Wednesday 25 October 2023

Thank You, Shri Mahendra Nath Pandeyji

What for ?

For implementing my 3 year old suggestion

What suggestion ?

To introduce an incentive for manufacture of “ cost reducing technology “ in EV battery production, as reported in following news report :

24 March 2022

Extract :

Ø The Government approved the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme 'National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage' for achieving manufacturing capacity of 50 Giga Watt Hour (GWh) of ACC for enhancing India's manufacturing capabilities with a budgetary outlay of Rs 18,100 crore.

Ø Under this initiative, the emphasis of the Government is to achieve greater domestic value addition, while at the same time ensure that the levelised cost of battery manufacturing in India is globally competitive.

Ø The programme is designed in such a manner that it is technology agnostic. The beneficiary firm shall be free to choose suitable advanced technology and the corresponding plant and machinery, raw material and other intermediate goods for setting up cell manufacturing facility to cater to any application.

Can you be specific about what you had suggested 3 years back ?

Here is an extract from my e-mail :

FAME II > FAME III > FAME IV ……………….[ 05 March 2019 ]

Extract :

Ø What , if any , is the shortcoming of just announced FAME II ?

# It focuses solely on “ Incentivizing the Buyers “ through subsidies

# There are no “ Incentives “ for the vehicle manufacturers to ramp up production or commercialize

“ Cost reducing “ technologies, especially in the matter of Lithium-ion batteries which constitute up

To 40 % of EV ex- factory price

# There are no “ dis-incentives “ for manufacture / sale / purchase of Petrol – Diesel vehicles

# Linking the subsidy amounts with battery size is not the right method . In fact a vehicle with a smaller

Size battery , but giving same performance ( speed – range – charging time etc ) as a vehicle with a

bigger battery, should be rewarded with higher subsidy !

FAME III ( Apr 22 - Mar 26 ) – 4 years

[ A ]….. MANUFACTURERS

( A.1 ) Policy Instrument > Corporate Income Tax for Incentivizing the manufacturers of Batteries

Ø Total exemption of Corporate Income Tax for companies exclusively engaged in the manufacture of :

# Aluminium-Air Batteries ( No need for any roadside battery charging stations ! )

EV juice from Alu-Air Battery ? [ 16 Jan 2018 ]

Ashok Leyland is not waiting ! [ 17 Jan 2018 ]

Holy Grail for Electric Vehicles [ 17 Feb 2018 ]

# Sodium-ion Batteries ( Reduce battery cost to 10 % of Lithium-ion Battery cost ! )

Congratulations , Shri GopuKumarji [ 30 Jan 2019 ]

# Fuel Cell ( based on hydrolysis ) developed by CECRI ( literally FREE electricity and zero

pollution )

Ray , a drop of golden Sun [ 18 Feb 2019 ]

# Other developments in fast-charging batteries ( under 5 minutes for 80 % charge )

A New Battery Could Store Ten Times the Power as Lithium-Ion

Piëch's electric coupe charges to 80 percent in five minutes

You write about FAME IV , ( spanning April 2026 – March 2030 ). Have you made any suggestions for this period ?

Yes – plenty of suggestions which you may want to look up at :

FAME II > FAME III > FAME IV ……………….[ 05 March 2019 ]

Do you think the Government will implement these ( even with modifications ) ?

Not unless MNRE gets more powers as suggested in following news report :

House Panel questions powers of MNRE / Business Line / 25 March 2022