Barely 10 weeks ago , I wrote :
where I talked about Ashok Leyland
collaborating with Israeli firm
for developing Electric Vehicles,
using a Metal-Air battery ( instead of the conventional Lithium-ion battery )
A battery that requires , “ no
recharging “ !
So , no need of any Battery
Recharging Infrastructure !
And 6 weeks ago , I sent following
mail to Shri Nitin Gadkariji :
HolyGrail for Electric Vehicles
https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/02/holy-grail-for-electric-vehicles.html
Now it seems, Ashok Leyland is trying to capture that “ Holy Grail “ , with minimum noise !
Here is a news that appeared in today’s
Business Line :
“ Ashok Leyland to set up plant for buses in AP
“
Highlights :
Vinod K Dasari, MD & CEO, Ashok Leyland,
said :
We will also produce
electric vehicles at this plant.
Apart from making the entire range of buses of
Ashok Leyland, the facility will include an electric
vehicle development centre comprising a futuristic
conveyor line, pilot assembly line and prototype development, Dasari explained.
“We are looking at huge unfolding opportunity for EVs in the country.
Our first batch of EV buses will be deployed in
Ahmedabad where we have bagged the contract for 40 EV buses,” said Dasari.
WHAT
IS THE SIGNIFICANCE
?
India has decided to completely change-over to Electric Vehicles ( EV )
by 2030
· Today , we have over 200 million petrol
/ diesel vehicles
· Some 10 million more
are getting added each year
· That means , possibly some 300
million will get replaced by 2030 (
as EV )
· Those 300 million EV will need , at least , 18 lakh “ EV Battery Charging Stations “ to come up , all over the country ( - a
“ Re-born Industry “ ? )
Today , we have , a total of 60,000 fuel retail pumps in India
On average , these take about 10 minutes to fill up a vehicle tank ,
but a EV battery charging station would take300
minutes ( 5 hours ) to charge a Li-ion battery ( ie : 30 times longer ! )
So , even if the vehicles are willing
to queue up for 5 hours , that would require 30 times more EV charging stations
! 18 lakhs !
Estimated current investment in this
industry = Rs 6.5 lakh*crore
Now , if we need 30 times more EV charging stations ( as
compared to present ), that would also mean that the investment required too ,
would go up 30 times !
That is Rs 195 lakh*crore !
If Metal-Air Battery technology of
Phinergy succeeds, not only will we save this cost but we will not need to wait
for the Battery Charging Stations to come up FIRST , in order to motivate the
buyers !
And most likely , vehicles powered by
Metal – Air batteries
will cost 25 % LESS than equivalent Petrol – Diesel vehicles ! And no recurring cost of re-charging !
02 April 2018
www.hemenparekh.in
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