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G-Wiz celebrates London life with limited edition electric car

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A special London themed version of the electric car the G-Wiz has been commissioned to celebrate the vehicle’s close ties with the capital city.

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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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TLC needed: Can cars like the G-Wiz still have a purpose in life?

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They have a funny name, massive door seals (so designed to hide a panel gap big enough to drive a bus through) and a top speed approaching 50 mph on a good day. Electric cars Weekly Column' By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield. They’ll charge up from empty to full in a little under eight hours from a standard household o[.].

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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. According to Chetan Maini, the man behind the company, the factory represents the first mass production of a green car.

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Call to support current generation of electric vehicles

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Central to the policy of investment into electric cars, was the announcement of subsidies worth up to £5,000 to be given to buyers of electric cars. By announcing the grant will commence in 2011, Mr. Hoon is actually inviting consumers to wait until 2011 to buy an electric car.

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

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California-based Green Automotive Company, having recently acquired Liberty Electric Cars Ltd in Europe ( earlier post ), has signed a binding agreement to buy UK-based electric vehicle distributor Going Green Limited. 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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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…. REVA: An Indian company that markets the G-Wiz in the UK.