Monthly Archives: April 2010

Arrival in Chicago

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Roger

The team had a fantastic flight with SWISS from ZRH to ORD, the service was great and the nine hour flight felt only half as long… We then got the full dose of Homeland Security…waited two hours in line at … Continue reading →

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Cleaning up the Workshop

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Roger

After half a year of making a mess building the ET’s, it was pretty quiet at Peraves “skunk works” today.  The R&D workspaces have been cleaned up to make room for new stuff that will be tested this year in … Continue reading →

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Loading X-Tracers onto the Plane

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Roger

Today, the two striking yellow/black ET’s were driven under their own steam to the airport, where we helped the ground handlers to secure them diagonally on a LD7-pallet each. The SWISS flight LX8 takes them to Chicago O’Hare airport, where … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the world of the Cabin Motorcycle

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Roger

This is the official blog of Peraves, the Swiss manufacturer of the MonoTracer® cabin motorcycle.  We are a contestant in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X-Prize competition as the X-Tracer Team Switzerland.  We’ve entered two all electric E-Tracer prototype vehicles called … Continue reading →

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