Wrightspeed X1

[qwk]

He just has an agenda, so he has to be biased.

 

[DaveD]

Wrightspeed Raises $5 Million in First Round of Venture Capital

 

[doug]

Wrightspeed Raises $5 Million in First Round of Venture Capital

He also led the construction of the X1 Prototype, a battery electric street-legal car ...

I think it's only street legal because it's a kit car.

 

[TEG]

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2010/11/wrightspeed-20101109.html

 

[TEG]

Green Overdrive Video: Wrightspeed Retrofits Trucks to Go Electric | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

 

[zack]

His mic must have been off. Very difficult to decipher what he's saying at the beginning.

 

[dwegmull]

I think it's only street legal because it's a kit car.

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I can confirm. I had the opportunity to chat with Ian Wright as part of an informal gathering around his car at a local show (the EAA rally at Palo Alto High School) a couple of years ago. I distinctly remember him mention that he had to bring the car to a state inspection (California CHP). He was dinged for having headlights that were at the wrong height. He fixed it by simply adjusting the suspension... They did not care at all that it was an electric car.
Kit cars are the ultimate loopholes when it comes to low production quantities on (relatively) small budgets.