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The RW-5 Voxan recently took to the Bonneville Salt Flats for flying mile tests, shattering four separate faired and unfaired speed records for an electric bike. It was developed as a collaboration between Ohio State University and the Venturi Group.

In development for more than a decade, the Venturi Antarctica was finally set to work in Antarctica at the end of 2021. Now the first and only electric polar exploration vehicle has undergone key upgrades to help it survive higher temperatures.

The all-electric Venturi Antarctica has been evolving for over a decade, preparing to tackle the harsh weather and terrain of Antarctica. The extreme EV enters its third iteration this month as it prepares to embark on its grand Antarctic mission.

Voxan and Max Biaggi's attempt at the electric motorcycle land speed record has been postponed, along with all your hopes and dreams for 2020. But here's the 367-horsepower, partially streamlined monster that'll hurtle down the Bolivian salt in 2021.

French motorcycle company Voxan is hitting the salt flats next year to take a stab at an electric motorcycle land speed record. With Max Biaggi confirmed as the rider, the Voxan team is aiming for a two-way speed over 330 km/h (205 mph) with a streamlined version of its Wattman electric cruiser.

Venturi Automobiles has made a name for itself blazing electric-vehicle trails over hot salt and hot race track, but it's about to crank down the temperature. It has revealed its all-electric Antarctica polar exploration vehicle and is preparing to bring it down to the world's loneliest continent.

2016 was a big year for the electric vehicle. It saw the much-anticipated Tesla everyman EV, production car-previewing EV concepts from major manufacturers, increased driving ranges, new lightning-quick electric supercars, and a few EV world records.

The electric vehicle world speed record has remained steady since the Venturi Buckeye Bullet 2.5 electric streamliner set a 307.7-mph (495 km/h) mark in 2010. That changed on Monday, when the VBB-3 sped to a new electric vehicle record just over 341.4 mph (549.4 km/h).​

​Rain has stopped Venturi from taking the VBB-3 to the max in the past, but the team hasn't given up its dream of taking out the electric land speed record. With that goal in mind the French team will be back at Bonneville in September.

Wet conditions and bad weather shut down Bonneville Speed Week for the second year in a row this summer, and they didn't much help Venturi and Ohio State, but the team battled through and set a new category electric world record of 240.320 mph (386.757 km/h).

Venturi Antarctica, a prototype electric vehicle designed to tackle the harsh climes of Antarctica recently completed its first test drive in the Southern Alps. The joystick-controlled prototype seats 5 and can reach a top speed of 25 km/h (15mph) on snow tracks and 45 km/h (27 mph) on wheels.

In addition to being a world fashion capital, France is a breeding ground for adventure. Perhaps that's why the 2014 Paris Motor Show had such a large serving of special edition 4x4s, burlified mini SUVs and concepts straight-out named "Adventure."