Who Will Win this
Race ?
====================
Many countries are racing to replace
petrol / diesel vehicles with Electric Vehicles
Here are the target dates ( for
change-over ) set :
·
UK………………. 2040
·
Scotland…….. 2032
·
France……….. 2040
·
Norway………. 2025
·
Austria………. 2025
·
Netherlands. 2030
·
China………. 2030
·
Finland……. 2030
·
India………. 2030
As of now , it seems China is far ahead of the rest and looks like
the Winner
But do not be surprised if the race is
won by the DUTCH and the GERMAN
Reason ?
Their car manufacturers are asking
themselves :
What business are we in ?
Are we into a business for manufacture of :
·
Petrol / Diesel cars ?
·
Hybrid Fuel Cell cars ?
·
Electric Cars with big Lithium-ion Batteries ?
Or ,
·
Cars powered by roof-mounted Solar
Panels, needing very small Li-ion batteries and no need for any
Battery-Charging stations , on the roads ?
Cars
capable of “ Self Charging “ while
standing or running under the Sun or capable of recharging ( at night ) from
domestic electric outlets ?
No doubt , you have read the story of
the “ The Tortoise and The
Hare “ !
To me , the DUTCH and the GERMAN look
like the proverbial tortoise !
Their FAMILY
SEDANS ( capable of carrying 4-5 persons ) , won the Australian Solar
Challenge , solely powered by the roof mounted Solar Panels , needing NO EXTERNAL RE-CHARGING of their small
batteries , along 3000 km route !
No need for any EXTERNAL BATTERY CHARGING STATION
, what-so-ever !
All this is happening while ,
·
our own “ ROAD-MAP
for ELECTRIC VEHICLES [ named “ EV Eco-System “ ] is getting ready for the past 2 years !
·
EESL is ordering Battery Charging devices and about to come out with a
tender for 5.5 LAKH “ Electric Cars “ (
why not “ Cars with Solar Roof Tops
“ ? )
·
Government and Private Sector Indian Car Manufacturers are rushing
headlong to set up TESLA type Giga-Factories to manufacture Li-ion batteries
·
Auto
part ( component ) manufacturers are pouring
millions of rupees to expand capacity to meet rapidly rising demand / sale of
petrol / diesel cars
Is following too difficult to grasp ?
·
Li-ion batteries are imported and cost Rs 5 lakh for car selling at Rs
10 lakh
·
“ Solar Roof Top Car “ will need a very small Li-ion battery costing Rs 2 lakh
·
That will reduce Solar Car price to 70 %
of equivalent petrol / diesel car !
·
With Solar Roof top cars , no need for Battery Charging Stations where a
standard “ Electric Car Battery “ would need 5
hours to re-charge ! This is the biggest resistance for demand for EV
·
If public can buy a Solar Car at 70 % of
the price of a petrol car and need no
charging station and it costs no more than Re 1 / km to drive , then
there will be no need to incentivize , either the Car Manufacturers or the
buying public with any subsidy !
·
ISRO has already developed a Roof Top Solar Panel mounted car . I am sure ISRO will be happy to offer this technology for FREE to any Indian party
I do hope that, whenever it gets
released, the “ EV Road Map “
follows this strategy to enable India to win this race !
08
Nov 2011
www.hemenparekh.in / blogs
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