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REVA was an Indian car brand.
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Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. from Bangalore , formerly Reva Electric Car Company , marketed electric cars under the Reva brand . Reva is the name of the company's patron's wife. The know-how for the construction came from Switzerland with Paul Schweizer. The brand existed from 2001 to 2012. Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. is today the new and further development of electric drive trains for the parent company Mahindra & Mahindra . Today - in contrast to 2012 and before - the production and marketing of electric cars is in the hands of the parent company.
Models
i and L-ion
The i and L-ion models were two-door light vehicles with a tailgate, 2.60 meters long, 1.30 meters wide and 1.50 meters high. The car weighs 565 kilograms with lead batteries and 425 kilograms with lithium-ion batteries and is designed for two adults and two children (in the rear). The rear seats can be folded down to create a luggage compartment. The maximum load is 275 kilograms (lead-acid battery).
The power supply consists of eight 6-volt lead-acid batteries, each 200 Ah, which - connected in series - provide a driving voltage of 48 volts. The energy flows through a 350 ampere control unit (manufacturer: Curtis) to an AC servo motor with a nominal output of 6 kW (8.2 PS). The peak output is 13.1 kW (17.5 PS) for lead batteries and 14.5 kW (19.7 PS) for lithium-ion batteries. When the brake pedal is depressed, depending on the speed, around 30 A to 170 A flow back into the accumulator (recuperation).
The two models could also be exported to the United States if they were given a speed limiter for use as a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV).
With a total of 3000 (5/07) units sold, the Reva and CityEL fought a duel for the best-selling electric car with 6000 (as of September 2008) sales . In 2011 at the latest, it was replaced by the Nissan Leaf in this category . The Reva is also very popular in London, where you don't have to pay a congestion charge with it. The manufacturer has tried to accommodate the various customer groups with over 2000 equipment and color variants for a tailor-made vehicle.
Sales in Germany were taken over in May 2009 by Smiles in Aub near Würzburg as general importer. Smiles AG was also the manufacturer of the CityEL model. The price range started at around 13,000 euros for the standard version with lead-acid batteries and went up to around 23,000 euros for the deluxe version with lithium batteries.
| Model i | L-ion model | |
|---|---|---|
| Electric motor | 13 kW AC servo motor | 14.5 kW AC servo motor |
| charger | Max. 2.2 kW built-in | |
| Charging cable | Standard cable for 230 V / 10 A / 15 A socket switchable | |
| Loading time | 8 hours (100%) | 6 hours |
| tension | 48 V | 50.2V |
| Battery type | 8 lead-acid batteries | 16 lithium-ion batteries |
| capacity | 200 Ah (9.6 kWh) | |
| Installation location of the accumulator | under the front seats | |
| Range | 50 km | 100 km |
| Top speed | 81 km / h | |
The NXG and NXR models
The successor models of i and L-ion - are Reva NXG (2-seater with Targa roof - hatchback ) and Reva NXR (Viersitzer- sedan with hatchback ) in the variants City with lead-acid batteries and intercity with lithium-ion batteries. In December 2010, the large-scale production of the NXR model started at the vehicle plant in Bangalore / India. An initial number of 30,000 units per year was planned. The start of production of the NXG was planned for 2012.
The manufacturer offers the successor model Mahindra e2o under the brand name Mahindra .
Web links
- First on the streets with lithium-ion technology ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ History of development with Paul Schweizer, Möhlin, Switzerland
- ^ D'Auto (Dutch, accessed April 2, 2016)
- ↑ David Ferris: India's Only Electric Car Revamped to Woo Drivers ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. From March 4, 2013 (English, accessed April 2, 2016)
- ↑ ECO World Internet portal: Reva i and Reva L-ion: top-class electromobility
- ↑ welt.de: "After all, around 3,000 cars have rolled off the assembly line so far, says Eghbalian, more than any other electric car."
- ↑ autoversicherung-online.info: "The Greeny is the best-selling electric car in the world, and not just since the climate debate."
- ↑ Reva Plans to Launch L-Ion Battery-Powered Car in Europe , January 5, 2009
- ↑ Electric car internet portal: Electric car Reva NXR
