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Reva partners with Northern Lights Energy to bring NXR electric car to Iceland

Reva Electric Car Company and Northern Lights Energy signed a deal today to bring electric vehicles to Iceland. Reva, as regular readers will know, is the Indian EV company that was once best known for the G-Wiz, a quadricycle that Jeremy Clarkson did not like. In September, Reva revealed its NXG and NXR models at the Frankfurt Motor Show, and it is these newer, better looking vehicles that are destined for Iceland. Starting in the second half of next year, Northern Lights Energy will begin marketing and selling the NXR and plans to ... Read more →

Reva fanboy drives the NXR, loves it [w/VIDEO] Domenick Yoney

You might call Mike Boxwell something of a Reva fanboy. Not only is the British electric vehicle advocate (and solar electricity author) a proud G-Wiz owner, he is also the force behind Reva Car ...

Reva's New York factory plans firming up Domenick Yoney

Seems like that plan to build Reva electric cars in New York State is gaining some traction. Apparently, there is now an exclusive licensing deal for North America between the Indian company and ...

GM India and Reva announce electric vehicle partnership Xavier Navarro

2009 Reva NXG - Click above for high-res image gallery GM India and Reva have announced a partnership to develop an affordable electric car for the Indian market. Both companies have started ...

Reva to build electric cars in NY state? Domenick Yoney

While it was somewhat shocking to hear Chevy may call on Reva to electrify the Spark for the Indian market, to think that the company behind the G-Wiz not only has plans to sell their products in ...

Frankfurt 2009: Reva NXG looks ready to stomp, NXR is ready for order 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

The REVA Electric Car Company announced the price of the REVA NXR – which starts at 9,995 euros for the lead acid version with leased batteries – in Frankfurt today and also took the wraps off of the NXG (above), the company's next electric vehicle that is due as a 2011 model. The ...

REPORT: Electric Chevy Spark to get its fire from....Reva? 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Reva, the little electric car company from India whose product has withstood ridicule from the likes of automotive entertainer Jeremy Clarkson, seems to be working very hard of late to turn those jeers into cheers. Not only will it be showing off two new models with fancy telematic systems and ...

REPORT: Reva remote charge to be unlocking battery reserve remotely 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

When we first heard the other day that Indian EV maker Reva was planning to announce a remote wireless charging system for its cars next week in Frankfurt, we were, to say the least, skeptical. After all, it takes a pretty significant amount of electrical energy to charge a battery when you have ...

Frankfurt Preview: Reva to show next-gen EVs, remote wireless charging? 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Reva, the Indian company that builds Jeremy Clarkson's favorite car, the G-Wiz, is preparing for its second act next week in Frankfurt. The company will unveil two new upcoming models and a new charging technology. The first of the new models is the NXR, and it is billed as a four seat hatchback ...

New lithium-ion G-Wiz has 75-mile range, 15,795 price tag 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 75 miles, up from 48 in the older, non-li-ion version. Both models sport a 51 mph top speed, but the ...

REVA opens new green factory in Bangalore 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

REVA, the Indian electric car company that produces mostly NEVs, has announced that is building a new manufacturing facility near Bangalore, India. The new 18,212 m2 plant, which is expected to produce 30,000 units per year, will build both the current REVAi model (known as the G-Wiz in the UK) as ...

Solar-roofed REVA L-ions go on Indian Climate Solutions Road Tour 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Having just announced the coming availability of lithium ion power to their vehicles, the REVA Electric Car Company (RECC) is sending three of the new variants on the road with the Indian Climate Solutions Road Tour. Company founder and CTO, Chetan Maini, was at the send off and spoke about the ...

Reva Electric Car Company offering lithium ion option 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

India's most famous electric car maker, Reva, is now giving prospective buyers in Europe the opportunity of turning their new REVAi into a REVA L-ion by offering a lithium-ion power source for the 2+2 city car. The modern battery gives the little EV increased performance while reducing charging ...

G-Wiz doing just fine, thanks 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 doing just fine, thank you very much. Although their sales are about half of what they were in ...

Reva upping battery-powered car production to 30,000 units 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 chief technology officer, Chetan Maini, told Business Green that the company hopes to ramp up ...

Mahindra planning 4-seat electric car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Above: Mahindra's Appalachian pickup truck Right now, the Reva G-Wiz has the Indian electric car market cornered. Rumors indicate that this may not be the case for long, though, as both Tata Motors and now Mahindra - India's two largest automakers - both have plans in place for zero-emission ...

Utility to distribute EV cars in Latin America 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Endesa, a Spanish-based (Italian-owned) utility company will be soon distributing to its customers in Santiago Chile an EV car. The model, the Reva EV (which we tried in Barcelona last year) hasn't been much of a big seller in most of Europe (40 units in Spain) so the distribution via the own ...

The Indian-made REVAi now available in India 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Reva Electric Car Company has officially made the REVAi (A.K.A. the G-Wiz i) available for sale in its native India. It has high expectations for sales of the improved award winner in its homeland, saying they would be very happy to sell 3,000 vehicles in Delhi this year. No doubt, since it has ...

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, ...

Indian clock maker to challenge Tata Nano with electric car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Tata Nano made headlines as the world's least expensive new car and it's now facing a new challenger that's battery powered. The Ajanta Group is better known for making clocks but they also build electric scooters and bikes. The Gujarat-based Ajanta wants to get into the car business with an ...

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 ...

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

Host of the British car show Top Gear might reasonably called the John C Dvorak of automotive journalism. Love him or hate him, he's never dull. He can be something of a curmudgeon and he's usually controversial. Clarkson is a gentleman of considerable height and he recently had the misfortune of ...

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 ...

Indian Reva electric car to go on sale in Germany 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We've previously covered the sad tale of a Reva electric car that had to be crushed in Australia because it was never certified for sale there and couldn't be licensed. The Indian made Reva cars have been available in England for some time and can even be rented there. Now comes word that they will ...

Indian EV maker Reva gets extra $20 million investment 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Indian electric car manufacturer Reva has just scored additional investments of $20 million from Draper Fisher Jurveston and Global Environment Fund (GEF). Reva's cars are currently available in UK, Italy, Malta, Sri Lanka, Cyprus and Greece, but not in Australia. The new money will be used to ...

Australian govt. rejects plan to test, and will now crush, electric car 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Last week AutoBlogGreen ran a story about an Indian built electric car that is due to be crushed in Australia because it has not been certified. The owners had imported in on a temporary import certificate that expires this week. Under Australian law, cars must be crash tested before they can be ...

Australian cabinet member open to legalizing electric car 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The electric cars built by the Indian manufacturer Reva aren't legal on Australian roads right now, but the Aussie Green party is trying to change that. So far the Australian based importer the Reva, the Solar Shop, has made no attempt to test the car for compliance with Australian safety ...

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 ...

Color-coordinating your REVA electric vehicle 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The REVA electric car is a small, 3-door (formerly known as a "hatchback") electric vehicle built in India. A four-seater, the car can hold two adults and two small children. The electric motor can be fully charged in roughly seven hours and the EV has a range of nearly 50 miles. With a quick, ...

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 ...


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