Ashok Leyland : On the
double
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Barely 10 weeks ago , I wrote :
where I talked about Ashok Leyland collaborating with
Israeli firm
for developing Electric Vehicles, using a Metal-Air battery ( instead of the conventional Lithium-ion battery )
A battery that requires , “ no recharging “
!
So , no need of any Battery Recharging Infrastructure
!
And 6 weeks ago , I sent following mail to Shri Nitin
Gadkariji :
Holy
Grail for Electric Vehicles
https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2018/02/holy-grail-for-electric-vehicles.html
Now it seems, Ashok Leyland is trying to capture that “ Holy Grail “ , with minimum
noise !
Here is a news that appeared in today’s Business Line :
“
Ashok Leyland to set up plant for buses in AP “
Highlights :
Vinod K Dasari, MD & CEO, Ashok
Leyland, said :
We will also produce electric
vehicles at this plant.
Apart from making the entire range of
buses of Ashok Leyland, the facility will include an electric vehicle development centre comprising a futuristic
conveyor line, pilot assembly line and prototype development, Dasari explained.
“We are looking at huge unfolding
opportunity for EVs in
the country.
Our first batch of EV buses will be
deployed in Ahmedabad where we have bagged the contract for 40 EV buses,” said
Dasari.
WHAT IS
THE SIGNIFICANCE
?
India
has decided to completely change-over to Electric Vehicles ( EV ) by 2030
· Today
, we have over 200 million petrol
/ diesel vehicles
· Some 10 million more are getting added each year
· That
means , possibly some 300 million will
get replaced by 2030 ( as EV )
· Those
300 million EV will need , at least , 18 lakh “
EV Battery Charging Stations “ to come up , all over the country ( - a “
Re-born Industry “ ? )
Today
, we have , a total of 60,000 fuel retail
pumps in India
On
average , these take about 10 minutes to
fill up a vehicle tank , but a EV battery charging station would take300 minutes ( 5 hours ) to charge a Li-ion battery ( ie : 30 times longer !
)
So
, even if the vehicles are willing to queue up for 5 hours , that would require
30 times more EV charging stations ! 18 lakhs !
Estimated
current investment in this industry = Rs 6.5 lakh*crore
Now
, if we need 30 times more EV charging
stations ( as compared to present ), that would also mean that the
investment required too , would go up 30
times !
That
is Rs 195 lakh*crore !
If
Metal-Air Battery technology of Phinergy succeeds, not only will we
save this cost but we will not need to wait for the Battery Charging Stations
to come up FIRST , in order to motivate the buyers !
And
most likely , vehicles powered by Metal – Air
batteries will cost 25 %
LESS than equivalent Petrol – Diesel
vehicles ! And no recurring cost of re-charging !
02 April 2018
www.hemenparekh.in
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