The Chevrolet E-Spark was
Chevrolet's proposed
electric car
An electric car, battery electric car, or all-electric car is an automobile that is propelled by one or more electric motors, using only energy stored in batteries. Compared to internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, electric cars are quiet ...
for the
India
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n market. It was supposed to be an entry level hatchback based on the
Chevrolet Spark
The Chevrolet Spark ( ko, 쉐보레 스파크, translit=) is a city car manufactured by General Motors's subsidiary GM Korea from 1998 to 2022. The vehicle was initially developed by Daewoo and was introduced in 1998 as the Daewoo Matiz ( ko, ...
.
E-Spark was to be a joint venture between
General Motors (GM) and RECC (
Reva Electric Car Company
Mahindra Electric Mobility Limited, formerly known as the Reva Electric Car Company, is an Indian company based in Bangalore, involved in designing and manufacturing of compact electric vehicles. The company's first vehicle was the REVAi elect ...
) with GM providing the Chevrolet Spark platform and RECC providing the electric motor-battery kit. Unveiled in
Auto Expo 2010,
New Delhi
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, this car was supposed to hit the Indian consumers in October.
But everything changed with
Mahindra
Mahindra may refer to:
Business
* Mahindra & Mahindra, an Indian multinational car manufacturing corporation
**Mahindra Truck and Bus Division, an Indian commercial vehicle manufacturer owned by Mahindra & Mahindra
* Mahindra Group
*Kotak Mahindr ...
picking up 55.2% controlling stake in the
Bangalore
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...
based Maini Group that owns RECC and the project was cancelled as Mahindra and GM are rival competitors in the Indian auto industry
GM to pull out of e-Spark project
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See also
*Chevrolet Spark EV
The Chevrolet Spark ( ko, 쉐보레 스파크, translit=) is a city car manufactured by General Motors's subsidiary GM Korea from 1998 to 2022. The vehicle was initially developed by Daewoo and was introduced in 1998 as the Daewoo Matiz ( ko, 대 ...
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