Wikispeed

WikiSpeed (also styled WIKISPEED)

WikiSpeed is a United States–based automotive project and small-scale manufacturer best known for developing ultra-efficient, modular cars using practices borrowed from software engineering—particularly Agile/Scrum, rapid iteration, and distributed collaboration. (en.wikipedia.org)

What WikiSpeed does

• Builds modular vehicle prototypes in which major subsystems (for example, drivetrain modules) are designed to be swapped more easily than in conventional car design. (forbes.com)
• Organizes engineering work around short iteration cycles (often described as “sprints”), applying Agile methods to hardware development. (forbes.com)

Origins and public visibility

• The project is commonly associated with Joe Justice, who is widely described as its founder, and with activity centered in/near Seattle, Washington. (en.wikipedia.org)
• WikiSpeed became widely known after competing in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE (circa 2010) and later showing a prototype at major auto-show venues (notably in early 2011). (en.wikipedia.org)

Relationship to Bitcoin (the page you referenced)

The specific webpage title you encoded (“WIKISPEED, first car-maker in the world to accept Bitcoin — press release”) corresponds to a 2012-era announcement stating that:

• WikiSpeed would accept Bitcoin for purchases and/or support, framing it as aligned with the project’s decentralized, network-driven ethos. (blog.p2pfoundation.net)
• The announcement was circulated and reposted in the wider peer-production / P2P community, including a reproduction of the press-release text. (blog.p2pfoundation.net)

Current site context

The current “About” section on WikiSpeed’s official site presents the project in terms of agile hardware and lists named team members associated with present-day activities (including an EV racing team context). (wikispeed.com)

In summary: WikiSpeed is an experimental, modular-car effort that applies open, iterative engineering methods to automotive development, and it gained attention both for its X PRIZE-era prototypes and for early public experiments like accepting Bitcoin payments. (en.wikipedia.org)