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Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles Private Limited, formerly known as the Reva Electric Car Company, is an Indian company based in Bangalore, involved in designing and manufacturing of compact electric vehicles. The company's flagship vehicle is the REVAi electric car, available in 26 countries with more than 4,000 of its different versions sold worldwide by mid March 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mahindra REVA: Petrol-free REVA ) ''Click on Sales and Service Locator for the list of countries where available''〕 Reva was acquired by Indian conglomerate Mahindra & Mahindra in May 2010. In 2013, MAHINDRA REVA was selected as one of "The World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies 2013″ by Fast Company ==History== The Reva Electric Car Company (RECC) was founded in 1994 by Chetan Maini, as a joint venture between the Maini Group of Bangalore and Amerigon Electric Vehicle Technologies (AEVT Inc.) of the USA.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About us )〕 The company's sole aim was to develop and produce an affordable compact electric car. Several other automakers were also aiming to do so, but in 2001 RECC launched the REVA. RECC joined up with several automotive experts to develop components for REVA. Curtis Instruments, Inc. of USA developed a Motor Controller specifically for the car. The car had a high-tech power pack for which Tudor India Limited supplied customized Prestolite batteries. The Charger for Reva was developed by Modular Power Systems of USA (a division of TDI Power). Later, RECC started manufacturing the charger themselves through a technical collaboration agreement between MPS and the Maini Group.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Other Collaborators )〕 In 2004 GoinGreen of the UK entered into an agreement with RECC to import REVA cars and market them under the G-Wiz moniker. In 2006 Reva received an additional investment of $20 million from Draper Fisher Jurveston and Global Environment Fund (GEF).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Indian EV maker Reva gets extra $20 million investment )〕 In 2008 a revamped REVA model was launched called the REVAi. The company started production of a Lithium-ion variant called the REVA L-ion in 2009. In 2009 at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Reva presented its future models Reva NXR and Reva NXG.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Frankfurt 2009: Reva NXG looks ready to stomp, NXR is ready for order )〕 During the event Reva and General Motors India declared a technical collaboration to develop affordable EV for the Indian market.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=GM India and Reva announce electric vehicle partnership )〕 As a result of this General Motors India announced an electric version of their hatchback in the New Delhi Auto Expo 2010: named the e-Spark, Reva was to provide battery technology.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Auto Expo 2010: e-Spark headed here in October )〕 On 26 May 2010, India's largest sports utility vehicles and tractor maker Mahindra & Mahindra bought a 55.2% controlling stake in Reva. Following the deal, the company was renamed Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles Private Limited.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=India's Mahindra buys majority stake in Reva )〕 Mahindra’s president of automotive business, Pawan Goenka, became the new company’s chairman. As a result of the ownership change General Motors pulled out of the tie-up with Mahindra Reva that was to produce the e-spark.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=GM to pull out of e-Spark project )〕 In Feb 2011 GoinGreen, the UK's exclusive importer of the G-Wiz, announced that it was no longer stocking the model (although it would order them on a 4-6-week lead time when requested by customers).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Report: UK Sales of G-Wiz electric car to end this fall )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「REVA」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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