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Mahindra Mahindra Takes Majority Stake in REVA Electric Car Co.

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India-based Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M) M&M) is acquiring a majority share in REVA Electric Car Co Ltd. REVA Electric Car Co Ltd. will be renamed Mahindra REVA Electric Vehicle Co Ltd. In January 2010, the Chevrolet e-Spark premiered at the Delhi Auto Show, with GM India’s platform powered by REVA.

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REVA Electric Car Company Building New Plant in Bangalore

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Reva Electric Car Company (RECC), the manufacturer of the REVA electric car, is building a new assembly plant in Bangalore, India with a capacity of 30,000 units per year, to accommodate the increased production of the REVA and for the planned one new model per year from the end of 2009. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Mahindra prepares for new electric car launch

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Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles is ready to begin production of its follow-up to the G-Wiz electric car, with the opening of a new manufacturing facility in Bengalore, India. The new NXR electric car, while still compact, looks more like an ordinary car compared to the small G-Wiz.

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Reva: A little company with big ambitions. The Green Piece

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Slow, clunky, even potentially “life-threatening” – these are just a handful of the insults that have been thrown the way of electric car maker REVA and particularly its G-Wiz model. It will allow REVA to boast one of the lowest dirt-to-dust carbon footprints in the automotive world. Leaders of the pack.

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London Calling: Congestion Charge Recharges Electric Cars

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India's Reva was first into the market with the G-Wiz. Tags: mitsubishi congestion charge ken livingstone g-wiz times of london i-miev mega city. Thanks in large part to Mayor "Red Ken" Livingstone, who enacted London's much criticized congestion charge policy in 2003.

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Green Automotive Company to Acquire Going Green Limited, biggest retailer of EVs in Europe

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Going Green, doing business under the brand name “GoinGreen,” has sold more than 1400 G-Wiz electric vehicles, making it Europe’s largest single retailer of electric vehicles and generating annual revenues in excess of $1 million. GoinGreen has accumulated more than 60 million miles of electric vehicle user experience.

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Who is winning the green car race? Part II. The Green Piece

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REVA: An Indian company that markets the G-Wiz in the UK. Thanks to a $528million Federal loan the company will also begin work on ‘Project NINA’ to design and assemble a second-generation saloon car for sale in 2012. Here are some other important names that may yet have an impact in the green car race…. Faye Sunderland.