Tesla co-founder Ian Wright has shifted his attention to fuel-efficient trash ... - OCRegister
Lorem ipsum dolor Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu sit amet quam egestas semper. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu sit amet quam egestas semper. Yet it’s these rolling refuse haulers that are the focus of Tesla co-founder Ian Wright, who laid out his case for turbine-powered range extenders in the dumpiest and least fuel efficient of vehicles during the annual Fleet Technology Expo in Long... With plug-in cars stalled at 0. 5 percent of the U. S. market, despite their proliferation, Wright contends it was wrong to apply battery-electric technology to passenger cars that were already fuel efficient because the cost of the technology... A Nissan Leaf costs $16,000 more than its gas-powered counterpart and saves just $850 per year in fuel, he said. A trash truck, by comparison, burns 14,000 gallons of fuel annually – 60 percent of which could be saved with a turbine-powered range extender. Q: When did you decide that passenger vehicles were the wrong starting point for battery-electric technology. Source: www.ocregister.com
