It is a high-power medium-duty vehicle powertrain that uses electric drive with an onboard power station for efficiency and range.

Founder Ian Wright discusses motivations for building truck powertrains in a TedX Talk and Unfiltered interview.

The electric motor and inverter are sourced from AC Propulsion, makers of the TZero concept car, while the batteries are low weight, high energy density lithium ion provided from A123 Systems.

Built by San Francisco-based New Zealand engineer Ian Wright, the X1 created a stir when it bested several sports cars in a drag race, including a Carrera GT (even with a rolling start, an advantage for the gas burning vehicles), all while being filmed by local news station KRON 4.

Most of these images are applicable to the Ariel Atom Central to Revo Powertrains' ethos is energy efficiency.