Monthly Archives: August 2010

Back at the shop, trying to work

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Roger

We’re all back to our normal lives, or at least that’s what we are trying to tell ourselves.  There is a lot of work that had to be postponed, and I’m way behind in my MonoTracer sales budget of 2010. … Continue reading →

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E-Tracers Successfully Complete X PRIZE Validation Stage!

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Roger

I was picked up by Felix flying his A340-200 into Chicago and enjoyed a very smooth ride home to Switzerland today.  I spent the last week in “Government Quarantine” at Argonne National Laboratory.  The two E-Tracers passed all the foregoing … Continue reading →

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ZeroTracer ready for ZERO Race

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Stefano

Our friends over at Designwerk have been getting ready this summer to compete with their ZeroTracer in Louis Palmer’s 80 day around the world ZERO Race.  Louis Palmer drove his Solartaxi around the world on PV Solar generated energy in … Continue reading →

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Popular Mechanics covers Radical X PRIZE Vehicles

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Roger

As of today go out and buy your copy of Popular Mechanics at the newsstand!  On the cover you can find the Li-Ion, the Canadian FVT three-wheeler, and the Edison2.  We also received some coverage.  Funny that they made bets on all teams for … Continue reading →

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Validation Stage begins at Argonne National Laboratory

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Roger

Having spent a whole week doing more or less nothing except sleeping and eating at Jim Lorimer’s house in Richmond, VA, I flew to Chicago on Sunday the 8th of August. Monday the 9th I found my way into ANL … Continue reading →

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E-Tracers in the Media

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Stefano

Feet Forward advocate James F. Quinn wrote a nice article covering the E-Tracers for Cycle World magazine.  The E-Tracer is the one vehicle which combines super energy efficiency and high speed peformance (have your cake and eat it too). Click … Continue reading →

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X PRIZE vlog of Team X-Tracer

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Stefano

Vlogger Damien Somerset interviews Team X-Tracer’s Jim Lorimer (Peraves MonoTracer USA Sales Representative – 21st Century Motoring) on the E-Tracers progress in the PIAXP competition (July 25th, 2010). Team X-Tracer – Electric Tandem Vehicle

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MonoTracer Hot Lap of Michigan International Speedway

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Stefano

While embedded with Team X-Tracer during the June Knockdown stage I shot this video from the backseat of Jim Lorimer‘s MonoTracer while doing a few hot laps of the Michigan International Speedway.  This was my 2nd ever ride in a … Continue reading →

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E-Tracers complete coastdown testing at Chrysler’s Chelsea Proving Grounds

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Roger

The last three days of the finals of the PIAXP took place at the Chrysler Proving Grounds in Chelsea, MI and represented the first part of the validation phase.  The results of the coastdown runs are the basis for the load-settings … Continue reading →

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