Venturi Astrolab Concept – the first electro-solar hybrid vehicle

Astrolab is the first high-performance solar vehicle to be commercialised in the world.  Capable of working with very little energy (16 kWc engine) and of recharging even when in motion, this vehicle of another era does not need to be permanently exposed to the sun in order to move.  Its last-generation NiMH Venturi NIV-7 batteries are liquid cooled and in fact enable it to stored energy, whether solar or from the electricity supply, making it the first electro-solar hybrid vehicle.
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2011 Venturi Volage at the Challenge Bibendum

The Venturi Volage is one of those vehicles that you can tell, just from the way it looks, offers some flat-out fun. The problem-slash-cool-part is that the all-electric Volage – on hand at the 2011 Michelin Challenge Bibendum in Berlin last week.
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2010 Venturi America Hybrid Concept

It's hybrid crossover already have a show at the Paris Motor Show. 2010 Venturi America Concept is part sports car, part beach buggy. Venturi America Concept with 300bhp-plus electric drivetrain from that goes into this. The 54kWh battery pack gives the America a 180-mile range, thanks in part to a lightweight carbon monocoque chassis.

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2008 Venturi Volage Hybrid Concept

The Venturi Volage Hybrid Concept, presented for the first time at the “Mondial 2008″ (Paris Motor Show), marks a major step forward in the evolution of the Automobile. This new Venturi incorporates innovations which have enabled radical changes in terms of the vehicle’s architecture, style, dynamic behaviour and, more generally, the design of a modern vehicle.
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