Dear Shri Siddaramaiahji :
Congratulations on being the first State to unveil ,
“ Electric Car and
Electricity Storage Policy “
In this regard , I urge you to direct your concerned
officers to consider my various suggestions in this regard , as outlined in my
following blog
With Regards,
hemen
parekh / Mumbai
(
M ) +91 - 98,67,55,08,08
Gadkariji
is Angry
=============
Gadkariji
, what makes you so angry ?
Media
is full of reports of what you said to industry executives at the annual
convention of SIAM , a few days back :
“
I am not going to ask you . I will bulldoze it , - Petrol-diesel banana walo ka
band baajaa bajaanaa hai “
I
am an ardent admire of your politeness / determination / perseverance , but
this display of anger , even took me by surprise !
Could
it be something about our Auto Industry that only you know – and we don’t ?
Or
, could it be your frustration with the many layers of government bureaucracy ,
which has not allowed you to release that eagerly awaited “ Road-Map for switch-over to the Electric
Transport by 2030 “ ?
Or
, could it be that your frustration relates to the speed with which China is
going about this matter , as per following report in Economic Times ( 11 sept ) :
# China would gradually withdraw financial
subsidies for fossil-fuel based auto sector
# Under the latest proposal , 8 % 0f automakers’ sales would have to
be battery electric or plug-in hybrid models by next year
#
This has to rise to 10 % in 2019 and 12 % in 2020 , but the rules would not be enforced
until 2019, a year later than initially planned
# It has set goals for electric and
plug-in hybrid cars to make up at least a fifth of auto sales by 2025
# China’s auto market , the World’s
largest, grew to 28 million vehicles in 2016 and will likely climb 5 % in 2017
to 29.4 million vehicles
Even
though you are an impatient man ( - a very desirable virtue for a Minister ) ,
I hope that this cabinet
note , when it gets approved , fully
addresses the following complex
issues :
================================
A
….. Time Frame for Change-Over
==============================
B…… Disposal of existing petrol / diesel vehicles
My 15
month old suggestion at :
Retiring Old Vehicles :
Gadkari Style [ 30 May 2016
]
==============================================
C…… Infrastructure of Charging Stations ,
all over
the country
{ Not required ? Yes please , if you will
just give ISRO a chance !
}
================================
D……
Financing of E-cars
================================
E……
Incentives for E-Car Manufacturers / Car
Buyers
================================
F……
General / Global Incentives
================================
In
my following blog ( sent as email to NDA Ministers 17 months ago ) , I have made some very specific suggestions on the
above-mentioned issues, which , I hope , will find a place in your Cabinet note :
It
seems the Chinese found time to read my blog and adopted most of my suggestions
in their PLAN , with minor changes ! May be they also read ,
An Electric Future ? [
17 Aug 2017 ]
================================================
Then
there are following other
issues, which too need to be addressed sharply
in that Road Map . My own suggested solutions in respect of these , has been
emailed to you earlier :
=================================
PROBLEM …….
Hybrid
or Full Electric ?
SOLUTION ……..
Not a Straight Forward Answer [ 03
March 2017 ]
Wasted Grains [ 09
Sept 2011 ]
=================================
PROBLEM …
Employment
( especially 1.5 million jobs in MSME component manufacturers )
SOLUTION…..
What will Drivers do ? [
30 Sept 2016 ]
A Union of Vehicle Owners
? [ 03 Aug 2017 ]
=================================
PROBLEM……
Clean
Power for Charging Stations (not
simply transferring pollution to fossil fuel plants)
SOLUTION
Not a Day too Soon [
09 March 2017 ]
Coal Story : Missing Points [
17 April 2017 ]
=================================
PROBLEM……
Li-ion
Battery / Power Train / Internet-Connected Vehicles / BS 3-4-6
progression
Technology
Licensing / Local Manufacture / Phased
Manufacturing Program
SOLUTION……
ELON ; hesitation can hurt [
03 July 2017 ]
Is it NOW or NEVER ? [
23 June 2017 ]
Enable Elon to Catalyse [
15 June 2017 ]
The Missing Link [
05 June 2017 ]
Time to get Charged – Up ? [
27 May 2017 ]
From Elon to ION [
11 May 2017 ]
Not Tough at all ! [
08 May 2017 ]
A “ Reverse Toll “ ?
Possible [ 07 May 2017 ]
Solar Panels charging Li-ion Batteries of Electric Cars
? [ 04 May 2017 ]
More than one Solution [
28 April 2017 ]
BEST out of a BAD Bargain [
29 March 2017 ]
Shri Raoteji has a vision [
23 March 2017 ]
Internet of Vehicles ( IoV
) [ 04 March 2017 ]
Welcome , Elon Musk ! [
10 Feb 2017 ]
A Living Room on the Go
? [ 17 June 2017 ]
Will TESLA follow Apple
? [ 23 May 2017 ]
Look before you leap [
22 May 2017 ]
Piyush Goyal is a Visionary [
19 March 2017 ]
================================================
PROBLEM …….
Public Transport / Ride Share Taxies /
Two-wheeler Taxies
SOLUTION…..
A Rickshaw by Any Other
Name [ 20 Aug 2016 ]
Cheaper to call a Cab ? [
14 Aug 2017 ]
Remembering King Canute [
17 July 2017 ]
Urban Transport Policy [
09 June 2017 ]
Name of the Game : Co-operation [
23 Sept 2016 ]
Best getting Better ? [
20 Aug 2017 ]
Revolutionizing Transport ? [
14 July 2017 ]
Kaali - Peeli : Wake
Up [ 03 Oct 2016 ]
Tablets in Taxies ? [
16 May 2016 ]
=================================
PROBLEM ……
Insufficient
Parking Spaces on Public Roads
SOLUTION ……
Who says Impossible ?
[ 31 May 2017 ]
Un-Implementable Laws : Un-Stoppable
Corruption [ 20 Feb 2017 ]
A Knee-jerk Approach ? [
22 Dec 2016 ]
Leveraging NaviC [
30 May 2017 ]
=================================
PROBLEM…….
Discouraging
Car Ownership / Encouraging Car Leasing
SOLUTION…….
EESL : Lease cars , do not Buy [
16 Aug 2017 ]
Why don’t they park in their flats ? [
01 Sept 2017 ]
One Car per Family ? [
27 Sept 2016 ]
=================================
PROBLEM…….
Bicycles
to replace Cars
SOLUTION…….
A Sensible Solution [ 03
Sept 2017 ]
A Radical Radial Revolution ! [ 18 Aug 2016 ]
https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2016/08/a-radical-radial-revolution.html
PROBLEM……
Making
Cars , Smart / Safe / Social ( Opportunity of a life-time , riding on E Cars ! )
SOLUTION…..
Smart Cars , Safe Cars , Social Cars ? [
31 Aug 2017 ]
Dear
Gadkariji :
I
am sure you must have received similar suggestions from many others , including
from members of SIAM /
ACMA
You
might have even incorporated some of these in your proposed “ ROAD MAP “
But
, just like De-Monetization / GST ,
and River Inter-linking , what you have proposed for switch-over
to E – Vehicles , is simply UN-PRECEDENTED
!
It
is quite possible that your “ Out of
Box “ thinking , will , even get ridiculed by those whose approach
is similar to Ostrich hiding its face in the sand to ride out the storm !
Hence
, I urge you to display the same pragmatism / realism, which NDA government
showed in DeMo / GST roll out and , based on feedback received
from the Auto Industry over the next few months , carry out the
necessary COURSE CORRECTIONand
keep modifying that ROAD MAP
I
have no doubt , members of SIAM / ACMA will not hold back their feedback
13
Sept 2017
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