon on new factory.

My photos from the ribbon-cutting ceremony and factory opening for Wrightspeed, a Silicon Valley startup building extended range electric truck technology. Read more »

Green Overdrive: Wrightspeed Unveils Factory, Drive System

By Katie Fehrenbacher

Apr. 8, 2011 - 12:00 AM PDT Apr. 8, 2011 - 12:00 AM PDT

For this week’s Green Overdrive show, we catch up with Wrightspeed founder Ian Wright (part of the founding team of Tesla) at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at his new factory. Wright shows us the company’s digital drivesystem, which will be used to build extended-range electric trucks. Read more »

Wrightspeed Raises Cash for Speedy Electric Car Tech

By Katie Fehrenbacher

Nov. 5, 2010 - 1:19 PM PDT Nov. 5, 2010 - 1:19 PM PDT

What's Faster than Tesla? Wrightspeed's Hybrid Car & Truck Dreams

Ian Wright, early Tesla employee and founder of high performance electric drive train startup Wrightspeed, has raised $5 million to build out his extended-range hybrid electric drive technology. Read more »

Green Overdrive: Wrightspeed’s Tesla-Lapping Race [video]

By Katie Fehrenbacher

Aug. 12, 2010 - 12:01 AM PDT Aug. 12, 2010 - 12:01 AM PDT

Wrightspeed’s CEO Ian Wright, one of the original founding team at Tesla, shows us the ins and outs of his X1 electric high performance car prototype soon after he passes Tesla’s Roadster on the Laguna Seca racetrack. Read more »

What’s Faster than Tesla? Wrightspeed’s Hybrid Car & Truck Dreams

By Katie Fehrenbacher

Jul. 18, 2010 - 9:00 PM PDT Jul. 18, 2010 - 9:00 PM PDT

A couple things were holding up Ian Wright, founder of electric drive train startup Wrightspeed and part of the founding team of Tesla Motors, when he drove his prototype hybrid at the Laguna Seca racetrack: street tires, battery heat, and Tesla cars in his way. Read more »

What’s So Hot About the New MacBook Pros? The Stuff You Can’t See

By Om Malik

Apr. 14, 2010 - 8:22 PM PDT Apr. 14, 2010 - 8:22 PM PDT

This week Apple introduced a new line-up of MacBook Pros. While they look no different from the previous generation, it’s what’s under the hood — the stuff you can’t see — that makes all the difference. Read more »

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