2006 Venturi Eclectic Concept

Concept

Constant fluctuations in gas prices, the economic crisis, wars, omnipresent pollution, irreversible climate changes, the whittling down of resources… Our world is going through a period when the stakes in terms of energy form the very basis for universal chaos.

It was within this unprecedented context that the Venturi Eclectic Concept Car (lien vers les anciennes infos) was launched at the Paris Motor Show of 2006.

Like the earlier presentation of the Fétish, Eclectic was a surprise, and caused a few smiles as well, before becoming a real icon.

Consecrated best innovation of the year after the I-phone by “Time Magazine” in the United States, the Venturi Eclectic Concept Car will remain the first energy-autonomous electric vehicle in the history of the automobile.

FUNCTION DICTATES THE DESIGN

Of decidedly original design, this is a vehicle that has no desire to look like other cars which depend on “black gold” : priority has been given to integration of the photovoltaic cells which compose its translucid roof.

Eclectic thus does not pass unnoticed in traffic: its elevated central driving position offers exceptional panoramic vision and considerable space, for both driver and passengers.

Eclectic’s message is loud and clear: this is not an ordinary car, but an avant-garde way of getting around. Owning an Eclectic is also a personal commitment: it means changing one’s way of getting from one place to another by exchanging one’s role as a “consumer” for that of a “producer” and this, in the general interest.

Its designer Sacha Lakic describes Eclectic as : “a modern, autonomous and intelligent automobile. The energy that drives it exists all around it : it simply has to deploy its wind turbine, expose its solar cells or, if necessary, find a simple electric plug.

It is usual practice to “stylise” a car. In the case of Eclectic, its contours were born of an approach to design. Its appearance reflects its function.

Its silhouette pays homage to certain icon-cars such as the Lunar Rover, Mini-Moke and Méhari. Though its technology positions it clearly in the present and, above all, the future”.

source: Venturi

Engine & performance:

Type: electric

Power: 15 hp

Torque: 45 Nm

Top speed: 50 km/h

Dimensions:

Length: 2860 mm

Width: 1850 mm

Height: 1750 mm

Wheelbase: 2000 mm

Weight: 400 kg