New Reva Models to be Manufactured in Central New York

India’s electric car model Reva will now be manufactured in Central New York. Reva, the Indian maker of electric cars, announced that it planned to open an assembly plant in Upstate New York to build a three-door plug-in hatchback called the NXR, in partnership with a local company. The decision was welcomed by the New York officials as recognition of the state’s emerging battery-technology cluster and manufacturing skill. “I believe the competition was between New York State and Michigan, and we won,” Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat, of New York, said in a telephone interview last week.

Reva Nxr model will be manufactured by Bannon Automotive which has executed a memorandum of understanding with the State of New York finalising the site selection process. More than a dozen locations were selected across the US but finally Onondaga County emerged as the most popular site for manufacturing the electric cars.

Reva has also granted exclusive rights to Bannon Automotive for U.S. development and production of its electric cars. Now Bannon has to finalise its financing commitments which it intends to do by the end of 2009.

“We are proud that we will produce these cars for the North American market in the United States. Syracuse’s proximity to half the population of the U.S. allows us easily to reach key markets for new electric vehicles that extend well beyond the northeast,” said Paul Wimer, CEO, Bannon Automotive, LLC. “Central New York’s position as a national leader in green technology, and the support we received from elected officials and economic development agencies were major factors in our decision.”

• Mahindra Reva signs vehicle financing deal with SBI           January 20, 2012
• Reva NXR: The Future is Here           September 06, 2011
• Auto Expo 2012 would welcome Reva NXR           August 30, 2011
• New Mahindra Reva NXR in 2011           December 08, 2010
• Reva Electric Car Now Available at Mahindra Dealers           November 06, 2010
• Reva’s Expansion Plans for Overseas Market           December 22, 2009
• Reva to Step Up Its Expansion Plans           November 28, 2009
• Reva to Contract Manufacturing in US and Europe           November 18, 2009
• New Reva Models to be Manufactured in Central New York           October 26, 2009
• Two New Electric Cars from Reva           October 01, 2009
• Reva NXG and NXR Models at the Frankfurt Auto Show           September 18, 2009
• New Reva Models to be Revealed           September 08, 2009
• World’s Largest Electric Car Factory to Come Up in Bangalore           July 20, 2009
• Electric Vehicles for Europe from India           May 19, 2009
• Reva Plans to Expand its Operations           February 13, 2009