Cognoscis

I had posted an article regarding Reva company unveiling their new remote recharge technology last month along with a couple of new models of their electric cars. Here is a follow up of the news.

On September 16th REVA NXR (NeXt Reva), a new lithium-ion powered electric car, which is scheduled to go into production early 2010 which is the company’s 2011 model. REVA NXR is an M1 category three-door, four-seater hatchback family car with a top speed is 104 kph (65 mph) and a range of 160 kms (100 miles) per charge. Using the 90 minute fast charge (normal charging is eight hours), the REVA NXR offers an effective range of 320km a day. The REVA NXG is also M1 category but with two-door, two-seater car with a targa top with a range of 200km (125 miles) per charge and a top speed of 130 kph (80 miles per hour) and using the fast charge, it has an effective range of 400 kms (250 miles) a day. It was styled by Dilip Chhabria.

Both vehicles have keyless entry and operation, dual charge ports, intelligent digital display and a range of telematics including REVA’s exclusive REVive remote emergency charge. REVive addresses ‘range anxiety’ where a customer low on charge can telephone or SMS REVA’s customer support center. The advanced telematics feature will assess the car’s batteries remotely and activate a reserve amount of energy while protecting the battery life. Within minutes, a few extra kilometers of range are made available and the driver can continue home or to a place where the NXR can be charged. Meaning, as predicted, it will not be charging wirelessly, it will only be routing a backup power supply using a remote trigger so that no one will be stranded in a remote place when the battery dies. This also helps in avoiding the complete draining of batteries which might cut the battery life.

All in all, not worth all the hype