Category Archives: Peraves

MonoTracer Factory

Here are a couple of photos from within the Peraves MonoTracer Skunkworks in Winterthur, Switzerland of various MonoTracers undergoing assembly.  What is really exciting to see are two new pre-production MonoTracer-E vehicles, the two yellow ones with full carbon fiber … Continue reading

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Green MonoTracer Glamour

A few photos of the glamourous green MonoTracer with the new MonoTracer moniker.

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X-Tracer: A ride through the Sierra Nevada

The X PRIZE winners were invited to display their vehicles at the 2010 SEMA Show in Las Vegas in early November.  Instead of trailering the X-Tracer to the show like most other display vehicles, it was clear this was an … Continue reading

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ZeroTracer arrives in Southern California

Tobi and Frank made spectacular time covering 1000mi in 36 hours in their ZeroTracer including charging in order to catchup with the Zero Race after leaving Vancouver.  Their ZeroTracer stopped by on the morning of Friday, November 19th, 2010 for … Continue reading

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ThinkSwiss Flyer: Element Series

To promote the dynamic that Swiss projects have proven in the fields of energy efficiency and sustainable transportation, the ThinkSwiss organziation has developed a new series of ThinkSwiss flyers, the Element Series. They’ve combined the X-Tracer, PlanetSolar, and Solar Impulse, … Continue reading

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Colorful MonoTracers

Roger just emailed these cellphone photos of the latest Peraves factory demo MonoTracers in gorgeous green, orange, and red colors. [slideshow]

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X-Tracer in TRANSLOGIC’s 8.1 SEMA Show Coverage

The video crew from AOL’S TRANSLOGIC briefly covered in episode 8.1 (30) the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Winners who were in attendance at the 2010 SEMA Show in Las Vegas.  Click on the image below to view the video.  The … Continue reading

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LA Times: E-Tracer a Thrilling Combo

The written article on the E-Tracer by Susan Carpenter appeared in the print version of the Los Angeles Times on Saturday, November 13th, 2010.  Click here for a PDF of the printed article or below for the jpeg photo versions.

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Susan Carpenter meets the E-Tracer

Last Thursday (October 28th, 2010) Los Angeles Times‘ vehicle expert Susan Carpenter had the privilege of experiencing the phenomenal Peraves E-Tracer and MonoTracer for her first time.  We began our morning at AC Propulsion‘s headquarters in San Dimas, CA where Susan … Continue reading

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E-Tracer at SEMA Show in Las Vegas

Team X-Tracer was invited to the SEMA Show in Las Vegas to display the X PRIZE winning E-Tracer #7009.  After thinking about the logistics of getting the vehicle from Los Angeles, CA to Las Vegas, NV, we decided to drive … Continue reading

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