REVA Electric Car Company (RECC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Kerala Postal Services.
As part of the partnership, RECC will provide three specially customised REVA electric cars to deliver and collect mail in Thiruvananthapuram city and its suburbs.
The project will be closely monitored both by RECC and the postal department over a period of 11 months.
Three REVA Electric Speed Post vehicles will be delivered to the Kerala postal circle from Bangalore on March 27 and the new speed post service will be inaugurated on April 16 in Thiruvananthapuram.
Painted uniform 'Post Office' red, these cars will run 60 km a day on an average and be able to carry a load of up to 70 kg apart from a driver and postman.
The vehicles are on display at the ongoing national conference of heads of postal circles in Bangalore.
RECC has trained a select staff of the postal department in getting the maximum performance out of the electric vehicles.
The car manufacturer will also work with the Kerala postal circle to prepare a 450-km route map between Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram to locate charging points at different post offices where the electric cars can be recharged.
With a shorter turning radius and 0-30 second pickup time, the car is said to perfectly suit the requirements of the postal department.
The small size also helps the vehicle navigate narrow roads.
~business-standard magazine