title: Revo Powertrains
text: # Revo Powertrains
  
  Revo Powertrains is an electric vehicle powertrain company based in Alameda, California. Created by Tesla co-founder Ian Wright.
  
  Located in Alameda County, California by Wrightspeed, Inc. (a Delaware corporation).
  
  ## Products
  
  The Wrightspeed Route is a plug and play repower kit for commercial trucks. It is a high-power medium-duty vehicle powertrain that uses electric drive with an onboard power station for efficiency and range and is a series hybrid retrofit kit for trucks. The kit includes controls, 200 kW inverter, electric motors, gear box with clutch-less shifting, battery pack, battery management system, and LCD user interface.
  
  Medium-duty trucks in the US are defined as vehicles with gross vehicle weights of 4,500–11,800 kg (10,001–26,000 lb).
  
  Founder Ian Wright discusses motivations for building truck powertrains in a TedX Talk and Unfiltered interview.
  
  ## Clients
  
  * FedEx
  * NZ Bus
  