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X1 Electric Race Car

High performance X1 electric race car humiliates Ferrari and Porche both off the line and in a 1/4 mile. All with a 150 mile range, and recharge time of 4.5 hours.

Table of contents

1 About

1.1 Official Website
1.2 Video
1.3 Brief Description
1.4 In the News
1.5 Related Technology
1.6 Contact

2 See also

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About

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Official Website

http://wrightspeed.com/
- Company (http://wrightspeed.com/company.html)
- The X1 (http://wrightspeed.com/x1.html)
  - FAQ (http://wrightspeed.com/faq.html)
- Media (http://wrightspeed.com/media.html)
  - KRON4 Video (http://www.pluginamerica.com/media/Wrightspeed.wmv) (PlugInAmerica.com)

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Video

Wright Speed: Tesla Roadster v Porche (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3624337653720181416&q=tesla) - early prototype

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Brief Description

A battery powered car that blows away a Ferrari 360 Spider and a Porsche Carrera GT in drag races, and whose 0-to-60 acceleration time ranks it among the fastest production autos in the world. In fact, it's second only to the French-made Bugatti Veyron, a 1,000-horsepower, 16-cylinder beast that hits 60 mph half a second faster and goes for $1.25 million.

The key difference? The Bugatti gets eight miles per gallon. Wright's car? It runs off an electric battery.

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In the News

Google News > X1 Ian Wright (http://news.google.com/news?q=x1+ian+wright)

Electric Race Car that could save the planet—fast (http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/04/technology/business2_wrightspeed/index.htm) - High performance X1 electric race car humiliates Ferrari and Porche both off the line and in a 1/4 mile. All with a 150 mile range, and recharge time of 4.5 hours. (CNN Money; May 5, 2006) (See Slashdot (http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/05/151234) discussion)

Wrightspeed X1 Electric Super Car (http://www.evworld.com/general.cfm?section=communique&page=criticallink&urllink=2057) (EVWorld)

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Related Technology

Directory:Tesla Motors, Inc. - The Tesla Roadster is powered by 6,831 rechargeable lithium-ion batteries -- the same cells that run a laptop computer. Range: 250 miles. Fuel efficiency: 1 to 2 cents per mile. Top speed: more than 130 mph.

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