ELON , You have missed the Bus / by 5 YEARS

 Phased Manufacturing Programme (PMP)

( source : https://e-amrit.niti.gov.in/national-level-policy )

To boost electric mobility and promote development of electric vehicles, a phased manufacturing roadmap has been developed, taking into account the current state of the manufacturing ecosystem in the country, in which indigenous manufacturing of electric vehicles, their assemblies/sub-assemblies, and parts/sub-parts/inputs of the sub-assemblies will be promoted over time through a graded duty structure. The goal is to significantly boost value addition and capacity building in the country.

The following Phased Manufacturing Programme (PMP) is notified:

S.No.	Item Description		Current BCD w.e.f. 30/01/2019	Phased Manufacturine proposal
				Proposed BCD	Proposed Date of PMP
1	CBU	Bus (HS 8702) & Trucks (HS 8704)	25%	50%	April 2020 onwards
2	SKD	PV(HS 8703) & 3W (HS 8703/8704)	15%	30%
		2W(HS 8711)		25%
		Bus(HS 8702)		25%
		Truck(HS 8702)		25%
3	CKD	Bus(HS 8704)	10%	15%
		PV (HS 8703) 2W (HS 8711) 3W(HS 8703/8704)& Truck (HS 8704)
4	Lithlum lon cells (HS 85076000) for use in the manufacture of Lithium ion accumulator for electric vehicles		5%	15%	April 2021 onwards
5	Battery packs (HS 8507) for use in the manufacture of electric vehicleS		5%	15%
6.	Parts for use in the manufacture of electric vehicles like AC or DC Charger AC or DC Motor AC or DC Motor Controller Power Control Unit (Inverter, AC/DC Converter, Condenser) Energy Monitor Contactor Brake System for recovering Electric Compressor		0%	15%	April 2021 onwards

 

MY TAKE :

 

Will Tesla follow Apple ?............................ [ 23 May 2017 ]

 

Extract :

 

 

Dear Elon :

 

 

 

For immediate approval ( in 24 hours ) , pl submit your PMP as follows :

 

 

 

2017-18  :

Set up factory next to Mundra Port ( Gujarat ) to facilitate world-wide exports

 

 

 

2018-19  :

Source locally , Tyres / Chasis / Body / Electricals  / Windows / Dashboards ..etc

 

 

 

2019-20   :

Manufacture in your own factory , Li-ion Battery  / Wall-mounted Powerpack Storages /

Solar Roof Tiles

 

 

 

2020-21  :

Manufacture  RFID Sensors - Cameras – GPS locators

 

 

 

2021-22   :

Augmented Reality  Devices  /  Autonomous Navigation Devices ( Radar – Lidar  )

 

 

 

 

 

Now , it is very possible that neither Shri Gadkariji , nor Shri Goyalji , would be satisfied with such a slow PMP , spread out over a period of 5 years

 

 

 

They may , well request  Elon to cut it down to 3 years

 

 

Reducing custom duty ( from current 110 % to 40 % - as requested by TESLA and some other foreign manufacturers , would not make any dent in India’s Electric car market, as can be seen from :

 

To beat OR not to beat ?........................... [ 29 Dec 2020 ]

 At the most , those imported cars ( selling for Rs 40 lakh + , even with 40 % duty ), could have sold 3,000 numbers out of Indian market of 3 MILLION  !

That is not the point

Point is simple :

Ø  TESLA must come to India with a firm commitment for Local Manufacture

Ø  There was nothing difficult for TESLA to accept the Phased Manufacturing Program suggested by me above, some 5 YEARS back

Ø  The PMP announced by GOI, last week ( shown above ) is almost IDENTICAL to my 2017 proposal

 

With regards,

Hemen parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com /  16 Feb 2022