LvChi Venere

Vehicle Overview

The first (and only) existing electric limousine, Venere, related to Renzo Piano and design cost of 20 million euros – arrived at the Court’s judicial sales institute. A treat for collectors and connoisseurs. At that point the Chinese group Lvchi came forward, which had partnered with Idea, committing to produce 450 cars a year. The Chinese should have come to Turin, in the former headquarters of Carrozzeria Bertone, to open an electric supercar factory. On the plate there were 40 million investments, half for production and half for research and development. Eventually Lvchi slipped out of the deal. For the managers of Idea a real “aggravated fraud” that led to the declaration of bankruptcy, in January. All assets, including the Venere prototype, were taken over by the Court. Together with the Venere, Sivag will auction off the projects, the drawings and the patent: “Everything that could be used to resume production – says Albino Bertoletti, who leads the company -. If anyone ever meant to do it. “