Clement Dorance, a Venturi spokesman, told me the cargo area was fitted with a larger battery pack, yielding 300 miles of range, but still requiring the kindness of strangers to get the thing charged up.

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Unless you wear cargo pants the only way to tote the machine on foot is in a day pack or handbag.

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