Monday, 23 April 2018

#ElectricVehicle #ElonMusk


 A  Phased  Manufacturing  Program  ?




Economic Times ( 24 April ) carries following news :













Extract  :


The proposal provides for compulsory sourcing of minimum 50% domestic content for electric vehicles in the first year, 60% in the second year and 70% in the third year, a government official said.





Here is what I had proposed in my following email to the Policy Makers , one year back :



Will  TESLA  follow  APPLE  ?






Dear Elon :



For immediate approval ( in 24 hours ) , pl submit your PMP as follows :



2017-18  :

Set up factory next to Mundra Port ( Gujarat ) to facilitate world-wide exports




2018-19  :

Source locally , Tyres / Chasis / Body / Electricals  / Windows / Dashboards ..etc





2019-20   :

Manufacture in your own factory , Li-ion Battery  / Wall-mounted Powerpack Storages /
Solar Roof Tiles





2020-21  :

Manufacture  RFID Sensors - Cameras – GPS locators





2021-22   :

Augmented Reality  Devices  /  Autonomous Navigation Devices ( Radar – Lidar  )





Now , it is very possible that neither Shri Gadkariji , nor Shri Goyalji , would be satisfied with such a slow PMP , spread out over a period of 5 years



They may , well request  Elon to cut it down to 3 years



And , if they do, I get a feeling that Elon would telescope the entire PMP , in 2 YEARS !



Apparently , Emails take a few months to reach the govt officers  !



24  April  2018




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