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This pure electric vehicle will explore Antarctica pollution-free
December 4, 20182 Bridie Schmidt
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Gildo Pastor and Prince Albert II of Monaco unveil the Antarctice
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French electric car maker Venturi has unveiled a specialised battery
electric vehicle prototype in Monaco that it has designed to explore
Antarctica – without leaving a trace of pollution.
Part of a project initiated by the principality’s Prince Albert II, the
tank-like vehicle (aptly named Antarctica!) with caterpillar track can
travel a total distance of around 45km, at a speed of 20km/hr on a single
charge.
The vehicle can also recharge its batteries solely using wind turbines and
solar panels, for example at the Belgian research station, making it an
environmentally alternative to the damaging diesel-powered vehicles
currently used in the fragile and scientifically significant landscape.
“Through this extremely high-tech project, the teams at Venturi Automobiles
are offering a concrete and innovative response to stations based in the
Antarctic, and the Foundation is happy to be able to support this remarkable
initiative,” said Bernard Fautrier, vice president and CEO of the Prince
Albert II Foundation, in a statement.
“By giving scientists a clean, economical and efficient means of transport,
Venturi will help to improve research conditions on the ground, providing a
sustainable solution for conveying equipment to study sites.”
Before it is taken to the South Pole to assist in essential climate research
projects, the EV is first scheduled to conduct full-scale tests in Canada’s
far north in the Telegraph Creek region in March 2019.
“When I visited about 20 scientific research stations in 2009 in Antarctica,
I realised that they did not have ‘clean’ vehicles to move, to transport
materials, even for short distances. Nobody had thought about this aspect
yet,” Prince Albert II told AFP on Friday (translated from French).
“It’s a very targeted market, but if we can make utilitarian electric
vehicles that are solid and resistant to the cold, it can have interesting
applications, even military ones,” added Prince Albert, who created the
eponymous environmental foundation in 2006.
Venturi Automobiles CEO Gildo Pastor said he was confident that the
vehicle’s batteries would be able to stand up to the Antarctic temperatures
of up to -50 ° C.
“We have found innovative solutions and we are patenting,” he assured (also
translated from French).
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This pure electric vehicle will explore Antarctica pollution-free
December 4, 20182 Bridie Schmidt
[images
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Gildo Pastor and Prince Albert II of Monaco unveil the Antarctice
all-electric exploration vehicle. Source: Venturi Automobiles
Loading Image...
Antarctica all electric vehicle
]
French electric car maker Venturi has unveiled a specialised battery
electric vehicle prototype in Monaco that it has designed to explore
Antarctica – without leaving a trace of pollution.
Part of a project initiated by the principality’s Prince Albert II, the
tank-like vehicle (aptly named Antarctica!) with caterpillar track can
travel a total distance of around 45km, at a speed of 20km/hr on a single
charge.
The vehicle can also recharge its batteries solely using wind turbines and
solar panels, for example at the Belgian research station, making it an
environmentally alternative to the damaging diesel-powered vehicles
currently used in the fragile and scientifically significant landscape.
“Through this extremely high-tech project, the teams at Venturi Automobiles
are offering a concrete and innovative response to stations based in the
Antarctic, and the Foundation is happy to be able to support this remarkable
initiative,” said Bernard Fautrier, vice president and CEO of the Prince
Albert II Foundation, in a statement.
“By giving scientists a clean, economical and efficient means of transport,
Venturi will help to improve research conditions on the ground, providing a
sustainable solution for conveying equipment to study sites.”
Before it is taken to the South Pole to assist in essential climate research
projects, the EV is first scheduled to conduct full-scale tests in Canada’s
far north in the Telegraph Creek region in March 2019.
“When I visited about 20 scientific research stations in 2009 in Antarctica,
I realised that they did not have ‘clean’ vehicles to move, to transport
materials, even for short distances. Nobody had thought about this aspect
yet,” Prince Albert II told AFP on Friday (translated from French).
“It’s a very targeted market, but if we can make utilitarian electric
vehicles that are solid and resistant to the cold, it can have interesting
applications, even military ones,” added Prince Albert, who created the
eponymous environmental foundation in 2006.
Venturi Automobiles CEO Gildo Pastor said he was confident that the
vehicle’s batteries would be able to stand up to the Antarctic temperatures
of up to -50 ° C.
“We have found innovative solutions and we are patenting,” he assured (also
translated from French).
[© thedriven.io]
...
http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=Antarctica
seazrch evdl archive on Antarctica
+
https://www.electricvehiclesresearch.com/articles/16005/plan-for-worlds-first-electric-vehicle-only-island
Plan for world's first electric vehicle only island
December 04, 2018 Waiheke Island in Auckland has launched a plan to become
the world's first electric vehicle-only residential island by 2030 ...
For EVLN EV-newswire posts use:
http://evdl.org/archive/
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