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The Automotive X PRIZE competition continues…

The X-Tracer Team arrived on Friday, July 16th for the Finals Stage.  We picked up both E-Tracers on Saturday at National Cycle.  On Sunday we drove to Michigan International Speedway (MIS) and checked in.  Vehicle technical inspections were held Monday … Continue reading

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Back in the US and some work to do

Frank Loacker, chief engineer from our “b” team www.zerotracer.com (they don’t like to hear that… 😉 )  and I got to Chicago yesterday and will start working on the two X-Tracers today.  We have only minor repairs and improvements to make … Continue reading

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Loading X-Tracers onto the Plane

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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