Posted on June 21, 2010.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of owning Reva, the electric car? Crude oil prices have increased dramatically. The rate of price inflation is almost 100% in 6 months and forecasts are that it could earn 200-250 dollars a barrel. In this spirit, interest in hybrid cars / electric is more attention. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the purchase, only available in India in the electric car segment: the Reva?
Reva is a wonderful car to own now.
Advantages: -
1. He did not need gas / diesel.
2. It is low maintenance.
3. It is easy to navigate, especially in the narrow, crowded Indian roads.
Disadvantages: -
1. This is not a great car.
2. It can only accommodate 2-3 persons.
Well, at least one thing seems to exist, which is unusual for electric cars. It goes as far as 80 km and as fast as 80 km / h, but an electric car can not do both. Precisely how far it should go to reach 80 km range is not specified.
I doubt the battery can be removed easily or easier to carry, so that your apartment complex question is actually very good. You'd probably have to make a special arrangement with the building management to run an extension cord and somehow pay for the power you use.
But he has been on the market since 2001, which speaks to its reliability, and perhaps that is something of a solution in some cases. But since your country allows its use, it can probably also use other quadricycles, and some two-cylinder diesel micro-cars are available which can probably be used with something approaching the same economy .
Neat looking car if they sell to the U.S., I would get a search
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So if you have a chance to look and ask to take a test drive to see
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I bet you do not stand on a parking lot as a kid with the car keys to the family car for the first time
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I see the battery can be charged to 80% in 2.5 hours and 100% load at 8:00, the only decline
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To remove I see that you can do it but you better have some knowledge of parking and a good set of parameters at hand in the garage
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the benefits of the Reva is that u will not pollute the environment and the price is affordable, but at the same time it is too small a car. if u are u 4 so it can be a right choice.