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Originally Posted by Path_Finder  One doubt:
What is this Road Tax being mentioned? |
Some of the Reva owners who have owned the car for more that 5 years are receiving notice from the RTO for payment of road tax. It seems that the road tax was "EXEMPTED" for a period of 5 years.
I fail to see how payment can be "EXEMPTED" for a limited period.
I believe that now they inform all the owners upfront about this.
The road tax payment notices vary between 18000 to 30000 depending upon the model.
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Originally Posted by bobby jayaram @RAC
Since your car is one of the older cars it is running the DC motor hence the lower top speed, my car runs the AC motor and will comfortably touch 80kmph.
Lower maintaince costs yes but if you changed two sets of batteries in 2 years then i definetely agree with what you say regarding ownership costs. I changed the first set after 4 years.
@headers
There is nothing generic here. when i say new technologies in the pipeline i mean like lithium ion batteries which are supposed to give 150kms range and is currently under tests by the factory |
@bobby - I missed reading that you own revai.
My 1st battery set also lasted 4 years. The 2nd set lasted under 1.5 years.
OT - new technologies come at high costs and these batteries are expected to cost more than a lakh. I remember I was told (informal discussions) that today's cost for the set of batteries with same quality which came OEM with cars 4-5 years back will touch around 1 lakh. They have had to do serious vendor searches (even in China) for affordable battery units for Indian customers.
Of course this is all from casual discussions.