Venturi
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French automaker Venturi used to be known for its distinctive supercars, often turbocharged to give their humble mechanicals a lot more potency. After limited success, the company was rebooted around the turn of the century to focus on electric car technology. The company has since come out with a handful of pricey, oddball electric cars, while also pushing the technology to the limit, most famously with its series of VBB land speed record cars. DON'T MISS: 3000-HP Venturi Electric Car At Bonneville: Land Speed Record In One Class (Aug 2015) VBB is short for Venturi Buckeye Bullet, the name...
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3000-HP Venturi Electric Car At Bonneville: Land Speed Record In One Class, Prior Title Still Stands (UPDATED)
Venturi Automobiles and Ohio State University will return to Bonneville to beat their previous speed record.
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2010 Detroit Auto Show: The Confusing Wrongness of Electric Avenue
Only four electric vehicles really matter at the Detroit Auto Show: the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, the 2012 Nissan Leaf, and the 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid, plus the current 2010 Tesla Roadster. They're on sale, or destined for volume production. The rest fall into two categories: low-volume...
John Voelcker