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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 8:19 pm Post subject: Venturi F�tish |
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The Venturi Fetish is the first production electric sports car in automobile history. F�tish demonstrates, with ease, that it is possible to make today what the big automobile manufacturers are only proposing 20 years from now. To reach this ambitious goal, Venturi have surpassed many current beliefs.
Where public opinion considers an electric vehicle to be ugly, F�tish is the first electric car to be beautiful and desirable. Where public opinion believes that an electric car lacks performance, F�tish offers a remarkable acceleration and a maximum speed of 170 km/h, well above the maximum speed limit.
Finally, where electric cars are thought to seriously lack autonomy, the F�tish offers 350 km of autonomy and a rapid battery recharge (with 80 Amps) of 1,6 km a minute or 10 minutes recharge for every 16 km, easily covering the needs of daily urban transport.
Under the technical direction of G�rard Ducarouge, chief engineer of the project, F�tish has been conceived to be an electric vehicle with absolutely no compromise on batteries and using the best state of the art technology available world-wide, regardless of price.
With the engine ideally positioned in rear central position and a monocoque carbon chassis, the overall architecture of the Venturi is comparable to that of a racing car. The roadholding is an evolution, even with regard to the Venturi Atlantique 300, already well renowned for its excellent roadholding.
The vehicle attains a record light weight of 750 kg without and 1100 kg with batteries.
Venturi's unique and innovative approach represents a complete change in cultural direction, the evolution from the traditional sports car to a noiseless electric sports car, as well as a radical change in technological references, placing the battery, not the engine, at the epicentre of the automobile technological advancement and its performance.
With state of the art technology available and the mass production of batteries for mobile phones and laptop computers, an electric sports car is no longer out of the question. However, before F�tish and the Lithium-Ion batteries, it was not possible to stock enough energy in an automobile : more than a ton of batteries would have been necessary to achieve the same power...
Driving a Venturi F�tish is an entirely new experience, that of driving the car of the future! Equipped with a linear torque engine, 100% available on ignition, achieving 14,000 rpm and adjustable engine braking - have you ever driven such a roadster?
With a 180 kW engine, F�tish offers a unique driving sensation: accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in less than 5 seconds, demonstrating that its electric propulsion engine indeed supersedes many petrol engines over 330 HP. F�tish is therefore a true sports car that can be driven with precision, offering an exceptional performance.
Commercialisation
Having integrated the obligatory standard norms for Europe, Japan and the USA right from the conception of F�tish, it will be made available for sale commencing with Tokyo and Los Angeles, two markets that are particularly sensitive to environmental issues. Paris, London and Monte-Carlo have also been selected as the main target markets in Europe.
Assembled by hand and made to order, F�tish is already available for sale: a trendsetting concept, at a price of �540,000 VAT included. The new Venturi is destined for the select few visionaries seeking to be identified with such a unique automobile.
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