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The Venturi Volage marks a major step
forward in the evolution of the
Automobile. This new Venturi
incorporates innovations which
have enabled radical changes in
terms of the vehicle’s
architecture, style, dynamic
behaviour and, more generally,
the design of a modern vehicle.
All these changes constitute
several world premières which,
with the presentation of the
Venturi Volage, reinforce
Venturi’s capability for
constant innovation, as well as
its position as the most
advanced company in the field of
electric vehicles.
POWER TRANSMISSION & ACTIVE
SUSPENSION
With 4 drive wheels with active
suspension, the Venturi Volage
has no equivalent. “Michelin
Active Wheel” technology in fact
incorporates 2 electric motors
per wheel (1 for suspension and
1 for drive), ie. a total of 8
electric motors piloted in real
time by spearhead electronics.
Like the mechanism of a watch,
all the components, motors, gear
reduction units and suspensions,
are miniaturized and built into
the wheels.
The active electric shock
absorber system allows for total
adaptation to the type of road
surface and driving. Combining
Michelin’s experience in the
area of surface liaison with
that of Venturi for the chassis,
the Venturi Volage represents in
its road holding, drivability
and silent functioning, the
summum of today’s automotive
technology.
THE CAR OF THE DIGITAL ERA
Playing down the mechanical
aspect in favor of electronics,
close to the concept of a robot,
this car belongs to a new era,
the digital era. Thanks to a
dashboard touch screen, the
driver can configure the vehicle
entirely as he wishes. This
total control marks significant
progress in terms of management,
particularly of the energy
stored in the car’s batteries:
the driver can, for example,
decide to give preference in
certain cases to range rather
than power, comfort rather than
speed, an important factor for
an electric car.
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CHASSIS UNIQUE WORLDWIDE
The only part that the Venturi
Volage shares with the Venturi
Fétish is its carbon fiber
bodywork. Developed by the
Venturi Design Office, this body
is still a unique concept
worldwide, as it is the only one
to have been specifically
designed to be that of an
electric car and thus carry
batteries within its very
structure. Thanks to this
innovative design, both the
Fétish and the Volage benefit
from an unequalled level of
safety, for both the cars’
passengers and also the
batteries they carry.
The ideal distribution of the
Venturi Volage’s masses - 45% at
the front, 55% at the rear – and
its perfectly mastered weight of
1,075 kilos enable it to attain
100 km/hr (62 mph) in less than
5 seconds.
PRODUCTION MODELS
A
real demonstration of spearhead
technology, the car presented in
its world première is entirely
operational and prefigures the
production of a limited series
of this model, scheduled as from
2012. Like the Venturi Fétish
assembled in our workshops in
Monaco, the Venturi Volage will
be assembled by hand, in the
form of very limited production.
The technological repercussions
of these two cars positioned at
the very top end of the market
are to be found on other
vehicles bearing the Venturi
brand, enabling as many people
as possible to benefit from the
firm’s advances in the field of
sustainable mobility.
DESIGN OF VOLAGE
The void is part of the Volage
style; it has been designed by
subtraction. Volage has been
fashioned by the wind. The
science of aerodynamics is the
main tool that has been used to
elaborate its shape. It is easy
and enjoyable to imagine the
movement of flows of air, on and
across its bodywork.
Volage finds itself in a totally
original and decidedly
contemporary formal category.
The relationship with Venturi’s
other models is obvious, though
it is also possible to see, in a
few details, a subtle tribute to
certain icons among French cars
of the pre-war era, the most
elegant, the ones that were way
before their time. Volage
inspires passion: its powers of
seduction are immense.” |
