MonoTracer E - Leading the Charge | FT Technology
2013 ж. 27 Мау.
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Rohit Jaggi test drives a new breed of motorcycle, the MonoTracer E, an all-electric cabin motorcycle that could banish range anxiety for ever.
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82k Euros?! That's mad!!! No wonder these companies can't get their heads out of the gate. They're all missing the point of electric vehicles. Today anybody can build an electric bicycle in its garage for less than 1k dollars... Do for the electric vehicle what Henry Ford did for the automobile and soon your company will be listed in the Dow Jones.
yeah..economy of scale..
One of the most important thing - Make the safety tyres that prevent a fall, automatic. It should work by sensors and it isnt very complicated
This is the gasoline version, according to their temper, the electric version will only be more expensive.I'd say they've been living in a garage for 20 years, not knowing how fast the outside world is moving.
@@user-hk1oj2qx5y Yeah. They've made no real push to drop the price down to something that's affordable. Shame too because it really is a cool vehicle.
@@zombieshoot4318 The chinese will start making copies eventually 🤞
I said that too. Why have a learning curve. Install sensors to prevent accidental side tip overs. Most people that will buy that will be middle+ aged people that have money to spend. Lots will buy and even me if it has safety in mind and sensors that will make my driving more pleasant, without worrying when to put the landing gears down or up and the landing gears retract on a certain angle when turning. Sensors on speed can be done to have the Moto retract and detract those landing gears. And have a manual override for those that are more adventurous. I would want one but has to have the tech in it.
You know the best thing about this vehicle is, that it has an air conditioner.
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I love the MonoTracer, but I wish they could re-engineer the side wheels so they're not sticking out like a sore thumb when they're retracted. They could just angle as they go up and recede flatly into the body.
my thoughts exactly
That's so the body isn't damaged if it falls over. Also, on its side the vehicle can be accelerated and turned in just about 10' to upright itself. Seen it done in person.
*I'D BUY ONE* for about 20K just have the balls to get a credit or go public - you'll loose millions in the *first years* of mass production, but mass demand follows the cheap price of mass production - not the other way around
Whhhhhhyyyyyyyyy is it so expensive? This is a major barrier to a design like this going mainstream.
Exclusivity
It's neccesary más production
The Etracer and what Peraves has done are nothing short of amazing! Lit may follow suit but has some big shoes to fill. Great to hear these inline machines can be bigger than the car market. Consider the cost of new cars, estimated at $700 a month and these machines cannot come to market soon enough for me.
I think it's great, but not at that price.
Honestly, it looks pretty cool and futuristic. I'd definitely have one if money wasn't an obstacle.
time for upgrade with honda vfr1200 engine and honda dct transmission?
this looks AMAZING!!!!
does it auto balance or does it follow over on its side if you don't have proper balance
@Christopher Kuhns you realize this is going to cost $80,000, right? That's probably about $800/month. It gets just under 60 mpg equivalent. Way too expensive as far as I'm concerned.
2022 and still this cool vehicle that I would love to have is way too expensive. Almost $80,000 is not something one can justify for a vehicle like this. This is still a toy for rich people. Sad too because it is awesome.
Dalnik from mr Anderle ;)
MONOTRACER veículo prático bonito seguro e individual. MARAVILHA. !
Awesome video. I would love to get one of these but at the cost of around $80k? Never going to happen.
How do I get one? Is there a website you can order it on ? So they do international shipping ? And is it legal in the US? I gotta know ! It looks like the Tron Cycle the 80s version ,I'm a huge Tron fan.
is reverse included, or extra?
Can sell it to the Philippines...So comfortable to nature and space
Thats amazing! I loved it!
Why don't the outrigger wheels deploy automatically? I'm sure there are certain parameters that can be established for when they must be extended.
I thought that too until I drove one. In practice it is too fine a feel for computers. Haven driven the previous model(Ecomobile), it becomes second nature. You never forget to put them down. But any vehicle the requires additional training to operate, even for experienced riders, will have limited commercial success. Those mentioning a gyroscopically controlled self-righting feature I think are on the right track. There is a similar type of commuter cycle I have seen online(prototype) that does this, so maybe in the next generation from Peraves they will do this.
Speed sensor, or tilt detector? Especially, pneumatic extension would allow for rapid deployment and give a "soft" impact.
This company was manufacturing the Ecomobile which is the gas powered predecessor to this. The Ecomobile had automatic outriggers that went up and down at the correct speed without the driver's input. Why would they eliminate this necessary feature of the vehicle?
I would buy one of these.
spookin me out seeing it leaning in the rain with what looks like slick tires, tell me that thing cant high-side, good lord what a crash that would be!
its wonderful and awesome development.
NICE !!!!!!! THE BEST
we need this in the philippines ! please
This is original czech patent from Andrle.
Já tem nomercado para venda ? For sale?
Sweet
When can I get it in India? What will be the price of it in India? Make it solar/Battery/ petrol provision. Keep a hole on it 's roof. When cover of the same is open,it will function as fan and when it 's cover is closed, then it will refrain from entering rain.
Thanks you monoracer.
When available in pakistan?
There should be holes in the bottom of the frame so you can stick your feet down like the Flinstone's car.
I love this bike hummaaaaa...
Can’t believe the little side safety wheels aren’t automatic!
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This is awesome, i would love one ❤❤😊
When available in pakistan ‽
Your on the Wright track BUT It looks like it's nearly as Wide as a car .And as long as a car . And in south east Asia where's is HOT that closed in cab And overall size would make it more Usles then a 4#4 truck
How awesome
waaw amazing
What the cost of this cycle ?
Surely the Piaggio MP3 system with two wheels at the front and a single wheel at the rear would be simpler and more stable for such a vehicle.
..but then it wouldn't be a motorcycle but a mobility scooter for handicapped people.
Love it or hate it this is the future of motorcycling. I kind of like it honestly.
I want one!!!
quanto custa uma MonoTracer E ????
Switzerland :D 🇨🇭
Welcome to Thailand I want
This is really cool. I had designed something similar a few years ago. My design had a steering wheel. A steering wheel would make it feel more like a car, but in a motorbike form factor. If you make one with a steering wheel (with power assist), I'll definitely buy it. Also if you could eventually get the price below $10,000 USD, it will sell like hot cakes, imo :)
I know, your comment was 2 years ago, but you ask for a price below 10.000 USD 🤣 have you seen that it costs about 100.000 dollars ? 🤣 that’s 10 times as much
How did you deal with countersteering in your design? It's very counterintuitive to turn a wheel left to start going right
@@Krosis_ why should you go right, when you turn the wheel left ? 🤔 or do you mean your body go to the right because of the g forces?
please tell me how much
how much are they
Wow best
how much is this vehicle... the company must mass produce in order to reach countries with bicycle as pop means of transpo, like India and Philippines. I'd certainly buy one of these if the price is reasonable... in fact, I'd probably prefer this over car...you know, fuel economy and joy of riding motorcycles.
Super raw
Awaiting for e scooters in lowest price with co. servicing
Good idea and nice technology but who has 82 thousand euro for one?
Rich people who are bored and wanna feel safer when riding on 2 wheels .
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damn i gotta get me one of these.
India should made this type of vehicle
eccelente...
it is to expensive to catch on
One word: TRON!
Good
I want to buy that bike but I live in India so how can I buy that bike And how much will that bike get
But the question is, can you wheelie it?
My friend 10grand Dan can wheelie anything.
Cool
In this day and age, why isn't the transition controlled by computer and stability by a giro?
Just like the C1 from Litmotors
india could be a huge market..but price needs to be reduced to a great extent ..maybe.massproduction in china could lead to lowering of price .many of us who cannot afford four wheeler but want a experience of riding a car ..will be eager to have it ...but price is a headache
82000 Damn
Just add gyro stabiliser to keep the bike upright. Ditch the side wheels
Gyro stabiliser doesn't work.
Honda did it.
Future
I love this bike its fast its safe it has Ac
It's safe in what way?
Kya prizes hai totel
why not using gyroscope?????????????
+shakshuka belubia I think it does.
+shakshuka belubia its called a gyroscopic trajectory control system.
There already a company that is using the gyroscope concept.
Doesn't work. Weight and precession effects make it a danger, not a benefit. Motorcycle stability depends on the steering geometry, not gyroscope.
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It should have wings that flap up and down to help give it lift.
Rotor on top and propeller at the rear. Oh, I forgot, there is already one of those on the market!
😍
I wish it had more car like accelerator and brake pedals. Of course the driver legs straddling the handlebars needs to be fixed. Also, the price tag is way too high.
Very nice bike car
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Audi?
I want to purchase
For ^^THAT^^ price, I'd rather get a pre-certified used Trackhawk!
no body positioning? :(
my concern is about the cabin, is it shock resistant? in the case, it got hit by a car
that really does not matter. You have no crash structure. Even if shell survives impact your insides will actually explode/liquify as gross as it sounds. Smart Fortwo has the same problem. the structure is very well made- that does not matter from certain (not that high) speed you are still not going to survive.
Me gusta el monotracer lo unico que no me gudta son las llantas pequeñas que tiene a los lados lo deberiab hacer como el lit c1 y traiganlos a Ecuador
200hp? seems super overkill, my v6 accord has 200hp
Pengen punya.
Is this right-hand drive or left-hand drive?
lol
parece com o designer do Audi r8
Amazing! The vehicle of the future.
And it always will be!
Among us car🗿
😊
乗りたい！欲しい！
The instinct to put your feet down when the cabin bike slows to a halt needs to be addressed, a switch to put down the stabiliser wheels is not intuitive. My idea is to create a sensor which can be activated by your feet which will seems to me to be the logical extension of that instinct.
This concept is very awesome. More or less very awesome. However, I propose a twin gyroscope to keep the vehicle upright Gyroscopically, when stopped.
or make it with three wheels, srsly enclosed two-wheeler makes no sense...
the point is to make it lean, adding a permanent third wheel defeats that
Or have automatic deployment depending on speed. Simple enough to implement!
arshdeep125 As in LIT Motors C1?
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The future
Tron meets Audi Ri