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...“We have nothing,” Tatiana Reva, a doctor in a hospital outside the city of Volgograd, said in a video posted online. “There are two ventilators and one is broken.”...
...Mr Mahindra said his group’s early investments in electric vehicles would pay off, despite the upheaval. “When we bought Reva, we were laughed at. [People] said, ‘What are you doing?...
...We have taken a big beating this year,” said Mr Gill, who is also president of India’s electric vehicle association. “What is happening on the ground is very, very negligible....
...“There’s no one who’s brave enough to say, ‘the future of automotives is this’,” says Mr Mahindra. “So you have to build options.”...
...“The cars will no longer look like Mr Bean’s personal ride,” Mr Mahindra said. “I hope Londoners will be happier to see a slightly more acceptable looking car, a less quirky-looking car.”...
...Mr Singh is the first to acknowledge that wine appreciation in India is a minority interest....
...Other cars launched in the small car category in India this year include Honda Brio, Volkswagen Golf, Maruti Cervo, Mitsubishi Colt, Reva – NXR, Mahindra Renault Sandero, and the Nissan Ultra Low Car....
...The Mahindra takeover meant “there really is no value for us in doing this India-specific exploration [with Reva]”, Mr Slym said curtly....
...“It’s not the electric technology, it’s the battery that is the key to making an electric solution commercial,” said Mr Slym....
...“Between 1 and 1.5 per cent of new car volume will be purely electric by 2015,” Mr Johnston added....
...Mr Scajola said the government favoured automotive projects in order to preserve the region’s existing industrial infrastructure....
...Guiding Light’s story was about how the actions of one person affected the lives of the town, explained Mr Simon. “At its core, you get involved in a community outside yourself,” Mr Simon said....
...Reva, which was started by Mr Maini, his father Sudarshan Maini, and US inventor Lon Bell, last year, sold 500 cars, mostly in the UK and India, and plans to sell 2,000 this year....
...At his modest office above a factory, Mr Maini acknowledges that this range is not enough to make the Reva a contender overseas for a family’s main car....
...India’s Reva makes London’s best-known electric vehicle, the G-Wiz, although it is classified as a quadricycle, not a car....
...Like Ms Williams and Mr Rouby, Mr Robinson says safety concerns are not an issue for him. “You do feel exposed,” he says. “But that’s psychologically the best thing of all....
...If prices fall as part of that process, no one will be happier than Reva Singh, editor and publisher of Sommelier India, the country’s first wine newsletter....
...Each G-Wiz is built to order in Bangalore by local car manufacturer and Goingreen business partner Reva, which is using the London market as a test bed for other metropolitan areas....
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