REVA

Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles Private Limited, formerly known as the REVA
Electric Car Company,is an Indian company based in Bangalore, designing and
manufacturing electric vehicles. It is primarily notable for manufacturing the
world's best selling electric vehicle, the REVAi.

Company formation
The REVA Electric Car Company is a joint venture
between Maini Group of India and AEV LLC of
California and venture backed by lead US investors
Global Environment Fund and Draper Fischer
Jurvetson.

REVA and REVAi

RECC currently produces two versions of the REVAi, an urban electric micro-car
seating two adults and two children:

A silver Reva i

REVAi, equipped with lead-acid

batteries, which has a nominal
range of 80 km (50 mi) per charge
and a top speed of 80 km/h (50
mph).

REVA L-ion, equipped with

Lithium-ion batteries, which has faster acceleration and a nominal range of
120 km (75 mi) per charge.
The REVA has been sold in India since 2001 and in the UK since 2003. It is now
available in many other countries.

RECC also built in 2005 the REVA-NXG, a two-seater roadster concept car with a
nominal range of 200 km (124 mi) per charge and a top speed of 120 km/h (75
mph). It was planning to release a roomier four-seater model by the end of 2009.

RECC also manufactures a Golf cart called FERI.

Future
A new 30,000 capacity assembly plant in Bangalore has reached completion. It is
currently the world's largest operational example of a plant specially dedicated to
the assembly of battery electric vehicles. The entire building is LEED (Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design) accredited allowing the company to boast
one of the lowest dirt-to-dust carbon footprints in the automotive world.

On 24 September 2009, RECC and General Motors India announced a

collaborative partnership to bring electric vehicles to the Indian market, however
this plan was later canceled due to REVA being bought by Mahindra & Mahindra
Limited.

RECC is partnering with Bannon Automotive to set up a manufacturing base in

upstate New York to produce the NXR model.
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