Reva Electric Car (First EV in the Philippines)

[JJCarEnthusiast]

Any DIY electric car club in the Phils?

maybe you meant gas engined car to EV convertionists sir? i don't know, but i have read a gen1 rav4 being converted to EV using a surplus Japanese electric motor.. but i think it's not based here in the philippines..

[rey_rya]

maybe you meant gas engined car to EV convertionists sir? i don't know, but i have read a gen1 rav4 being converted to EV using a surplus Japanese electric motor.. but i think it's not based here in the philippines..

....Thanks bro...yes thats what I mean

[JJCarEnthusiast]

no probs!

maybe you can wait for a pinoy EV from Lagangan automobiles (FG body)
http://tsikot.yehey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1284787

[orly_andico]

my Indian colleague was talking about this car...

it's 397K Rs for the Reva AC (the one with aircon, the mid-range model) ex. Bangalore.

so 500K local price is quite believable. Halos 1:1 ang PHP to INR.

Sayang, in 2003 it was 250K Rs. That price would still fly today.

[ghosthunter]

Just bumping this up.

I found two articles dated April 2009.

http://technogra.ph/2009/04/02/revai...-evnnovations/

http://www.yugatech.com/blog/toys-ga...-electric-car/

From the 2nd link:

The Reva car has a top speed of 80 kmph with a maximum range of 80 kilometers on a single charge. At current Meralco rates, that comes down to just over Php1.00 per kilometer compared to Php4.00 for gas-driven counterparts.

Complete specs of the Reva:
2-Door, 2+2-seater hatchback
Rear Wheel Drive
220V, 2.2kw high frequency switch mode type charger
48V, 200-Amp-hr, EV Lead Acid Batteries
Automatic, Direct-Drive transmission
13″ tires
700kg curb weight

Distributed by EVnnovations in the Philippines and comes in white, silver, yellow, black red and blue colors. No final retail price but they said it will be somewhere between Php500,000 to Php600,000.

For a price tag of between P500K to P600K, it would still have a problem competing with regular petrol powered cars for potential customers. And given it is so small, it doesn't help that potential buyers might feel unsafe driving such a small vehicle on Philippine roads.

[ghosthunter]

For the sake of anyone interested, I found the homepage of the company that sells this car.



REVA homepage: http://www.evnnovations.com/home.php

EVnnovations, Inc.

Head Office
80-82 Roces Ave., Diliman, Quezon City
Tel (632) 370 1314 Fax (632) 374 1671

[luckster]

Rephrasing my post...any Electric car enthusiast here? I dont have one but I have been reading for sometime about the technology and I'm interested.

Hi I am an EV enthusiast. I have been looking for peers who are also interested and would like to start a club. Reply if you are still interested.

[ghosthunter]

Link to the sales brochure for the REVA... http://www.evnnovations.com/images/Reva_brochure.pdf

[uls]

sino bibili nyan itaas ang kamay

[ghosthunter]

sino bibili nyan itaas ang kamay

Let's start with the people behind the e-jeepney...

[niky]

Why buy it if you can build your own? The REVAi has no advantages over the e-Jeep except perhaps cuteness. Too small. Too expensive. Too unmarketable.

[ghosthunter]

Why buy it if you can build your own? The REVAi has no advantages over the e-Jeep except perhaps cuteness. Too small. Too expensive. Too unmarketable.

it has airconditioning! :D

[niky]

For an extra 500k? I could do this:



And add enough extra battery packs to double the range, even with the AC on.

[fourtheboys96]

guys, meron pa bang ibang electric vehicles na locally available sa pinas. ang alam ko pa lang ay itong REVAi, yung the Leo Motors at Eagle Motorcycles. Nag-gagawa ako ng inventory hehehe

[niky]

There was that one that was displaying at QC Memorial Circle... but I don't think they're still active.

There was one that was selling near MOA. They were the ones who supplied the MOA trams. They're gone now, too.

[jpdm]

Actually, that Top Gear race was a crock. Just like their "simulated" battery draining on the Tesla Roadster.



The G-Car website isn't up anymore. They used to exhibit at QC Circle. The G-Car is basically an open cart... like a Golf Cart, except with road-worthy wheels and (hopefully) brakes and a nicer body..

Sayang ito..

[ghosthunter]

Sayang ito..

Did you buy one?

[fpsolin]

China materials ba ito..locally assembled..

[uls]

puro press release

nobody's buying