Ian Wright, founder and CEO of Wrightspeed, showed off the X1 in San Francisco Thursday night at a gathering of the Business Association Italy America at Club Sportiva - a sort of exotic country club for car enthusiasts. Watching and listening to this video one would assume that all the roaring would be from the X1 literally destroying the Ferrari off the line, but in fact all that noise is all from the Ferrari, and the only noise made by the X1 is minimal screeching of it’s tires!
The X1 prototype is a concept car, and a test platform. It is not a production car, and never will be. It’s a proof-of-concept vehicle that will lead to a production car in the future. Wrightspeed’s strategy is to bring efficiency to high-end, big-margin gas guzzlers that garner big profit margins. During a 20-minute presentation, Wright said that by capturing 10 percent of the gas-guzzler market, more fuel would be saved than by turning 100 percent of already-efficient gasoline-powered cars electric.
To build this prototype, Wrightspeed looked for the best of the best, in today’s technology. They chose AC Propulsion 3-phase AC induction motor and inverter – the highest power/weight ratio system available.
For the chassis, Wright turned to Ariel, in Somerset. Ariel has created one of the world’s sexiest and raciest F1 inspired legal street cars, as well as the quickest and lightest chassis on the road.
Specifications:
Performance:
Watch as the Wrightspeed X1 Destroys a Ferrari 360 and Porsche Carrera GT.
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