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 :
PIYUSH
PLAN [ 27
March 2016 ]
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 CORRECTION and keep modifying
that ROAD MAP
I have no doubt , members of SIAM / ACMA
will not hold back their feedback
13 Sept 2017
With Regards,
hemen
parekh
(
M ) +91 - 98,67,55,08,08
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