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Jan 21, 2015

ELECTRIC TRUCK MAKER * USA: Tesla's

* California - Tesla co-founder Ian Wright opens Alameda plant to make electric truck powertrains

(Photo: Ian Wright, CEO of Wrightspeed) 
San Francisco,CAL,USA -The San Francisco Business Times, by Patrick Hoge -Jan 20, 2015: -- Tesla co-founder Ian Wright is founder and CEO of Wrightspeed, a maker of electric hybrid powertrains for large trucks that has moved its headquarters and assembly plant to Alameda...The company expects to grow by a factor of more than 12 to more than 300 employees by 2018... Wrightspeed on Tuesday said it had moved into the city-owned 110,000-square-foot historic Hangar 41 at the former Alameda Naval Air Station. Wrightspeed plans to invest $3 million in the plant, where its "range extender" products will be assembled... Wrightspeed says its plug-in hybrid powertrains, which generate electricity through regenerative braking, are designed to replace components in existing medium and heavy-duty commercial trucks. The change makes the vehicles "near zero-emission, quiet, and efficient commercial vehicles" ...

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