Homegrown electric car maker, Reva Electric Car Company (RECC), is organising a first- of- its- kind 'Petrol to Electric Car Exchange Mela' in Bangalore on September 13-14, at its showroom. The evaluation of petrol driven cars will be done by Mahindra First Choice and customers would be able to buy a brand new electric car – the REVAi. It has also been learnt that State Bank of India (SBI), the official partner for the exchange fair, would be providing financial assistance to the customers.

According to a senior representative of the company, RECC is feels proud to bring the first ever petrol to electric car exchange offer to customers in India. It is a big step towards fulfilling the growing need for a suitable, cost effective, environment friendly transportation alternative. Besides protecting our customer's pockets; going for electric cars is also friendly to the environment, he added.

Reva Electric Car Company Private Ltd. (RECC), based in Bangalore, India, was established in 1994 as a joint venture between the Maini Group India and AEV LLC, California USA, to manufacture environment-friendly and cost-effective electric vehicles. Seven years of R&D earned the RECC recognition in the form of 10 patents and a globally accepted product. Reva, India's first first zero polluting electric vehicle for city mobility, was commercialized in June 2001. It has an electric car manufacturing plant in Bangalore with an installed capacity to manufacture 6,000 cars per annum.

Reva is a battery electric vehicle designed for low speed, congested, urban conditions and is classified as a quadricycle (category L7e) under UK and European law. Reva is designed to be unique and stands out on the road as a genuine city car with a mature expression. The advanced technologies used, make it highly differentiated and superior to other makes. It has all the inherent benefits of an electric car and is indeed a revelation in city mobility.

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