Reva, the EV that outsold Tesla's peers a decade before Tesla, also died
santoshpanda · x · 2026-09-03
In the same thread, the author notes his friend Chetan Maini built the Reva — for a time the best-selling electric car in the world, a decade before Tesla made EVs desirable. It too died. Two Indian inventions ahead of their time that no longer exist.
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