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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 need5 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
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