Three years ago, my mum and I decided to sell our old reliable Maruti 800 to a mechanic who in the past had offered to buy it from us whenever we decided to get rid of it. He thought it was a really good car even though it didn’t have air conditioning or a fifth gear.
So we had a buyer.
But we didn’t just want to sell it off, we also wanted to buy a new car. And since we were in 2016 I put my foot down and said that if we needed to buy a car it should be electric or we shouldn't buy a car at all. If it were all my money I would have bought it in a heartbeat, but I had to convince my mother who was part sponsor and also majorly sceptical about it. One thing working for us was that we both wanted a small car. Not just a small car but the smallest available. And we both weren’t interested in buying a Tata nano. So it only took her a little bit of coercion and a test drive.
So the Reva e2o
It was the only small electric vehicle one could buy in the country in 2016. So here it was. The cutest zippy little noiseless car with two doors (The last of the two door lot apparently.) I drove it wherever I could. To my work sites and college 30 kms away or even in the local area. I pushed it to it's limits, got over range anxiety (It's a real thing, believe me) and added another thing to charge in my life (Phone, computer, etc etc) Oh and it also needs a software update every once in a while and most troubleshooting happens remotely. Such a fun little car! And now, I've driven ten thousand electric kilometres in it already! Yay!
