As founder of Wrightspeed, cofounder of Tesla Motors and creator of the X1 (the fastest street-legal electric vehicle in the world), Ian Wright has already ushered in an era of electric transportation. Now, Wright has turned his attention to the least efficient, heaviest, most wasteful vehicles on the road: garbage trucks. In this informative presentation, Wright explains how, when it comes to making vehicles more efficient, we've been asking the wrong question all along.
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As founder of Wrightspeed, cofounder of Tesla Motors and creator of the X1 (the fastest street-legal electric vehicle in the world), Ian Wright has already ushered in an era of electric transportation. Now, Wright has turned his attention to the least efficient, heaviest, most wasteful vehicles on the road: garbage trucks. In this informative presentation, Wright explains how, when it comes to making vehicles more efficient, we've been asking the wrong question all along.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx