Electric cars in the world

The Reva is an Indian built electric car and one of the largest selling electric cars in the world. The Reva is a small 3-door hatchback measuring only 2.6 m long and with a top speed of 70km/h it is designed as a city car. Its small size and lake of pollution has won favor with London’s city council where it is exempt from London’s congestion charges. The car features a 13 kW DC motor mounted in the rear with 8 lead acid batteries under the front seats. It takes 2.5 hours to get to 80% charge or 8 hours to fully charge the Reva that gives it a range of 80klm although future use of lithium ion batteries will improve this greatly. The body of the Riva is made of colour impregnated ABS plastic that makes it dent and scratch resistant. In some markets the Reva is sold as the Reva G-wiz and as with most electric cars has found itself a niche market for people that want a cheap neighbourhood runabout and dont really need to go far or fast on a highway.
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Future Model of Hatchback Cars

Toyota's iQ mini will make its debut in production form at the Geneva Motor Show in March. Scheduled for production in late 2008 and released as a 2009 model, the cute little car by the Japanese car maker was first shown in concept form at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show and is absolutely tiny at just under three metres in length. Sure, its longer than the even tinier Smart ForTwo, however, the iQ has the benefit of being able to seat three adults plus a child or cargo.

Technical specifications are sketchy for the time being although rumour has it that the iQ will be powered by an economical 1.0-litre engine with auto stop-start functionality.