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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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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. 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[.]. Electric cars Weekly Column'

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REVA Electric Car Company Building New Plant in Bangalore

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The current model, REVAi, marketed in the UK as G-Wiz i, has a range of up to 80 km and a top speed of 80 km/h. The new 18,212 m 2 production facility is being built to the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building rating system standard. A full charge takes eight hours and an 80% charge takes 2.5

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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. The entire building is LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) accredited and has a 30,000 capacity. Bouncing back.

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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. Green Automotive Company is a niche vehicle design, engineering, manufacturing, and sales company.

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Call to support current generation of electric vehicles

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The bias against lightweight, low speed electric quadricycles such as the UK’s best selling electric vehicle, the REVA G-Wiz, is highly questionable. Quadricycles are designed for city use and congested roads and are smaller, lighter and lower powered than ordinary cars and speed is not the issue.

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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. REVA: An Indian company that markets the G-Wiz in the UK. Here are some other important names that may yet have an impact in the green car race….