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Environmental Car For Geeks

Tags: Venturi + Electric Car + Solar

Valmort
Posted by Valmort 2 years 11 months ago; via venturi.fr/index.php?arti...

The "car" is billed as the world's first mass produced energy autonomous vehicle. It's designed for daily driving in urban areas and is powered by electricity via 3 sources; plug-in, solar and wait for it... wind. The roof is equipped with advance photovoltaic cells to quickly harness the power of the sun keeping you juiced and ready to go. To support that system is a wind turbine that extends up and out capturing the power of wind should there be a gust and both are augmented with an advance plug-in system for those overnight...

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Venturi’s solar-electro hybrid Astrolab

Tags: Venturi + Astrolab + eco-friendly + hybrid

PETer
Posted by PETer 3 years 1 month ago; via motorauthority.com/news/h...

The car, which resembles a rolling wing with four wheels attached, is covered by 3.6 square metres of photovoltaic solar cells that enables it to reach speeds of up to 75mph with a range of 68 miles.

If you can afford the hefty €90,200 price tag then the Astrolab could be sitting in your garage once deliveries start in January 2008. The vehicle requires no fossil fuels whatsoever for its propulsion. Instead, power comes from a tiny 16kW engine that is recharged by the car’s motion or the sun’s rays.

To achieve its level of...

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