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Wrightspeed

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Wrightspeed makes its retrofit powertrain, The Route, for medium-duty commercial fleet trucks, a very high fuel-consumption market. While continuing to meet the payload and power expectations of fleet operators, The Route can reduce fuel consumption by 50%. Designed for both efficiency and performance, The Route offers a return on investment unparalleled by competing technologies. Using electric drive, regenerative braking, and a unique approach to onboard power generation, Wrightspeed’s Route is a fully integrated and extremely high power system and the first to use a software controlled “clutchless” transmission. Started by one of Tesla Motors’ founding members and based in Silicon Valley, Wrightspeed has extremely strong competencies in systems-approach design, high reliability software, and high power analog electronics.

Recent Milestones

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  Wrightspeed — achieved first-ever software-controlled clutch-less shifting (9/13/11)
  Posted 11/13/11 at 6:04pm via automotiveworld.com
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  Wrightspeed received $5M in Series B funding. (9/1/11)
  Posted 10/31/11 at 10:43am
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  Wrightspeed received $5M in Series A funding. (11/5/10)
  Posted 11/5/10 at 11:28am via techcrunch.com
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  Wrightspeed added Ian Wright as Co-Founder & CEO.
  Posted 11/5/10 at 11:25am
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  Wrightspeed added David Pearson as VP, Engineering.
  Posted 11/5/10 at 11:35am

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Above: Home Page
Uploaded: 11/1/11

Sources

1. Wrightspeed Raises $5 Million Series A Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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Wrightspeed launches GTD EV drivetrain (automotiveworld.com) [edit]