Carbon Conspiracy ?
Some 50 years back , it used to take 25 years for an industry to get obsolete
10 years back , this period came down to 5 years
At the rate at which technology is
advancing today , it seems an industry can become obsolete , even before it is
born !
Here is proof :
·
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 take 300 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 !
·
But , even before the first hundred Battery Charging Stations have come
up , technology is getting ready to “ Obsolete
“ the very concept of a battery-charging station !
·
In May this year , ISRO demonstrated a modified OMNI van with a Solar
Panel mounted roof-top , which would continuously charge a ( relatively
) much smaller Lithium Ion battery , as long as that
vehicle is exposed to the Sunlight !
·
At night , this EV can be charged at home ( thru domestic electric
outlet )
If all of those 300 million EV were to
implement ISRO technology , there would be NO NEED for those 18 lakh
Battery Charging Stations !
A still-born industry ? You bet !
A Infrastructure saving of Rs 195 lakh*crore !
But then how come ,
·
despite such a REVOLUTIONARY
BREAKTHROUGH , there is no further mention in media of what progress has
ISRO made to commercialize this technology
during the last 6 months ?
·
there is no response to my emails from ISRO / Minister for Transport /
Society for Indian Automotive Manufacturers ( SIAM ) / leading car
manufacturers …etc ?
·
there is no mention of this INNOVATION
on ISRO’s own web site ?
I wonder , if there is some DILEMMA which is holding back the release of
the “ EV CHANGE-OVER ROAD-MAP “ ,
jointly prepared by the Transport Ministry and NITI
Aayog – and which the Car Industry is awaiting with bated breath ?
Are following vested interests wanting
to “ kill “ ISRO technology , in order
to survive ?
·
existing Petrol / Diesel Pumps ( 95 %
owned by HP / IOC etc )
·
importers of Li-ion Batteries ( large ones – which will not be required
) ?
·
companies who have drawn up investment plans for the manufacture of those
large Li-ion Batteries ?
·
existing Car Manufacturers who have configured their EV offerings around
those large batteries ?
Those of you who wish to learn (
although, just a little ) about the ISRO
technology, may want to look up :
Whatever the underlying reasons for this
“ Deafening Silence “ , it is not late
for ISRO to come forward to share its “ Design / Drawings / Documents
“ with millions of MSME by enabling them
to freely download the same from :
ISRO :
You do not need anybody’s permission to
“ Empower India “
14 Nov 2017
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