Revo Powertrains

The Wrightspeed Route is a plug and play repower kit for commercial trucks. It is a high-power medium-duty vehicle powertrain that uses electric drive with an onboard power station for efficiency and range. This is a series hybrid retrofit kit for trucks. The kit includes controls, 200 kW inverter, electric motors, gearbox with clutchless shifting, battery pack, battery management system, and LCD user interface.

Medium-duty trucks in the US are defined as vehicles with gross vehicle weights of {{Convert|10001-26000|lb|kg|order=flip|abbr=on|-2}}.

Founder Ian Wright discusses motivations for building truck powertrains in a

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4H3FE0Z4QQ TedX Talk] and [https://unfiltered.tv/public/ian-wright Unfiltered interview].

{{Infobox automobile

| image = WrightspeedOverview4881.jpg

| name = X1 Prototype

| manufacturer = Wrightspeed

| aka =

| production = None, prototype only

| assembly =

| predecessor =

| successor =

| class = Roadster

| body_style = Open wheel roadster

| layout = Rear mid-motor, rear-wheel drive

| platform = Ariel Atom

| motor = 3-phase, 4-pole AC Induction

| transmission = Single gear ratio 8.25:1 (no clutch)

| wheelbase = 2345 mm / 92.3 in

| length = 3410 mm / 134.25 in

| width = 1798 mm / 70.8 in

| height = 1195 mm / 47.0 in

| weight = 697 kg / 1536 lb

| related = Ariel Atom, tzero

| designer = Ian Wright

}}

The Wrightspeed X1 is a one-off Ariel Atom heavily modified to use an all-electric powertrain. The Atom was chosen for its light weight and efficient design. The electric motor and inverter are sourced from AC Propulsion, makers of the TZero concept car, while the batteries are low weight, high energy density lithium ion provided from A123 Systems. As with the Atom the transmission is a Honda unit, but stripped of its shifting mechanism and other parts to provide only the second gear speed, allowed by the wide speed and torque range available from the electric motor.

Built by San Francisco-based New Zealand engineer Ian Wright, the X1 created a stir when it bested several sports cars in a drag race, including a Carrera GT (even with a rolling start, an advantage for the gas burning vehicles), all while being filmed by local news station KRON 4. Despite the impressive performance, the vehicle is intended only as a proof of concept. Future production is planned; however, according to the website, "... the production car will be quite different, since it will meet the safety standards, which the prototype does not. It will, however, be at least as quick as the prototype.". Mr. Wright was a co-founder of electric-car company Tesla Motors, but has since left to pursue his own ideas.

• {{convert|0-60|mph|km/h|0|order=flip|abbr=on}} 2.9 seconds{{cite web

|url = http://www.wrightspeed.com/specifications

|title = Specifications | Wrightspeed Inc

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100823034400/http://www.wrightspeed.com/specifications

|archive-date = 23 August 2010

|access-date = 15 November 2013

}}

• Standing {{convert|1/4|mile|m|order=flip|abbr=in}} 11.6 seconds
• Top speed {{convert|104|mph|km/h|abbr=on|0|order=flip}} (electronically limited)
• Range greater than {{convert|100|mi|km|abbr=in|order=flip|round=5}} in urban use
• Charger: onboard conductive. Input 100–250 V 50 or 60 Hz
• Current: user adjustable up to 80 A
• Energy consumption {{convert|200|W.h/mi|W.h/km|abbr=on|order=flip}} in urban use, equivalent to {{convert|170|mpgus|L/100km mpgimp|abbr=on}} or {{convert|33705|W.h/USgal|W.h/L W.h/impgal|abbr=on|round=5}}

{{clear}}

Most of these images are applicable to the Ariel Atom

File:WrightspeedFrontBrake4889.JPG|Front wheel and brake

File:WrightspeedSpring4882.JPG|Springs and shock absorber

File:WrightspeedStearingRack4888.JPG|Steering rack

File:WrightspeedCockpit4883.JPG|Cockpit

File:WrightspeedRearSusp4884.JPG|Rear suspension

File:WrightspeedRear4885.JPG|Rear view

Central to Revo Powertrains' ethos is energy efficiency.{{Cite web |title=How Regenerative Brakes Work |url=https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/how-regenerative-brakes-work |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Energy.gov |language=en}}

• FedEx[http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20141006-the-jet-powered-fedex-truck From Wrightspeed, the jet-powered delivery truck], BBC.
• NZ Bus[https://www.forbes.com/sites/samabuelsamid/2016/04/22/new-zealand-adopts-wrightspeed-jet-and-battery-power-for-buses/#1ff0e5ea3af2 New Zealand Adopts Wrightspeed Jet And Battery Power For Buses], Forbes 2016-04-22, viewed 2016-05-22

• Battery electric vehicle
• Electric truck
• Fleet operator
• Garbage truck
• Isuzu NPR
• Tesla Motors
• Vehicle manufacturer
• Wrightspeed X1, a one-off Ariel Atom heavily modified to use an all-electric powertrain, made by Wrightspeed.

{{Commons category|Wrightspeed X1}}

• {{official website|1=http://revopowertrains.com/}} formerly [http://wrightspeed.com/ wrightspeed.com]
• [http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20141006-the-jet-powered-fedex-truck From Wrightspeed, the jet-powered delivery truck], BBC.
• [http://www.wrightspeed.com/ Wrightspeed]
• [http://www.grumpy-c-bear.org/Car/20051108_Energy_Next/index.html Drag race: Wrightspeed X1 vs. Carrera GT, vs. Ferrari 360 and vs. AC Propulsion tZero]
• [http://www.pluginamerica.com/media/Wrightspeed.wmv Video of Wrightspeed X1 electric car beating a Ferrari 360 Spider and a Porsche Carrera GT]
• [http://www.clubofpioneers.com/blog/video-the-x1-by-wrightspeed---a-test-drive-with-ian-wright-battery-bev-electric-car-ian-wright-wrightspeed-x1/27/stories/631/ Video of Wrightspeed X1' test-drive in San Francisco]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh1xMwOO54s Video of X1 vs. a Lamborghini and a NASCAR race car with technological review]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc94QvJc5VA Video: Wrightspeed's X1 electric prototype zips around the race track and blows past a Tesla Roadster]

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