Wrightspeed Powertrains of San Jose, CA is a pioneer in developing hybrid-electric powertrains for heavy duty trucks. This next-generation design provides superior power, performance, fuel efficiency, and the lowest emissions for heavy duty trucks that operate in some of the most challenging and fuel guzzling applications. There are many advantages to hybrid-electric vehicles that are…

Published at Breaking Energy, Oct. 24, 2014 (.pdf) Elon Musk described the new Tesla Model D as a digital vehicle compared to conventional ICE autos which are analog mechanical machines. The Model D is an iterative upgrade of the Model S, but it presents two significant feature sets that demonstrate how the auto world is moving…

Breaking Energy, Oct. 2, 2014 (.pdf) The Energy Collective, Oct 15 Electric Vehicles today are considered to be more expensive to purchase than their Internal Combustion Engine counterparts. But the purchase price of EV’s versus ICE vehicles tells an incomplete story about the comparative costs. While none of the EV’s on the market today are…

Breaking Energy, Sept. 29, 2014 (.pdf) The Energy Collective, Oct. 14, 2014 I recently had the opportunity to test drive the Tesla Model S P85, the high performance version of the highly acclaimed all electric luxury sedan. Like many drivers of the Model S I was thoroughly impressed by the performance of this machine and after…