While electric vehicles may not make sense in all Canadian contexts, a vehicle like the NVG concept car from India's Reva Electric Car Company of Bangalore, India, suggests there may be niche applications in this country.
The NVG's unique ''wireless tablet'' alone makes the two-seater worth considering. The tablet's an embedded appliance that ''integrates into a high-resolution single touch-screen display system featuring all vehicle dashboard functions as well as personal communication tools such as a GPS navigation system, internet and email access, and an MP3 player.
It's a concept car so far, but the GoinGreen EV retailer in the UK hopes to put on sale soon in London, since it should have unique appeal in England's capital city. The concept has sold 200 units of a boxy little coupe called the G-Wiz in less than a year with on advertising, so something as sexy as the roadster ought to be much more appealing.
Since it's exempt from the pricey Congestion Charge in downtown London and can park for free in central carparks, at parking meters and in pay-and-display spots, it would be a fabulous rental car for tourists. With the right kind of programming, a clever firm could build the world's greatest sight-seeing software right into that ''wireless tablet.''
The same thing would also work here in the larger cities of Canada and the U.S., though probably only during the summer tourist season unless the tourists were from Scandinavia or someplace like that and didn't mind a brisk ride.
The Reva NXG is a collaborative effort between RECC, designer Dilip Chhabria of DC Design, and Simputer developer Encore Software. It is a two-seater roadster with an extended range of about 200 km per six-hour charge and a top speed of 125 kmh.
The car is powered by a high-performance 37kw AC induction motor that drives the front wheels and uses sodium nickel chloride batteries, and the four-wheel independent suspension with an integrated regenerative and hydraulic braking system is said to provide ''excellent handling and braking.''
At 825 kg, the NXG is larger than it looks; it is indeed 2620 mm long, 1640 mm wide, and 1550 mm high.
The company that builds it is a joint venture between Maini Group of India and AEV in the USA aiming to manufacture ''environmentally-friendly, cost-effective vehicles.''
The first generation Reva was launched in India in 2001, where it became the first non-polluting city car in India. As well as being marketed by GoinGreen in the UK, the Reva is also being tested in the USA, Japan and several European countries.
The vision of RECC is to ''establish a tradition of excellence and leadership in environment friendly urban transportation by offering the best value and highest quality electric vehicles for city mobility.''
photo:Reva Car Company
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It's a concept car so far, but the GoinGreen EV retailer in the UK hopes to put on sale soon in London, since it should have unique appeal in England's capital city. The concept has sold 200 units of a boxy little coupe called the G-Wiz in less than a year with on advertising, so something as sexy as the roadster ought to be much more appealing.
Since it's exempt from the pricey Congestion Charge in downtown London and can park for free in central carparks, at parking meters and in pay-and-display spots, it would be a fabulous rental car for tourists. With the right kind of programming, a clever firm could build the world's greatest sight-seeing software right into that ''wireless tablet.''
The same thing would also work here in the larger cities of Canada and the U.S., though probably only during the summer tourist season unless the tourists were from Scandinavia or someplace like that and didn't mind a brisk ride.
The Reva NXG is a collaborative effort between RECC, designer Dilip Chhabria of DC Design, and Simputer developer Encore Software. It is a two-seater roadster with an extended range of about 200 km per six-hour charge and a top speed of 125 kmh.
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At 825 kg, the NXG is larger than it looks; it is indeed 2620 mm long, 1640 mm wide, and 1550 mm high.
The company that builds it is a joint venture between Maini Group of India and AEV in the USA aiming to manufacture ''environmentally-friendly, cost-effective vehicles.''
The first generation Reva was launched in India in 2001, where it became the first non-polluting city car in India. As well as being marketed by GoinGreen in the UK, the Reva is also being tested in the USA, Japan and several European countries.
The vision of RECC is to ''establish a tradition of excellence and leadership in environment friendly urban transportation by offering the best value and highest quality electric vehicles for city mobility.''
photo:Reva Car Company
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