autoNDTV ( 07 March ) carries following news :
EESL concluded the first tender from procuring 10,000 e-vehicles last year. Following the successful completion of the first
tender, EESL, envisions a growing demand from various government departments.
The new tender for 10,000 e-vehicles will cater to this growing demand.
With these 20,000 electric vehicles India is expected to
save over ₹ 5 crore litres of fuel every year, leading to reduction of over 5.6
lakh tonnes of CO2 emissions.
EESL also mentioned that it already has in
place charging infrastructure at 150 government offices which will be able
to charge 500 cars at a time.
R K Singh, Minister of State for
Power, New and Renewable Energy said, "After the successful tender of
10000 electric cars last year, the demand for e-vehicle constantly rising
across various departments of the Union and state governments.
To cater to the growing demand, EESL will issue a fresh tender tomorrow for procuring additional 10000 electric cars. This second tender is testimony to
the fact that India offers a huge market potential for e-mobility"
CONTEXT :
Only 2 days back , Business Line ( 03 March
) reported that many Municipal Corporations are taking Electric buses on “ Wet Lease “ ( from
manufacturers like TATA / Goldstone ) , instead of outright “ buying “
TATA Motors are offering on “ Wet Lease “ of Rs 37.5 / Km – an Electric bus whose outright selling
price is Rs 85 lakhs
! Wet lease includes the salary that
TATA would pay the driver
MOVE TO EESL :
TATA Motors had won that last tender of EESL
for 10,000 Electric Cars at Rs
11.2 lakh each ( - which price was later matched by M&M ) – just ONE EIGHTH the price of an Electric Bus
In “ Wet Leasing “ , the main cost is the “
interest on capital “ – driver / maintenance costs remaining minor components
So , for an electric car selling for Rs 11.2
lakh , what “ wet lease “ price would have TATA offered to EESL ?
May be Rs 15
/ km ? May be Rs 8 / Km
? May be Rs 4 / Km
?
At this point , it is worth remembering that
the governments ( Central + States ) have , between them , a current fleet of some
500,000 petrol / diesel cars , all of which are planned to be replaced by
Electric Cars
Instead of outright purchasing , “ wet leasing “ of these
would save the country , Rs 2,300 Crore PER YEAR ! Year after year !
Despite this , why does EESL want to go for
“ Outright Purchase “ in its second tender ?
So that , come Feb 2019 ( just when all the
political parties would be holding election rallies, all over India ),
opposition parties can get an opportunity to shout “ BJP Electric Vehicle Scam –
BEVS “ and approach the Supreme Court to order a CBI – PAC – CAG – CVC probe ?
Would it not be much better for Shri R K
Singhji, to raise this question NOW and demand logical
explanation – rather than wait until someone cries , SCAM !
Nation needs to know !
For that potential saving of Rs 2,300 Crore
/ year , readers may refer :
EESL , lease cars , do not buy ! [
16 Aug 2017
]
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Waiting to be provedwrong ! [
30 Sept 2017
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To Buy or not to Buy ? [ 11 Oct
2017 ]
09 March 2018
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