{"id":4926,"date":"2021-01-10T00:49:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T00:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/?p=4926"},"modified":"2021-01-10T18:44:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T18:44:27","slug":"paris-motor-show-venturi-eclectic-charges-via-solar-or-wind-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/?p=4926","title":{"rendered":"Paris Motor Show: Venturi Eclectic charges via solar or wind power"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having transformed themselves from a low-volume sports car<\/a> manufacturer to a twenty-first century “CarbonNeutral” car-maker, Venturi is showing a pair of very interesting concepts at the Paris Motor Show this week. The first is the Eclectic, looking like a modern avante-garde rendition of an old horse drawn buggy, this vehicle definitely doesn't need a horse. Venturi describes it as an autonomous vehicle<\/a>, being powered by the sun or the wind. The roof is covered with solar cells and it also has an integrated wind-turbine for charging the batteries. More images and information after the jump.<\/p>\n

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Function dictates the design<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of decidedly original design, this is a vehicle that has no desire to look like other cars which depend on “black gold” : priority has been given to integration of the photovoltaic cells which compose its translucid roof.
\n Eclectic thus does not pass unnoticed in traffic: its elevated central driving position offers exceptional panoramic vision and considerable space, for both driver and passengers.<\/p>\n

Eclectic's message is loud and clear: this is not an ordinary car, but an avant-garde way of getting around. Owning an Eclectic is also a personal commitment : it means changing one's way of getting from one place to another by exchanging one's role as a “consumer” for that of a “producer” and this, in the general interest.<\/p>\n

Its designer Sacha Lakic describes Eclectic as : “a modern, autonomous and intelligent automobile. The energy that drives it exists all around it : it simply has to deploy its wind turbine, expose its solar cells or, if necessary, find a simple electric plug. It is usual practice to “stylise” a car. In the case of Eclectic, its contours were born of an approach to design. Its appearance reflects its function. Its silhouette pays homage to certain icon-cars such as the Lunar Rover, Mini-Moke and M\u00e9hari. Though its technology positions it clearly in the present and, above all, the future<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

Technological and environmental advances<\/strong><\/p>\n

Venturi marks a new era in technological history by launching the production of Eclectic, an urban 3-seater electro-solar vehicle which goes well beyond anything offered so far by car manufacturers of today :<\/p>\n