"The customer just has to telephone SMS REVA for an instant remote recharge."
Reva Electric Car Company (REVA) will be unveiling two new M1 classified electric cars at the 63rd Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA).
The NXR is a four-seat, three-door hatchback that is claims is suitable for urban driving. It can be ordered at the show, with production scheduled to for the beginning of 2010.
The show car, dubbed NXG is a sporty two-seater with a targa roof that was created DC Design. It’s due in 2011.
The company will also introduce “REVive,” a technology that addresses “range anxiety” and acts like an “invisible reserve fuel tank.” The customer just has to telephone SMS REVA for an instant remote recharge should they run out of charge. Both the NXR and the NXG will feature the REVive telematics technology. No further details are available at this time.
Prices will also be revealed at the IAA.
REVA’s new website, Revaglobal.com, will go live at the time of the vehicle launches in Frankfurt and customers can register on the priority list for the new cars on-line.
REVA is the brand Reva Electric Car Company, a Bangalore-based company formed as a joint venture between Maini Group of India and AEV LLC of California and backed by US investors Global Environment Fund and Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
REVA says it’s is selling, or test marketing, EVs in 24 countries worldwide and has the largest deployed fleet of electric cars on the market with more than 3,000 EVs on the road and more than 70 million kilometers of user experience.
The company is building a new assembly plant in Bangalore, with an annual capacity of 30,000 units.