Bangalore, India -- The GreenMonster continues to shop for electric cars around the globe and came across this highway-speed capable car from India called REVA. Reva Electric Car Company (RECC) was said to be the first company worldwide to successfully commercialize electric cars and sell or test market its range of electric cars in 18 countries across Europe and Asia and has the largest deployed fleet of electric cars in the market with over 2,500 EVs on the road that have logged in an estimated 50 million kilometers of user experience. An announcement was made that the new REVA L-ion, powered by the next generation high-performance lithium-ion batteries will be available this year in May. Lithium-ion batteries will enable to the electric car to charge in 6 hours with an onboard charger and 1 hour with an external charger requiring 3-phase power. Top speed is the same with the REVA i at 80 km/h (50 mph), but the range has increased to 120 km (75 mi) from the 80 km (50 mi) range of the REVA i.
The REVA i, introduced in January 2008 after the discontinued REVA (or G-Wiz in the UK), runs on eight 6-Volt EV lead acid batteries that fully charges in 8 hours (80% in 2.5 hours.) on a 220 Volt, 15 Ampere socket. The standard REVA i model costs about £7,995.
Hmm... how much would the new REVA L-ion be? We'll see.
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