GM Partners Up With Reva Electric For A Small EV For India

Hybrid/Electric, Miscellaneous | Dean | September 25, 2009 at 06:18

General Motors and Reva Electric Car has officially signed a new partnership that will allow the sharing of car platforms, as well as electric vehicle technologies for the Indian market. The new partnership might see an electric version of the Spark coming onto the market quite soon.

“We are pleased to be joining hands with Reva, a leader in the development of electric drivetrains and control systems,” said GM India President and Managing Director Karl Slym. “We will also work closely with the government of India, which has expressed a goal of reducing fossil fuel dependence, in the development of an electric vehicle infrastructure. We look forward to giving our customers a new choice of environmentally friendly products.”

GM has said that the joint-venture will start in 2010, where the two companies will share platforms and electric technology to better their new up and coming small cars.

“We are extremely happy that we have found a partner in GM India that shares our passion for reducing carbon emissions. Reva and GM India will leverage our companies’ strengths to help make India a global hub for the development and manufacture of electric vehicles and related technologies. Our unique collaboration has the potential to result in far-reaching changes for the industry,” Chetan Maini, Deputy Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of Reva, said.