벤처 비클, 2인승 3휠러

벤처 비클, 2인승 3휠러 하이브리드 공개

벤처 비클이 2인승 3휠러 구조의 플러그-인 하이브리드 전기차를 공개했다. 벤처원이라 이름 붙은 이 전기차는 2009년 초부터 양산될 예정.
벤처 비클은 스위프트 엔지니어링과 칼 모터스, AMCI(Automotive Marketing Consultants Inc.)와 공동으로 개발을 진행한다. 스위프트 엔지니어링은 3휠러 관련 기술을, 칼 모터스는 드라이브 트레인과 관련된 기술을 지원한다. 생산지는 캘리포니아와 멕시코가 거론되고 있다.

벤처원은 25kW의 힘을 내는 전기 모터가 두 개의 리어 휠에 장착되고, 3kWh의 리튬-이온 배터리가 장착된다. 완벽한 일렉트릭 버전은 두 개의 20kW 전기 모터와 17kWh의 리튬-이온 배터리가 쓰인다. 이 리튬-이온 배터리는 A123시스템이 공급한다. 벤처원에 사용되는 전기 모터는 기존의 엔진보다 35~50% 이상 높은 효율을 발휘한다.
벤처 비클의 목표는 160km/h의 최고 속도와 100mpg의 연비를 달성하는 것. 차체 중량은 635kg, 공기저항계수는 0.32이다.

또 벤처 비클은 북미 내 3휠러의 틸트 스티어링과 관련된 특허를 보유한 상태. 이 기술은 유럽의 카버 엔지니어링이 개발했다. DVC™(Dynamic Vehicle Control)라 이름 붙은 틸트 스티어링은 1994년 이후 18세대로 진화하면서 3휠러에 맞게 숙성된 상태이다.

 

All Electric Three Wheeler Car

Venture Vehicles has in development what appears to be a fantastically green and cool new mode of transport. You can now pre-register for the VentureOne’s e50 and Q100 hybrids or the Venture EV (all electric)
The hybrids have a 300+ mile range and can get up to 100 miles per gallon with a top speed of over 100mph. It is a 3 wheeled vehicle that is fully enclosed with state of the art steel safety features and includes airbags and side impact beams, making it much safer than a motorcycle.

This mini-cooper sized vehicle seats two with sleek wrap around windows. The videos on their flytheroad.com website make this trike looks a blast to drive, the front “cab” driving area is able to lean up to 45 degrees on turns while leaving the engine area horizontal. The videos on the VentureOne website shows this very well.

The planned price tag of $23,000 for the EV model and 18K for the hybrid might be a bit steep for such a small “car” but your savings on gas and the good karma you’ll have by not adding to greenhouse gas pollution makes it a serious temptation. They plan to release this in late 2008.

 

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Venture Vehicles has this advertising line:

The VentureOne:  Revolutionary. Radical. Innovative. iPod Cool.

 

iPod Cool: Yeah, it really is.  Venture Vehicles is developing a 2-passenger, flex-fuel hybrid vehicle with over 100 mpg capability. And, well, it look simply "iPod Cool" to drive.

The VentureOne will come in several options, including an all-electric version and a plug-in hybrid (PHEV).  And, that PHEV will be a series engine design.

The system consists of a small internal combustion engine connected to a 15 – 20 kW generator, two in-wheel 25 kW electric motors, a four gallon fuel tank, and a 3 kWh Li-Ion battery pack.

For me, plug-in series hybrids truly are the near term path for massive improvements in the energy efficiency of road personal transportation, revolutionary and even transformational improvements.  

• Plug-in enables moving a good percentage of road transport to the electrical system. When it comes to gasoline, it is clear that the system will be dirtier (writ large) with every passing day. When it comes to electricity, however, we have at least the opportunity for it being cleaner every passing day -- such as through capturing coal plant smokestack emissions, nuclear power, solar power, wave power, geothermal, etc ...
• Serial means the potential for a more efficient engine.  The combustion engine is designed to feed power to the battery/electrical system, and the vehicle is electric transport.  Thus, the combustion engine can be set to operate at specific RPMs (such as two: one "base recharge", other "high demand recharge") and thus to be more efficient (and last longer).
• Hybrid includes not just the combination of some sort of combustion engine with the electrical system, but all the implied technologies/approaches like regenerative braking (capturing (some of) the power from the braking process to be used for operating the vehicle and its systems).

Okay, so the VentureOne is serial. And, that is cool.  But, is that iPod Cool?  How about:

The VentureOne combines the driving style of a motorcycle — leaning into a turn — with the stability of a car.  Venture Vehicles is developing based on Carver Engineering’s "tilting three-vehicle vehicles".  (The NARO is like a four wheel version of the VentureOne.) When driving, carving through a turn, the rear section remains stable while the front section (with the passengers) tilts like a motorcycle, except that the VentureOne’s system works with the driver to ensure stability through the turn (and for the coffee in the coffee holders -- no spills please).

Well, is it a car or a motorcycle? That is an issue.

 

	Venture Vehicles, Inc. is an innovative, environmentally-friendly personal transportation company based in Los Angeles, California. Together with a complement of world-class design, engineering, manufacturing and marketing partners, Venture Vehicles is developing the first in a line of ground-breaking, ultra high mileage, expressive transportation vehicles whose time has clearly come. The Company’s first vehicle is a revolutionary, two-passenger, three-wheeled, tilting (articulating) vehicle, powered by a highly fuel efficient hybrid propulsion system that will deliver over 100 mpg, at over 100 mph, and blistering 0 to 60 acceleration. Yet, it is designed and engineered to be priced affordably.
	With a tilting cabin and one tilting wheel at the front and two non-tilting wheels at the rear, the VentureOne utilizes a proprietary Dynamic Vehicle Control system or DVC™ — patented technology licensed from Carver Engineering B.V., a Netherlands based engineering firm. The VentureOne's fuel economy is nearly twice that of a motorcycle, yet is more than 30 times as safe.