Reva Electric Car popular in London
April 1st, 2006 Leave a comment Visited 65 times, 2 so far today
Reva Electric Car popular in London
Reva Electric Car Company has said in a statement that they are expecting their exports to London increase to around 1000 units this year. The company is the only one to sell electric cars in the Indian market and has aroused much interest in the international market.
The company is looking at doubling their exports of Reva car this year to the city of London after the recently imposed congestion tax by the London municipal authority on fuel run cars that cause pollution. These taxes are also applicable on hybrid cars, which combine an electric motor with the traditional gasoline based engine.
B Roy, senior general manager, marketing, Reva Electric Car Company said in a statement: “We expect that the sale of our car will go up to 1,000 this year from 400 last year.†interestingly, the city of London alone accounts for more than 90% sales for the company selling their car primarily in the Indian market.
It is ironical that the Indian government is not helping their cause by reducing duties on imported technologies to let them sell their cars at cheap prices domestically. The car turns out to be expensive than Maruti 800 making it hard for them to sell the Reva to Indian consumer.
London has interestingly also waived 12-15 pounds as parking charges on electric-run cars. Roy added about these additional benefits to Reva owners in the city of London: “In London, a Reva customer will be able to save 500-600 pounds on a monthly basis. In addition, with the purchase of every car the UK government pays the customer a subsidy of 1,000 pounds for adoption of non-polluting driving methods.â€
The company is now doubling its capacity at the company’s Bangalore plant from the current 600 to 1,200 in this financial year. They also managed to sell some units of this car to other markets like Japan, Cyprus, Malta, and Norway.
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June 4th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
The Reva/G-Wiz has all the safety integrity of a biscuit tin. I would no soon wish to see my loved ones driving one on the public highway, at risk of being wiped-out by a truck or fast moving car, than see them take-up free-climbing on Mount Everest. There is more to building and selling cars than just building and selling cars. Modern cars produced by the leading mainstream manufacturers are an evolution. New models conception and design is the culmination of, say in the case of Ford or Mercedes-Benz, 100 years plus experience. This cannot be replicated by manufacturers who obviously care so little about their customers personal survival expectation in a serious accident nor by manufacturers who care so little about their own commercial longevity in the market place – the vehicle is about to earn Reva a damming reputation in the UK (lucky they are hiding behind the pseudonym of G-Wiz in that market).