Reva Launching Two New Electric Cars

The showcar, REVA’s model for 2011, is the REVA NXG; a sporty two-seater with a targa roof that was designed by Dilip Chhabria of the internationally renowned automotive design company DC Design.

Another world-first for REVA at The IAA is the launch of REVive, a technology unique to REVA that addresses ‘range anxiety’ and acts like an invisible reserve fuel tank. The customer just has to telephone or SMS REVA for an instant remote recharge should they run out of charge. Both the REVA NXR and the REVA NXG will feature the REVive telematics technology. Further technology and pricing announcements will be made at the IAA.

REVA’s new website, Revaglobal.com, will go live at the time of the vehicle launches in Frankfurt and customers can register on the priority list for the new cars on-line.

REVA is the brand of the Reva Electric Car Company, a Bangalore-based company formed as a joint venture between Maini Group of India and AEV LLC of California and backed by US investors Global Environment Fund and Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

Today, REVA is selling, or being test marketed, in 24 countries worldwide and has the largest deployed fleet of electric cars on the market with over 3,000 EVs on the road and more than 70 million kilometres of user experience.

The company is building a new ultra low carbon vehicle assembly plant in Bangalore, with a capacity of 30,000 units per annum, to accommodate increased production and is planning to introduce even more measures to ensue that it has the cleanest and greenest production.

REVA Hall 8, Stand D38

63rd Frankfurt International Motor Show (Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung), 15 -27 September 2009.

Press days: 15th and 16th September

Open to the public 17th to 27th September.

SOURCE REVA Electric Car Company

REVAi REVA G-Wiz i in the UK market is an Indian electric car intended for use as a city car. More REVAs have been produced than any other currently selling electric car and sales are increasing. It is manufactured by the REVA Electric Car Company (RECC) in Bangalore (India), currently the world’s leading electric car manufacturing company.

The first model, produced from 2001 to 2007, was simply called REVA (G-Wiz in the UK). Its power flowed through a 400 amp motor controller to a DC motor rated at 4.8 kW (6.4 hp), with a maximum of 13.1 kW (17.6 hp). Power came from eight 6 V, 200 A h, lead-acid batteries located under the front seats and wired in series to create 48 V. This model did not have the strengthened chassis that allows subsequent models to pass a crash test at 40 km/h (25 mph).

In January 2009 a new model was launched, the REVA L-ion. It is similar to the REVAi but powered by high performance lithium-ion batteries, which reduce the car’s curb weight to 565 kg (1,250 lb), offer greater acceleration, reduce charging time to 6 hrs, and extend the nominal range to 120 km (75 mi). The performance of these batteries are also less affected by variations in temperature. In addition to the Li-ion batteries, the REVA L-ion will also feature a solar panel affixed to the roof for utilizing solar energy.

In addition to the on-board battery charger, an off-board charging station requiring 3-phase power is available which gives a 90 percent charge in one hour.

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