Wednesday, April 21, 2010

General Motors to launch electric car by year-end

STAFF WRITER 20:46 HRS IST
Vadodara, Apr 21 (PTI) General Motors will launch India's first four-door electric passenger car by the end of this year, a top company executive said today.

"General Motors India has collaborated with Reva Electric Car Company to manufacture the E-Spark," the auto major's Director and Vice-President, P Balendran, told PTI.

The vehicle would be the electric version of General Motors' small car, 'Spark'. Reva would provide the battery technology for the E-Spark.

"This path-breaking initiative is in line with GM India's commitment to introduce environment-friendly mobility solutions in the country," he said.

Balendran was here to oversee the rolling out of the 1,00,000th Chevrolet Spark in India at the company's 14-year-old plant at Halol, 40km from Vadodara.

GM had signed an agreement with Bangalore-based Reva in September, 2009, for collaboration in the development of electric vehicles for the India market.

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