Elon : Hesitation
Can Hurt !
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For a few months now , I have been
tweeting to Elon Musk , to hurry up with
his plans for manufacture of Tesla
Electric Cars in India
May be he was evaluating his entry
strategy in the context of “ China vs India “
Now comes following news ( Bloomberg / 28 June 2017 )
:
As Elon Musk
races to finish building the world’s biggest battery factory in the Nevada
desert, China is poised to leave him in the dust.
Chinese companies have plans for
additional factories with the capacity to pump out more than 120 gigawatt-hours a year by 2021, according to a report published
this week by Bloomberg Intelligence.
That’s enough to supply batteries
for around 1.5 million Tesla Model S vehicles or 13.7 million Toyota Prius
Plug-in Hybrids per year, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
By comparison, when completed in 2018,
Tesla Inc.’s Gigafactory will crank out up to 35
gigawatt-hours of battery cells annually.
But then India is not “ hesitating “
either !
Following is the description of following Youtube
video :
Indian Space Research
Organisation's Indian Space Research Organisation had developed Lithium Ion battery technology for
space application. Now government of India is planning to give this technology
to interested Indian companies so that large volume of battery production would
significantly reduce the cost !
The video says :
The Indian Road Transport
Minister Nitin Gadkari has asked ISRO to share the battery
technology to all interested , Public and Private Companies . The
rationale being mass production can reduce the cost significantly
Mahindra Renault , Hyundai , Nissan, Tata Motors , High Energy Batteries, BHEL and Indian Oil have shown interest in
producing the indigenous Li-ion batteries
BHEL and ISRO could possibly sign
deals in this regard soon
But Indian Government
aims to have multiple companies producing the batteries to drive down the
Cost
This is what I
repeatedly urged the NDA government through my following blogs ( sent as emails
) :
Seems like Shri
Gadkariji does not want to be waiting for ever for Elon to make up his mind !
Shri Gadkariji !
Congrats for pushing commercialization of this NON – SPACE technology of ISRO –
even as Elon tries to make up his mind !
03 July
2017
www.hemenparekh.in / blogs
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