Venturi
Monaco-based automotive manufacturing company
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| April 3 2024 | Venturi Group announces that Venturi Astrolab has been awarded a NASA contract to support the Artemis campaign's lunar terrain vehicle development, with their FLEX rover equipped with batteries and wheels developed by Gildo Pastor's teams. |
| 2023 | Venturi Racing was renamed to MSG Racing after eight seasons in Formula E. |
| June 19 2023 | At the Paris-Le Bourget Air Show, Venturi presents a lunar wheel designed by Venturi Lab for the FLEX rover, featuring 192 cables and capable of withstanding low temperatures at the Moon's South Pole. |
| March 31 2023 | Venturi Group announces that Venturi Astrolab signed an agreement with SpaceX to send the FLEX rover to the Moon in 2026. |
| June 2022 | Venturi's eco-explorer Xavier Chevrin undertook a 21-day expedition on Spitsbergen island in the Svalbard archipelago, skiing 234 kilometres in temperatures as low as -15°C. The mission was part of the centenary commemorations of Prince Albert I, commissioned by Gildo Pastor, Venturi's Chairman, to pay tribute to Prince Albert II's great-great-grandfather. |
| April 2022 | The team announced a Title and Powertrain Partnership with Maserati for the upcoming Formula E season. |
| April 2022 | Venturi announces plans to apply its knowledge to space challenges, establishing strategic partnerships with Venturi Lab (Switzerland) and Venturi Astrolab (United States). |
| December 2021 | Voxan Wattman, driven by Max Biaggi, set 21 world speed records for an electric motorcycle at Kennedy Space Center, achieving records in multiple categories including ¼ mile, 1 km, and 1 mile distances, both in flying and standing start configurations, and for motorcycles under and over 300 kg. |
| December 10 2021 | Gildo Pastor and Venturi teams deliver the fully optimized third version of the Antarctica vehicle to the International Polar Foundation at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station. |
| June 2021 | Venturi unveiled the next generation Antarctica vehicle, designed for deployment at Princess Elisabeth Antarctic research station in December. The new vehicle is 3.4 meters long, 2.18 meters high, weighs 2.5 tons, and features a 52.6 kWh battery with 50 km autonomy and the ability to carry up to six people. |
| December 2020 | Venturi was taken over by a US investor group led by Scott Swid and Jose M Aznar Botella, with Susie Wolff remaining as Team Principal. |
| 2019 | At the Hong Kong ePrix, Mortara recorded Venturi's maiden victory at Formula E's 50th race. The team finished eighth in the championship. |
| October 2019 | Venturi confirmed Mortara would continue as a driver and entered a powertrain partnership with Mercedes-Benz. |
| March 6 2019 | Venturi Antarctica vehicle completed a 42 km journey in British Columbia, Canada, under extreme conditions with temperatures as low as -30 °C, testing the vehicle's capabilities in conditions similar to the South Pole. |
| June 2018 | Susie Wolff became the team principal. |
| May 2018 | The team signed a three-year deal with Felipe Massa and rehired Edoardo Mortara as teammates. |
| 2015 | Venturi became an FIA-approved manufacturer in Formula E, supplying full powertrain systems to Dragon Racing. |
| 2014 | Venturi was present on the grid at the inaugural Formula E race. |
| 2013 | Venturi was created and became the first manufacturer to join the Formula E world championship. |
| 2010 | Venturi develops an experimental version of the Antarctica vehicle for polar research environments. |
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