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EESL : a wake up time ?

Following report appeared yesterday :

WHY ?

Electric cars of Tata Motors and Mahindra—the Tata Tigor electric and Mahindra e-Verito, respectively—procured by EESL for government officials failed to run even 80-82km on a single charge within city limits ( tender specifications )

CONTEXT :

* Against first tender of EESL for 10,000 electric cars , only 150 have been delivered so

far . No clue re delivery of the rest which were due for delivery by Oct 2017 !

* Even in Delhi , there are hardly any Battery Charging Stations

* Second tender ( for 10,000 cars ) is held up for past 3 months since a few Ministries

are still fighting with each other re specifications for future Battery Charging Stations

* Within 4 years , EESL wants to replace the entire fleet of government departments (

approx. 5 lakh petrol / diesel cars ) , with electric cars ( ie ; 10,000 e cars to be

delivered every month for the next 50 months ! At a cost of Rs 50,000 CRORE ! )

* EESL is charging ( to those govt departments ) , a lease rent of approx. Rs 19.2 / km

* But the way the govt departments are protesting ( against the poor performance of

already delivered cars ), I seriously doubt whether EESL can manage to perform

against commitment it has made to those departments !

If a mere 150 cars can turn out to be a “ headache “ , imagine what managing of 5

lakh cars can do to EESL !

It will surely turn into a “ nightmare “ ! Even an obituary for EESL ! A scam in

making ?

* It is still not too late for EESL to read all of my previous emails ( listed below ) and

re-write the balance contract / order into a “ Lease Agreement “ with TATA / M&M

Not only will EESL save unproductive investment of thousands of crores of rupees , it

will get a far better / superior “ SERVICE “ from TATA / M&M , since they will get paid

only when their cars run and only for the km they run !

Not only their “ Lease Rent “ could be as low as Rs 6 / km , they would ensure :

# Plenty of their own battery charging stations , in each and every city

# Very reliable drivers-cum-technicians ( English - speaking graduates )

# One “ standby / spare “ car for every 5 cars leased to EESL

Ref :

28 June 2018