Revo Powertrains is an electric vehicle powertrain company based in Alameda, California.[1] It was created by Tesla co-founder Ian Wright.
Products[edit]
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 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 4,500–11,800 kg (10,001–26,000 lb).
Founder Ian Wright discusses motivations for building truck powertrains in a TedX Talk and Unfiltered interview.
Energy Efficiency[edit]
Central to Revo Powertrains' ethos is energy efficiency.[2]
Clients[edit]
See also[edit]
- 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.
References[edit]
- ^ "About Us". www.revopowertrains.com. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ "How Regenerative Brakes Work". Energy.gov. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ From Wrightspeed, the jet-powered delivery truck, BBC.
- ^ New Zealand Adopts Wrightspeed Jet And Battery Power For Buses, Forbes 2016-04-22, viewed 2016-05-22
