Challenge Bibendum 2011: Three "Awards" for Venturi Volage

Challenge Bibendum 2011: The Festival of the electric car

Challenge Bibendum 2011

It is on the airport Tempelhof in Berlin, which runs from 18 to 22 May the 11 th edition of the Michelin Challenge Bibendum.

Venturi Volage wins in this context the Design Award. Team-wheel motors "Michelin Active Wheel", the same architecture of the vehicle was completely rethought by the designer Sacha Lakic "Active suspensions and motors incorporated into the wheels, flat bottom, aerodynamic tunnels: these choices and technological advances m ' allowed to "draw the void" usually occupied by the engine and suspensions, and thus explore new and bold stylistic tracks. "

Venturi has also participated in the Rally "Battery Electric Vehicles", held on 17 and 18 May Fickle currently wins the best acceleration (0 to 50 km / h from standstill in 2.2 seconds) and the price of CO 2 emissions.

With 4 wheel drive active suspension, the Venturi Volage has no equivalent. The "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 drivers in real time by an electronic edge. The active electrical damping system allows for total adaptation to soil type and conduct. Venturi Volage represented by its handling, its motor skills, its silent operation, the ultimate in current automotive technology.