Puzzle #1447 - Ristretto by Francesco Russo & designers Hersteller and Farher

[Otto Puzzell]

Know what it is?

Please, respond below and share your knowledge what this is, and who built it
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[Otto Puzzell]

Another easy point.

[Otto Puzzell]

Prodigious propinquity to puzzles past
Non-immediate pro ID-ing will leave me aghast. 

[Joao Gois]

Looks like on of those Shell Eco-Marathon contenders... or am I far?

[metalshapes]

Looks like there are pedals visible under the front of the bubble.

Is there a Recumbent Bike under there?

Edit.

I've found pics of Recubent trikes that would fit under that bodywork, so I'm guessing that's it.

Havent found the identity of this particular one, though...

[Otto Puzzell]

Looks like on of those Shell Eco-Marathon contenders... or am I far?

Not one of those.

[Otto Puzzell]

Looks like there are pedals visible under the front of the bubble.

Is there a Recumbent Bike under there?

You're on the right (bike) path.

[Otto Puzzell]

OK, picnic's over - ride this one to the finish!

[Otto Puzzell]

A wholly-owned subsidiary of the Black Hole.

[DeAutogids.nl]

I presume this one is (partly?) pedal driven to save fuel?

[Otto Puzzell]

Looks like there are pedals visible under the front of the bubble.

Is there a Recumbent Bike under there?

You're on the right (bike) path.

[DeAutogids.nl]

Rephrase:

Is it an eco vehicle?

[Otto Puzzell]

If one considers humans a clean power source, then, yes.

[Oguerrerob]

Human Powered Ristretto
Francesco Russo wants to break the record for the fastest human powered vehicle. To do just that, he had ganged up with designers Hersteller and Farher to build the very sleeking looking Ristretto. This speed machine is long, low, fast and more importantly pedal powered. To get to the insane speeds required to break the speed record for human powered vehicles, the designers have given the Ristretto a ground hugging, two piece form sculpted out of ultra light carbon composites.

[Allemano]

I take my hat off! Oguerrorob you really solve the hardest puzzles one by one!!

[Oguerrerob]

I really appreciate your feedback!

[Otto Puzzell]

I take my hat off! Oguerrorob you really solve the hardest puzzles one by one!!

Assuming he's correct

(I'll have to check the answer at home)

[Otto Puzzell]

Right he is!

[grobmotorix]

We did it! Yes, after several tries, I managed to ride more than 80 kilometers in one hour. With 84.345 kph, I'm now world's fourth fastest human. We've known for a long time that 83-85 kph are possible. On the Dekra Record Weekend, we proved it. In short: When I planned the Ristretto in 2004, and completed it in 2006, the world hour record by Sam Whittingham was at 84.22 kph. That's what we wanted to beat. We've accomplished that now....but Sam has raised it to 90 kph in the meantime....nevertheless, we are proud of our results.

[DynaMike]

"Hersteller und Fahrer" would be German for "maker and driver", so I doubt this would be part of the name 

[Tom_I]

I agree. Search online and you will find Russo described as "designer, builder and rider".

I'm guessing it's a mistranslation of information from Russo's website - excerpt below.