The future of Automobile ?
Introducing the Eclectic : a self generating energy vehicle from Venturi.
Renewable energies, solar or wind : Eclectic energy-autonomous vehicle.
Eclectic, the first autonomous vehicle in the history of the automobile, opens up a new era in the field of mobility : reserved for daily driving in urban areas, its low energy consumption makes it the most economical environmental vehicle ever built.Innovative and astonishing, Eclectic is much more than a simple vehicle ;
it is a production and storage plant for renewable energies, either solar or wind based. Charging of these energies, which is intermittent in certain regions, can also be complemented by electrical recharging.
Specs :
Type 3-seater electro-solar vehicle with zero emission Category Heavy quadricycle (minimum driving licence B1, from 16 yrs old) Motor
Power : 16 kWc
Max rating : 3500 tr/min
Torque : 50 Nm
Cooling : airReduction Ratio : 1/10 Batteries Modules NIV-7 (Hydride metal Nickel) 72V 100 Ah Onboard energy : 7 kWh
Mass : 108 kg
Liquid cooling
Estimated life-span of batteries : 2,500 cycles (> 10 yrs)
Recharging system when brakingRecharging Full recharge in 5 hrs with onboard charger (1.5 kW) using a standard 16A plug Solar roof 2.5 sqm of photovoltaic cells (yield 14%)
Power : 330 W
Average solar contribution : 7 km/dayWind turbine Average wind contribution (option/windy areas) : 15km/day Wow (my 2 cents).
August 7th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Any vehicle that is to be energy self sufficient will also have to run as efficiently as possible. I have long been intrigued by the concept of vehicles going the same route driving bumper to bumper as a means of drafting to minimize drag due to air resistance.
Anything like that possible here?
August 7th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
That’s not particularly aerodynamic
August 7th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
I don’t think it goes fast enough for that to be an issue
August 7th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
It’s so ugly it’ll never be mass produced.
August 8th, 2007 at 1:26 am
“It’s so ugly it’ll never be mass produced.”
Ugliness never stopped the Hummer making it into production.
What will stop the Eclectic is the inability of drivers to get over regarding ‘cars’ as anything other than some form of nebulous ’statement’, usually about their wealth, status, self-image or, let’s face it, penis size.
January 7th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Paradigm shifts in the “American Dream” forced on the American people by the (GRD) great republican depression will be soul wrenching and mind-bending. In a few short years, life in America will be transformed more effectively and completely than a direct nuclear hit can do! We will eat food grown in humanure to avoid starvation, ride public transportation to part-time and casual menial jobs, live in Shanty towns around the foreclosed McMansions, scratch in the dirt to grow GMO’ed veggies in garden plots, live 3 to 4 people per small room, use single LED lights sparingly, bicycle and walk, and generally accept third world conditions as our dollar collapses. Under these circumstances, an electric car like this one will dominate, as gasoline will no longer be available to us at any price! We face a psychotic change in our society in a very short time and will gladly run electric cars for survival. Most of them will have multi-purpose batteries, able to charge when sun and wind conditions allow, and furnish power to homes for water pumping and essential services when shortages occur! In the post GRD world, great respect will be given to the life-preserving capabilities of electric cars, and they will not be built filled with planned obsolescence and model changes for quick profits in mind! They will be built for easy maintenance, reliability and part interchangeability, much like military machinery of today, and we will be thankful for them.
January 7th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Thanks Uncle B, your comment is the best I’ve had in a long time.
May 22nd, 2009 at 3:17 pm
I think it will never make it to the streets, too expensive and complicated. This requires retooling existing facilities. Which the MDI air car does not..(check it out) cheap and non polluting plus it has huge range over 900 miles. It is also being produced right now in france, india and coming to the states this year.