The boxy little Mahindra e2o I drove around Bangalore back in January.
Back in January, I got the opportunity to test drive the Mahindra e2o, the first new electric car to be built in India in more than a decade. This wasn’t something I expected. On a visit to the new Mahindra Reva factory in Bangalore, I was scheduled to have a chat with the founder of Reva, Chetan Maini. But first I got a tour of the gleaming new plant and then the chance to take this four-seater hatchback around the block a few times.
Read about the experience about halfway through my story about the e2o that appeared recently in the New York Times.
The car had its much-anticipated release today in New Delhi. The colorful styling and high-tech remote controls will grab the attention of some, but I was dismayed to see the sticker price. Mahindra Reva had very much hoped that the government would supply a subsidy of nearly $3,000 for the car, but after waiting months for it to materialize, the automaker decided to stop waiting and release the car at the price of over $15,000. That may not be much by American standards, but it will send most Indians into sticker shock.
Check out the story about today’s release here.
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