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G-Wiz importer calls for U.K. green car incentive to begin now

Earlier this week, the government in the U.K. announced a £250 million incentive program that would offer rebates of up to £5,000 for purchases of full electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles. Although that seems like a nice way to boost electric car sales in the UK, GoinGreen, the UK importer for the G-Wiz sounds unconvinced. The program isn't scheduled to begin until 2011, which is when vehicles like the plug-in Toyota Prius and Vauxhall Ampera (the version of the Chevy Volt that will be available in the UK) are expected to hit the ... Read more →

New lithium-ion G-Wiz has 75-mile range, 15,795 price tag Sebastian Blanco

GoinGreen, the UK distributor of Reva's G-Wiz, has announced prices and specifications of the tiny quadricycle with upgraded lithium ion batteries. The good news: the new model has a range of up to ...

G-Wiz doing just fine, thanks Domenick Yoney

In light of reports of slow electric car sales in the UK and the NICE Car Company's collapse, the distributor of the Reva G-Wiz i, GoinGreen, wants to let everyone know that they are still around and ...

Reva upping battery-powered car production to 30,000 units Sebastian Blanco

If you know about the Indian car maker Reva, it's probably becasue of the G-Wiz, that tiny icon of the EV scene (if you're not familiar with the G-Wiz, this is the place to start). In October, Reva's ...

G-Wiz electric car gets special insurance option from GoinGreen Sebastian Blanco

There's only one place to buy a new G-Wiz, the tiny electric car, in the UK: GoinGreen. To entice buyers, the retailer has just launched a dedicated insurance option for the crush-zone-free EV. With ...

eBay Find of the Day: G-Wiz from Top Gear 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for more images of Top Gear's crashed G-Wiz Top Gear has never been kind to the G-Wiz, that electric Quadricycle that's only available across the pond in Europe. In this video, Jeremy Clarkson - star of the U.K. Top Gear shows - definitively proves that a table is a better, faster and ...

G-Wiz maker wins award 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When most people look over a Reva G-Wiz, "award-winning" isn't usually the expression that comes to mind. However, the makers of the little electric quadricycle, the Reva Electric Car Company (RECC), are now in a position to claim such an accolade. Because of their impressive sales volume, market ...

Whence the pickup truck based on a G-Wiz? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At first we thought somebody out there was exercising their ninja photoshop skillz but then it occurred to us that those folks would probably not be busying themselves with the likes of the G-Wiz. No, this had to be the product of a mind so sick, so twisted, that it created the original Reva G-Wiz, ...

Video: New and improved G-Wiz gets a test drive and the letter i 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Often when a product is "new and improved" the upgrades are mostly to the packaging. In the case of the Reva G-Wiz, the ever popular letter "i" added to its moniker gives us the external change while the majority of improvements lay unseen beneath the dent- and scratch-proof ABS body panels. This ...

Reva will make a new electric car every year 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Reva Electric Car Company (RECC) says it will launch a new electric car by the end of the year and a new electric car (or variant) every year after that. Reva also says they have built a plant with a 33,000-unit capacity, five times their current capacity. The cars will be exported all over the ...

GoingGreen has a post-Xmas sale on the G-Wiz 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

For those of you in England who like to live small, GoingGreen is offering up special deals on the G-Wiz electric car. The UK distributor of the the Indian-built quadricycle is offering up ex-demo units for only £2,999 compared to a base price of about £6,300 for a new model without air ...

VIDEO: G-Wiz takes on an even smaller electric car! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If you've been paying any attention at all, you'll be aware that we hold the G-Wiz electric quadricycle in the same sort of "high" regard that Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson does. What more can be said about a "car" that implodes in a standard crash test and goes from naught to 40mph in "quite a ...

G-Wiz gets some safety upgrades, still not a car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Indian-built G-Wiz has come under some scrutiny in recent months in the UK for it's apparent lack of safety. After Top Gear commissioned a standard 40 mph offset frontal crash test, people began to realize that these vehicles could have serious issues in crashes at even moderate speeds. The ...

Video: Jeremy Clarkson reviews G-Wiz 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Below the fold is a video of Jeremy Clarkson, of the TV show Top Gear, reviewing the all electric G-Wiz. The review of the G-Wiz starts at 2 minutes 45 seconds after Jeremy makes fun of French sport cars. Highlights from the review of the G-Wiz include a race between the G-Wiz and a table, which ...

5,000 miles on a gram of fuel 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Jeremy Clarkson is host of the TV show Top Gear. He is not a fan of green cars like the G-Wiz or Prius. In the video above, Jeremy uses the Prius for target practice. So it might surprise you to find out, Jeremy is apparently a big fan of fuel cells. In a recent article Jeremy writes "I think that, ...

G-Wiz takes on Jeremy Clarkson 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Recently, Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson wrote a rather scathing review of the G-Wiz electric vehicle sold in Europe and popular in London. Clarkson is not one to hold back his opinion, which we respect - even when we disagree, and hold back he did not. He hated the G-Wiz and cited its' lackluster ...

Tiny all-electric quadricycles might get redone safety test in the EU 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We don't use the word "quadricycle" around here much. But over in the UK, quardicycles are a specific vehicle type defined as "a vehicle with four wheels whose unladen mass is not more than 400kg (excluding batteries if it is an electric vehicle) and whose maximum continuous rated power does not ...

The Top Ten electric vehicles you can buy right now (for the most part) 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/The_Top_Ten_electric_vehicles_you_can_buy_right_now_for_the_most_part'; I think all the news of the Tesla Roadster and the Chevy Volt that came out since last summer has reminded a lot of people that there are some serious contenders to the gasoline ...

London unveils first two FREE electric car chargers 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

London, the city where you have to pay to drive your dirty, CO2-emitting car, is doing a lot to clean the air. City officials' latest move was the unveiling of two electric car-charging stations. Fuel-hungry EVs can find the stations in Wellington Street and Southampton Street near Covent Garden in ...

Is the electric car doomed in Australia? 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Just as the documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car" opens in Australia, the country's only electric car may have to be exported or crushed due to government regulations. A local businessman wants to import and sell the REVA, also known as the G-wiz, but the test evaluation import license expires ...

G-Wiz EV AC has greater range and higher top speed 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Reva G-Wiz electric vehicle is now available in AC. The new version of the G-Wiz DC has a higher top speed (45 mph) and can go 48 miles on a charge (if you're driving in economy mode). Compare this to the DC version's 40 mph top speed and 40-mile range. The price is better, too. The DC version ...

G-Wiz EV makes driving gas free 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

We reported earlier this week on the Maranello4, a new electric vehicle (EV) for the London urban dweller. Well, it'll find itself in good company. The G-Wiz, which has been sold in the U.K. for the last year and a half, is a similar EV with similar benefits: easy to park, exempt from many city ...


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