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

Green Cars News

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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Electric vehicle sales slump in India

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With a subsidy scheme on electric vehicles reaching its conclusion in India, there has been a 75 per cent drop in sales of electric cars (such as India’s first electric car, the Reva, pictured) and other battery powered vehicles in the country.

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BaaS: Improving the EV Experience through Battery Swapping

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For example, NIO, a Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer, is promoting its attempts to build its battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) business unit under its NIO-Power brand. Owners of electric vehicles will be able to get charging as well as battery switching from the firm. Understanding Nio-Power. New Sources of Revenue.

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

For all the fanfare, sales of electric cars are currently negligible (outside of golf courses, that is). Plug-in hybrids differ from hybrids on the road today in that they can go longer distances on battery power and can be recharged via electrical outlets. C: Reva Electric Car’s Revai. streets later this year.

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