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Video: India’s small contribution to the electric car market
the REVA NXR; photo from RevaNorge (source: Flickr Creative Commons)
REVA Electric Car Company is an Indian carmaker which makes small electric vehicles sold in 24 countries across Europe and Asia. Reva plans on increasing their meager 3,000 total cars sold to a target of 30,000 per year.
Less expensive and more compact than the Nissan Leaf plug-in vehicle, Reva’s fully electric NXR has a similar range to the Leaf (150-160 km or 90-100 miles on a single charge) yet a lower top speed of 65 mph or 104 km/h compared to the Leaf’s 90 mph or 145 km/h.
Check out this CNN report on the REVA and other electric models from more established auto companies.
There are some big opportunities and big risks for India’s tiny electric car, the Reva. CNN’s Mallika Kapur reports.
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That’s true, whitX. Though you can get a ‘rapid charge’ or do short charges for shorter trips, long hauls aren’t that suited to EVs as of yet. They are working on solutions, like the battery swap system by electric car company Better Place. It enables drivers to switch empty batteries for full ones at recharging stations, which will of course have to be built first!
Electric vehicles are more effective on the road in terms of environmental issue – of course it doesn’t produce air pollution and it does cost less than the common vehicles most of us have for the long time. My main concern is that it takes a very slow long time of battery charging. Like that of Nissan Leaf which takes 16 hours to fully charge. It’s not quite good if you are in such a hurry or if going to road trips.