The Venturi Volage Electric Roadster

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Matt Embrey in Cars+Tranportation

venturi volage electric roadster

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Possibly the most jaw dropping of all the fuel efficient super sports cars we’ve featured, the Venturi Volage, is an all , high performance machine.  This lightweight carbon fiber chassis is powered by 4 individual wheel motors.  This system offers a tremendous performance and handling advantage over a single drive system, plus they offer an equivalent 295 hp and can launch this beauty from 0 to 60 in under five seconds. 

venturi volage electric roadster

The 45 kWh Polymer Lithium batteries gain some boost from a regenerative deceleration system and at 55 mph it has a range of approximately 200 miles.  Using the onboard charger it can charge up in about 8 hours or using an external charge booster you can have this car up to full power in 4 hours. 

 

Now for the bad news that I’m sure you’ve already guessed.  This beacon of efficient power and beauty isn’t slated for production until 2012.  There’s no word on price now but I think it’s safe to say that you’ll have to pay Venturi an arm and a leg to get one.  Let’s just hope they make some huge advances in prosthetics over the next 4 years, because I have to have one.

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4 Responses to “ The Venturi Volage Electric Roadster ”

  1. Clint

    17. Oct, 2008

    Definitely a cool car. As you said though, it’s not going to be cheap.

    - Clint

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  2. Electric Car Carl

    17. Oct, 2008

    Are those acceleration numbers any better than the Tesla Roadster? I thought the Tesla was claiming something like a 4 second 0-60 time. Also, I think Chrysler is working on a high performance electric car that should be out before 2012 and will have the backing of a company that has the resources to plow hundreds of millions of dollars into a car.

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  3. Will

    05. Nov, 2008

    The Venturi is definitely one freaking nice looking electric car. I wander how many batteries it take to power this vehicle.

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  4. wouter

    06. Dec, 2008

    the tesla roadster has faster acceleration. For what it’s worth, I think teslamotors’ cars will be one of the better ones!!

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