Venturi Eclectic


The Venturi Eclectic is a zero emission car, running on solar sourced electric power, from the French/ Monegasque car manufacturer Venturi owned by Gildo Pastor. It functions as a small renewable energy production and storage plant and can be recharged at any outlet of the power grid. It was designed by Sacha Lakic.
2006
The Eclectic concept appeared at the Paris Motor Show in 2006, and was mentioned in Time Magazine's Best Inventions of 2007.
It is designed with 3 seats in a V-formation, with the driver at the apex, and has open sides. It is an urban car and has a range of and a maximum speed of.

Eclectic 2.0

The Eclectic 2.0 is designed on similar principles but is more compact. It has more limited accommodation but would be more readily driven in a crowded urban environment. The Eclectic 2.0 was first revealed at the 2008 Paris Motor Show.

Production

2010 was a strategic year for Venturi with the launch of construction of an assembly plant for its electric vehicles in Sablé-sur-Sarthe. However, despite the planned production here of three types of electric vehicle the factory closed in 2015.