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Subject: ARE WE GOING IN CIRCLES ?
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Subject: ARE WE GOING IN CIRCLES ?
EESL : Getting Away from
Straitjacket ?
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Following
news appeared in Eco Times ( 22 Aug ) :
Extract
:
State
owned Energy Efficiency Services, which leads the country’s energy efficiency
and conservation drive, has thrown open a challenge for entrepreneurs and start
ups “ to develop electric cars that are more efficient
in terms of performance and cheaper “ than what it had sought in its
e-car tender last year
EESL….
Has sought variants of electric cars that can run 200
km or more in a single charge and is priced not more than Rs 10 lakh
The
solutions , if viable, will be scaled up and commercialized
BY EESL ……
EESL
has also sought ,
#
solutions in the field of Charging Stations ,
which is instrumental for the success of
electric
mobility initiative in India
“
We are trying to go away from the straitjacket approach “ , Kumar told ET
While
welcoming EESL’s intention of “ going away from straitjacket “ , following
questions arise :
·
Is this “ challenge “, open to “ Indian
Entrepreneurs and Start Ups “ only, or is it also open to existing Electric Car
manufacturers ( both local and foreign ) ?
·
Are the participants required to submit “
Conceptual Designs “ only or also “ Manufacturing Drawings “ / “ Working
Prototype “ as well ?
Nor
any mention of this “ challenge “ or any tabulation of “ Minimum
Specifications / Performance Criteria “
·
World over , existing car manufacturers are
“ forward integrating “
[ Car manufacturing
> Ride sharing > Car leasing ]
Now EESL is not a “ Car Manufacturer “
After “ Buying “ from manufacturers , EESL
is “ Leasing E-Cars “ to various Govt departments
Why does it want to “ backward integrate “
into “ Car Manufacturing “ ?
News report reads :
“ The solutions , if viable, will be scaled
up and commercialized BY EESL “
EESL is planning to replace existing govt
fleet of 500,000 petrol / diesel vehicles with electric vehicles , in next 3 –
4 years ( as per EESL web site )
By “ commercialization “ if EESL plans to
manufacture e-cars , it will require EESL to set up its own “ Manufacturing
Facility “ with a capacity to produce , 50,000 cars per year ( a sales value of
Rs 5,000 Cr @ Rs 10 lakh / car )
If we assume a “ Capital Output Ratio “ of
1 : 1 for this industry , then that would require a Capital Investment of Rs
5,000 crore !
Unless EESL plans that proposed “
commercialization “ ( of the winning design ) by “ sub-contracting “ the actual
manufacturing to one or more , existing
E Car manufacturers
If “
sub-contracting “ is the idea , why go through this entire “ Challenge Exercise
“ ?
Why not just contact the 38 existing e –
car manufacturers , encouraging them to set up manufacturing facilities in
India ? [ TATA and M&M are already producing ]
If assured of guaranteed order from EESL [
say 25,000 cars each per year , to two selected manufacturers ] , they will be
happy to make cars as per winning design
If at all , there has to be a “ Challenge “
, it should read :
“ E Car with a range of 100 km / charge and
costing no more than Rs 7 lakh
It should have Solar Panel mounted
roof top to continuously charge a small Li-ion Battery which can be also
charged overnight at home , using a standard 220 V domestic outlet “
No need for any roadside “ Battery Charging
Infrastructure “ , no “ Range Anxiety “ for the buyers , no need for any
Subsidy ( under FAME II being launched in Sept and expected to cost Rs
5,500 crores ) !
In that case , following parties might get
interested :
Specs
:
·
Range > 250 Km
·
Price > Euro
16,000 ( Rs 13 lakh )
·
330 integrated solar cells mounted on top ,
sides , front / rear hoods , to charge battery while under sun . Can be charged
at home using domestic outlet , in 13 hours ( overnight charging )
·
Bidirectional charging enables charging of
home electronic devices , from SONO car battery
·
SONO eliminates need for road-side Battery
Charging Stations but can be charged in 3.5 hours
LIGHTYEAR ( https://lightyear.one/ )
·
Range >
400 km to 800 km
·
Price
> Euro 119,000 ( Rs 96. Lakhs )
·
Battery charged by solar power but can also
be charged at home using standard domestic outlet
OUR VERY OWN ISRO
·
Way back in May 2017 , ISRO demonstrated a
OMNI van fitted with Solar panels on its roof , charging a relatively small
Lithium-ion Battery ( also developed by ISRO and now in the process of being
licensed to several Indian firms
Read
:
Further Reference :
27
Aug 2018
www.hemenparekh.in/ blogs
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