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French postal service finally chooses the Venturi-powered Citroën Berlingo

After the call for offers by La Poste, the French Postal Service, a 250-unit contract for electric delivery vans has been awarded to the Citroën Berlingo First. The model, which is based on the standard Citroën Berlingo, features batteries and a powertrain developed by Venturi. The specs? A three-phase electric motor good for 42 kW (57hp) using nickel and sodium chlorine batteries that provides a range of 100 km (about 60 miles) with a maximum speed of 110 km/h. Using a standard European 220V plug, an 80 percent charge takes 5 ... Read more →

Venturi to send electric Berlingo First on Shanghai to Paris record-setting roadtrip Domenick Yoney

Venturi and PSA Peugeot Citroën teamed up to build an electric version of the Berlingo a while back and, as they move to finally commercialize the vehicle early next year, they are sending a ...

Prince of Monaco test drives the all-electric Venturi Volage Xavier Navarro

As you know, Monaco wants to position itself as one of the leading EV countries in the world. Of course, the country's small size helps keep range anxiety in check. HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco ...

Paris 2008: Venturi Eclectic, the production version Domenick Yoney

While Venturi has cars that drive on the bleeding edge of technology and cost more than several Tesla Roadsters they have not forgotten those of us with more modest means and lesser needs. For folks ...

Paris 2008: Venturi Volage revealed! Domenick Yoney

As previously promised the wraps have come off the Venturi Volage at the Paris Motor Show. While Michelin may have been a collaborator on the revealed electric GT, one glance leaves no doubt it ...

Paris Preview: Venturi and Michelin to unveil electric vehicle collaboration 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

This year's edition of the Paris Motor Show is shaping up to be quite a collection of ecological innovation, ranging from the presently practical to the futuristically fanciful. The just-announced vehicular offspring from a Michelin and Venturi collaboration is bound to fall into the later ...

Venturi improves the about-to-be-launched Fetish 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

April 2008 was the month when Venturi intended to launch the Fetish, a carbon-fiber EV sportscar which makes the Tesla look like a bargain. Instead of offering the car this month, Venturi has instead announced that they have managed to improve the Fetish engine - which now gets 300 HP and 380 Nm of ...

Venturi Astrolab in Monaco 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Although introduced in the Paris Motor Show in 2006, the Venturi Astrolab was spotted again at the EVER Salon in Monaco (Green Cars Autoshow). The concept, which showed an interesting tandem lightweight (only 280 kg!) architecture, was designed to provide the maximum surface available to recharge ...

Citron Berlingo Venturi in Monaco 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

French website Leblogauto writers went to the EVER Salon in Monaco and gathered information and pictures from the Citroën Berlingo Venturi, which is one of the two vehicles competing for the French Postal Service (La Poste) contract for suburban delivery EVs. Although the range isn't that ...

Watch - and listen - to the Venturi Fetish 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I speak exactly zero French, so I have no idea what they are saying in the above video. But, I do speak electric cars, and I like what I am hearing from the Venturi Fetish at about 50 seconds into said video. I grew up loving the sound that a big internal combustion engine makes, and to be honest, ...

Forbes weighs in with their take on "Green Cars of the Future" 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I thought I would share this article that I read that outlines some of the green and alternative vehicles that we have highlighted here on ABG. They speak of the Tesla, Riley XR3, Venturi and the Chevy Volt. Additionally, they weigh in on the debate of hydrogen's use in automobiles. They also offer ...

Paris Motor Show: Venturi Eclectic charges via solar or wind power 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Autoblogger Eric Bryant at the Paris Motor Show keeps 'em coming. Having transformed themselves from a low-volume sports car 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 ...

Paris Motor Show: Venturi has a new Fetish 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

From MotorAuthority.com comes word of the latest version of the Venturi Fetish, an electric sports car being shown at the Paris auto show. Venturi initially debuted at Paris in 1984 and since then has been building a series of low volume mid-engine coupes. The cars have been attractive if somewhat ...


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