Hi Friends,

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With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Tuesday, 12 September 2017

Gadkariji is Angry



Gadkariji ,  what makes you so angry  ?



Media is full of reports of what you said to industry executives at the annual convention of SIAM , a few days back :


“ I am not going to ask you . I will bulldoze it , - Petrol-diesel banana walo ka band baajaa bajaanaa hai “


I am an ardent admire of your politeness / determination / perseverance , but this display of anger , even took me by surprise !


Could it be something about our Auto Industry that only you know – and we don’t ?


Or , could it be your frustration with the many layers of government bureaucracy , which has not allowed you to release that eagerly awaited “ Road-Map for switch-over to the Electric Transport by 2030 “ ?


Or , could it be that your frustration relates to the speed with which China is going about this matter , as per following report in Economic Times ( 11 sept ) :


#    China would gradually withdraw financial subsidies for fossil-fuel based auto sector


#    Under the latest proposal , 8 % 0f automakers’ sales would have to be battery electric or plug-in hybrid models by next year


#    This has to rise to 10 % in 2019 and 12 % in 2020 , but the rules would not be enforced until 2019, a year later than initially planned


#    It has set goals for electric and plug-in hybrid cars to make up at least a fifth of auto sales by 2025


#    China’s auto market , the World’s largest, grew to 28 million vehicles in 2016 and will likely climb 5 % in 2017 to 29.4 million vehicles


    

Even though you are an impatient man ( - a very desirable virtue for a Minister ) , I hope that this cabinet note , when it gets approved , fully addresses the following complex issues :

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A  ….. Time Frame for Change-Over

        {  Chinese are implementing what I suggested in my email of 27 March 2016  }

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  B……   Disposal of existing petrol / diesel vehicles


               My 15 month old suggestion at :

              Retiring  Old Vehicles  :  Gadkari Style  [  30  May  2016  ]


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C……   Infrastructure of Charging Stations , all over

          the country


          {  Not required  ?  Yes please , if you will
              just give ISRO a chance !  }


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D……   Financing of E-cars


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E……   Incentives for E-Car Manufacturers / Car                 Buyers


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F……   General / Global Incentives


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In my following blog ( sent as email to NDA Ministers 17 months ago ) , I have made some very specific suggestions on the above-mentioned issues, which , I hope , will find a place in your Cabinet note :


PIYUSH  PLAN  [  27  March  2016  ]



  

It seems the Chinese found time to read my blog and adopted most of my suggestions in their PLAN , with minor changes ! May be they also read ,


An  Electric Future  ?  [  17  Aug  2017  ]




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Then there are following other issues, which too need to be addressed sharply in that Road Map . My own suggested solutions in respect of these , has been emailed to you earlier :
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PROBLEM …….

Hybrid  or  Full  Electric  ?



SOLUTION ……..

Nota Straight Forward Answer [ 03  March  2017  ]


 

Wasted  Grains  [ 09  Sept  2011  ]



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PROBLEM

Employment ( especially 1.5 million jobs in MSME component manufacturers )


SOLUTION…..

What  will Drivers  do  ?  [  30  Sept  2016  ]


 

A  Union of  Vehicle  Owners ?  [  03  Aug  2017  ]







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PROBLEM…… 

Clean Power for Charging Stations (not simply transferring pollution to fossil fuel plants )



SOLUTION

Not  a Day  too  Soon  [  09  March  2017  ]

  


Coal  Story : Missing  Points  [  17  April  2017  ]




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PROBLEM……

Li-ion Battery / Power Train /  Internet-Connected Vehicles /  BS 3-4-6 progression
Technology Licensing  /  Local  Manufacture  /  Phased Manufacturing Program



SOLUTION……

ELON;  hesitation can hurt  [  03  July  2017  ]


  

Is  it NOW  or  NEVER ?  [ 23  June  2017  ]


 

Enable  Elon to  Catalyse  [  15  June  2017  ]


  

The  Missing Link  [  05  June  2017  ]


 

Time  to get  Charged – Up  ?  [  27  May  2017  ]


     

From  Elon to  ION  [  11  May  2017  ]


 
 
Not  Tough at  all  !  [ 08  May  2017  ]


 



 



 

More  than one  Solution  [  28  April  2017  ]



BEST  out of a BAD  Bargain  [  29  March  2017  ]



Shri  Raoteji has  a  vision  [  23  March  2017  ]



Internet  of Vehicles ( IoV  )   [  04  March  2017  ]


  

Welcome  , Elon  Musk  !  [  10  Feb  2017  ]


  

A  Living Room  on the  Go  ?  [  17  June  2017   ]


 

Will  TESLA follow  Apple  ?   [  23  May  2017  ]


 

Look  before you  leap  [  22  May  2017  ]




Piyush  Goyal is  a  Visionary  [  19  March  2017  ]


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 PROBLEM …….

 Public Transport / Ride Share Taxies / Two-wheeler Taxies



SOLUTION…..


A  Rickshaw by  Any Other  Name  [ 20  Aug  2016  ]


  

Cheaper  to call a  Cab  ?  [  14  Aug  2017  ]


 

Remembering  King Canute  [  17  July  2017  ]


  

UrbanTransport Policy  [  09  June  2017  ]


  

Nameof the Game : Co-operation [ 23  Sept  2016  ]


 

Best  getting Better  ?  [ 20  Aug  2017  ]




Revolutionizing  Transport ?  [  14  July  2017  ]


  

Kaali-  Peeli  : Wake  Up   [  03  Oct  2016  ]


    

Tablets  in Taxies  ?  [  16  May  2016  ]




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PROBLEM ……

Insufficient  Parking  Spaces on Public Roads



SOLUTION ……

Who  says Impossible  ?  [  31  May  2017  ]


   




 

A  Knee-jerk Approach  ?  [  22  Dec  2016  ]


   

Leveraging  NaviC   [ 30  May  2017  ]




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PROBLEM…….

Discouraging Car Ownership / Encouraging Car Leasing



SOLUTION…….

EESL:  Lease cars , do not Buy  [ 16  Aug  2017  ]




Whydon’t they park in their flats ?  [  01  Sept  2017  ]


  

OneCar per  Family  ?  [  27  Sept  2016  ]




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PROBLEM…….

Bicycles to replace Cars 



SOLUTION…….

ASensible Solution [  03  Sept  2017  ]

A Radical Radial Revolution !  [  18  Aug  2016  ]


https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/08/a-radical-radial-revolution.html



 





PROBLEM……

Making  Cars , Smart / Safe / Social (  Opportunity of a life-time , riding on E Cars  !  )



SOLUTION…..

SmartCars , Safe Cars , Social Cars ?  [  31  Aug  2017  ]





Dear Gadkariji :


I am sure you must have received similar suggestions from many others , including from members of SIAM / ACMA


You might have even incorporated some of these in your proposed “ ROAD MAP


But , just like De-Monetization / GST , and River  Inter-linking , what you have proposed for switch-over to E – Vehicles , is simply UN-PRECEDENTED  !



It is quite possible that your  “ Out of Box “ thinking , will , even get ridiculed by those whose approach is similar to Ostrich hiding its face in the sand to ride out the storm !


Hence , I urge you to display the same pragmatism / realism, which NDA government showed in DeMo / GST roll out and , based on feedback received from the Auto Industry over the next few months , carry out the necessary COURSE  CORRECTION and keep modifying that ROAD MAP



I have no doubt , members of SIAM / ACMA will not hold back their feedback





13  Sept  2017







    

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