Kiwi-born EV entrepreneur Ian Wright aims to revolutionise rubbish collection

Kiwi-born EV entrepreneur Ian Wright aims to revolutionise rubbish collection
Fiona Rotherham
By Fiona Rotherham Aug. 15 (BusinessDesk) - Kiwi-born tech pioneer Ian Wright has a simple vision: he wants to rid garbage trucks of diesel motors within five years. Wright is the founder of Wrightspeed Inc, a manufacturer of range-extended electric vehicle powertrains, which has a US$43 million deal with Infratil-owned NZ Bus to retrofit existing and new buses with its electric powertrains to replace conventional piston engine and transmission systems. The NZ deal is California-based Wrightspeed’s first expansion into mass transit bey...