Saturday, November 1, 2008

Reva: Born by Passion



Man behind Reva: Chetan Maini
Den: Bangalore
Passion: Flying remote controlled plane models and building cars from scratch.
Hobbies: Mountain Biking, Off road motorcycling, Hiking and Microlight flying.
Birth of passion: When he was in sixth standard, Manali built a remote control toy car and won a school prize.
Education: A mechanical engineer from University of Michigan
As the father of Reva: He was working up with Amerigon, an automobile company working on electric vehicle technology. And that is where the idea of Reva born.
Introduction to Home land: Maini introduced Reva in India in 2001.
Care taker of Reva: In 2006, Draper Fisher Jurveston and Global Environment Fund helped Reva with $ 20 million.
Current production capacity: 6,000.
Global presence: Britain, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Norway, Malta, Spain and Sri Lanka.

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