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Remember the electric car with the ingenious hook of a reserve battery
that can only be accessed in the case of an emergency by texting or
calling the car's manufacturer? Well, it appears that the project is
having a bit of trouble getting off the ground in the US, though it
shockingly doesn't have anything to do with that flagship feature. As
the story goes, upstart Bannon Automotive signed a deal with the car's
manufacturer, India-based Reva Electric Car Company, that gave it the
exclusive license to manufacture and sell the car in the US, but
Bannon is now alleging that Reva broke its agreements and says it's
been left with no choice but to take legal action. Ill-conceived
feature aside, the stakes in the lawsuit are fairly high, as Bannon
Automotive was actually formed with the sole intention of bringing the
Reva electric car to the US, and it had hoped to bring as many as 250
jobs to Onondaga County, New York.
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