That ought to be the question for EESL which just
announced its plan to “ purchase “another 20,000 Electric Cars before March
2019
I suppose , this is on top of the 10 , 000 cars for
which , it tendered a few months back and placed orders for 500 cars on TATA
and 150 cars on Mahindra
Why is EESL keen on “ outright purchase “ when ,
recently several Municipalities have been opting for wet-leasing of buses ?
For details, read :
Highlights :
Goldstone-BYD placed bids as low as ₹29.28 per km for a 9-meter AC bus
to Bengaluru, followed by ₹36 per km bid for a similar one for Hyderabad.
Tata Motors won a similar contract in Jaipur with ₹70 per km bid. The Centre is evaluating the per bus cost in such cases to derive subsidy outgo, the official said.
And these prices are for a tender for 230+40 buses only !
In my following earlier blogs ( sent as emails to
Policy Makers + EESL ), I have strongly urged EESL to “ wet lease “ those
20,000 Electric Cars , rather than buy
I have estimated that “ per km “ lease-charge could
drop below Rs 15
per km !
And , if wet lease was resorted , Government can save
thousands of crore of rupees annually !
I hope better economic sense will prevail !
EESL: Lease cars , do not Buy ! [ 16 Aug
2017 ]
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