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0Official: OSU, Venturi EV aims for world speed record in September: 435 mph 1367325840
Top that, Wolverines! Ohio State University is once again teaming with Venturi in an effort to set land-speed records for electric vehicles, with the team's next escapade set for September. Meet the third Buckeye Bullet, also known as the Venturi VBB-3. OSU, known among other things for a pretty ...
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Official: Mission Africa is mission accomplished; EV goes 3,600 miles in 38 days 1340373720
First, the numbers: 38 days of driving 5,800 kilometers (3,600 miles) About 40 battery charges Six countries Those are the stats from the now-completed Mission Africa, a cross-continent trip in a "Powered by Venturi" electric Citroen Berlingo. Driver Xavier Chevrin says that the ...
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Official: Mission Africa sends electric Citroen Berlingo from Kenya to South Africa 1339164000
Venturi does more than create whimsical concept vehicles for auto shows. The company also supports electric vehicles going on long-distance adventures, like from Shanghai to Paris. The latest mission sends an EV along 4,800 kilometres (2,982 miles) from Kenya to South Africa. The trip started ...
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Venturi Volage set to launch in 2012 1310050860
First unveiled at the Paris Motor Show way back in October of 2008, the Venturi Volage has finally been given a not-so set-in-stone launch date: available sometime in 2012. According to Venturi, development of the Volage is complete. Here's a look at the Volage's finalized specs: its top speed ...
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All-electric Citroen Berlingo get reincarnated by Venturi 1301093760
Late last year, we reported on the delivery of the Citroen Berlingo electric vans to the French postal service. Did you know that an electric version of the Citroen Berlingo First existed ten years ago? It sure did, but was unfortunately discontinued in 2002 due to poor sales. In 2007, La Poste, ...
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Detroit 2011: Venturi America brings a bit of Monte Carlo to Columbus, Ohio 1294855080
Venturi America – Click above for high-res imagesVenturi has never been afraid to bring absurd vehicles to an auto show, showing off unique designs like the Venturi Eclectic golf cart/bus thing and the Astrolab in Paris in 2006. For the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, Venturi brought the landspeed ... -
Venturi Fetish gets help from SKF for engineering, bearings 1287604860
The Venturi Fétish is a good-looking electric vehicle with a long history of appearances at the Paris Motor Show (from its debut in 2004 to 2006 and on to 2010, it's like a perennial flower). The fetish part comes, in part, from the exclusivity – only 10 copies of the 2011 model will ...
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Paris 2010: 2011 Venturi Fétish is faster, sexier, more production 1286214960
Venturi Fétish – Click above to watch video after the jumpAppearing on the stand alongside the awesome Venturi America at the 2010 Paris Motor Show was an updated Fétish. While it retains a lot of similarities to the original, it has a fresh fascia, a new rear spoiler and a ... -
Paris 2010: Is the Venturi America EV Dune Buggy another awesome EV we'll never see? 1286116860
Venturi America EV Dune Buggy – Click above for high-res image galleryVenturi was last seen in America a couple of months ago, blasting across the white crystals at the Bonneville Salt Flats in the guise of the Buckeye Bullet. At the Paris Motor Show, the Monegasque company revealed a ... -
Venturi's Shanghai-to-Paris trek reaches Russia, rolls on 1277337300
Venturi Global Challenge: Shanghai-to-Paris – Click above for high-res image galleryAfter setting out from Shanghai in early May, the second mission of the Venturi Global Challenges officially passed the halfway point when they crossed the border into Russia from Kazakhstan. The ...

