Reva launched in 2001 by RECC (Reva Electric Car Company), Bangalore is an incredibly cute small electric car. Reva in Sanskrit means 'new beginning' and according to namepedia Reva means 'revived.' I am sure why the manufacturers named it so, expecting that Reva will be the new beginning to eco-friendly automobiles in India.Reva appeals very strongly to all those eco-friendly drivers, and surprisingly many of whom are women. With a toy-like appearance, the electric-powered car runs on a pair of batteries. These batteries can be recharged from a plug point in your home or garage or there are a few charge centers in cities like Bangalore which is basically the home of Reva as well as many buyers of the car also are Bangaloreans.
The car is silent when you start it up and its a smoothie on roads. Available is so many color options (as many as 5000), and 6 standard colors, the go-green Reva is friendly to city roads and its quite easy to manoeuvre on crowded streets and deftly wedge the car through even the smallest of the parking space owing to its tiny size. Additionally, its such a plus to women who aren't crazy for clutches or gears as Reva doesn't sport one.
The downside; however, is that Reva has only 2 doors making it not a car for an increasing Indian family. It does make sense to have Reva as a second or even a third car by a family with many kids or old parents who themselves can drive it.
The car can reach a maximum speed of 65 kmph and goes upto 80 km with a fully charged battery which takes 6-7 hours for fully charging the battery in a 15-ampere socket. Furthermore, the impressive feature of the car is the dent-immune material used in making the car body.
The engine delivers about 17 nm torque and the car picks up a speed of 0-30 kmph on 3 seconds time. The looks are cute and adorable and is built as a perfected vehicle for city using renewable energy. Vehicle cost is though high at Rs. 250,000 its still great if you see the almost zero maintenance costs for it.
4 comments:
Since car was a TBD for me... so ur post helps me to rethink on Reva too...
I would say its not for a family, maybe if you are contemplating to have another car this is one to go. I will ask you to check with Gujarat's new electric car, Oreva
which is talked about that it will Tata's Nano a run for their money. Oreva is again an electric car and yes I will post my review on it once I see it or say have my hands on it for a test drive. All said, Reva is not a family car. Its a woman's car!
I love big cars, so reva does'nt appeal to me! But may be if the global recession continues for longer, will have to think over it!
Certainly Reva car does not appeal to me as well Latha. A car is TBD even for us but for obvious reasons we would not give Reva a thought. I mentioned within the post as well as reiterating now that it would appeal for those eco-friendly people and for those who want to have second or third car.
Aditi! I would love to present reviews on other cars so you can take a sneak peek before deciding. By the way, which segment is that you are looking at?
We believe that our honorable finance minister will give some sops to the automobile industry to boost it up. So aditi, just wait until the budget comes out!
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