Category Archives: Peraves

MonoTracering in the Dolomites

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Roger

Gerold Hellwig, Reto Seitz and I just spent a whole week riding our MonoTracers in the beautiful South Tyrolean Mountains. We stayed, together with a group of about 30 BMW-riders from Motorrad-Briel, at the wonderful Bellavista Hotel, where host Marco Fosco is an … Continue reading →

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MonoTracer Speeder Bike for Planet Earth

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Stefano

When rapid and efficient transportation is the priority, there is no better vehicle than the MonoTracer. On Saturday, September 3, 2011 MonoTracer owner Shinji attended the gaming and science fiction convention Dragon*Con in Atlanta, Georgia.  Shinji captured this fun photo with … Continue reading →

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Ferrari Rosso Corsa MonoTracer

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Stefano

Earlier this month I had the privilege of a lifetime to MonoTracer 2500mi throughout Europe during the first 2 weeks of July.  My MonoTracer adventures began in Switzerland where within a couple of hours after landing in Zurich I found … Continue reading →

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Sportscars of St. Moritz

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Roger

I spent a wonderful weekend in St. Moritz, where 140 invited sportscars formed the “Sportscars of St. Moritz” at the Hotel Kempinski where we took part as sponsors.  We showed the MTE-150 and the blue MTI-1200 MonoTracers. We arrived in style and … Continue reading →

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New Pikes Peak World Record set with all electric AC Propulsion powered Yokohama Race Car

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Stefano

This Sunday, June 26th, 2011 a Yokohama sponsored electric race car set another EV record in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb powered by an AC Propulsion electric drive system, similar to the one that powered the X-PRIZE winning MonoTracer-E.  We’ve … Continue reading →

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MonoTracers descend upon BMW Motorrad Days

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Stefano

Europe’s largest BikeFest, the annual BMW Motorrad Days, is taking place this July 1-3, 2011 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.  This year BMW is welcoming the MonoTracers of Switzerland to join in the celebration.  Peraves representatives are piloting several MonoTracers to the event … Continue reading →

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The MonoTracer Lane

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Roger

Last year I was invited on the spot to join Chris Paine at the September 2010 Opportunity Green Conference and gave a podium talk without any slides.  Here is a recap: Mainly, I told the true story that occurred while driving down … Continue reading →

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Swiss Engineering – The Key to Best Overall Efficiency

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Stefano

The May 2011 magazine issue of Swiss Engineering published a 2 page article featuring the MonoTracer entitled “The Key to Best Overall Efficiency (Der Schlüssel zum besten Gesamtwirkungsgrad)“.  The article detailed design features which enable the X PRIZE winning MonoTracer-E to be … Continue reading →

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Peraves MonoTracer e and DuPont Kevlar together at JEC 2011

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Stefano

On March 29 – 31, 2011 the Peraves MonoTracer e was on display in the DuPont booth at the JEC Composites Show in Paris, France.  DuPont Kevlar® was developed over 40 years ago and for almost 30 years Peraves has been … Continue reading →

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TRANSLOGIC 48: MonoTracer e Test Drive

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Stefano

Last month Bradley Hasemeyer of AOL’s TRANSLOGIC met up with 21st Century Motoring‘s Jim Lorimer at Richmond International Raceway in Virginia to receive his first lesson in MonoTracering with the actual Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE winning MonoTracer e.  Reminiscent … Continue reading →

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