I suggested this in my following blogs :

PIYUSH PLAN ? [ 27 March 2016 ]

“ Who knows , some owners of electric cars may even install one in their garage to serve dual purpose ( improve health + charge the car ). No doubt , a higher capacity version !

And , may be all GYMS around the country will install one ! “

All Charged Up ? [ 15 Aug 2016 ] ,

“ what is the break-through needed ?

# A " LOW COST " Charging Station that can fully charge an electric car in " 5 MINUTES " - and at " HOME " !

( or , at the most , in the Cooperative Housing Society , where you live )

Manoj Bhargava ( Free Electric / BillionsinChange.com )

I am sure , given a challenge , he will come up with higher capacity Electric Power Generating Bicycles which

can charge StoreDot's FlashBattery , which , in turn will charge the electric cars at night , parked in the

compound of a Cooperative Housing Society

Health-conscious Members of the Society , will be , more than happy to " pedal " such bicycles , housed in the

common Gym of the Society , after returning from office !

What's more , each Member's " One Hour of Pedaling " will earn him , one car recharge of 5 MINUTES !

Besides providing a " vastly economic ( free ? ) " car recharging solution , this will improve the health !

E-car charging stations could soon become mandatory in your residential building

The government proposes to amend building by-laws to make it mandatory to set up electric vehicle charging stations in residential and commercial buildings and parking lots.

The proposals include ,

· offering round the-clock charging infrastructure facility to all electric vehicles in residential buildings,

· setting up charging bays at 20% capacity of all vehicles,

· on-spot metering and payment services in both commercial and residential buildings

Dear Shri Puriji,

There is no news that Manoj Bhargava ( BillionsInChange ) has any plans to come up with a high capacity Electricity Generating bicycle that can charge a Store Dot battery

Therefore I urge you to consider use of roof top mounted SOLAR PANELS for charging these batteries

Of course , such a set up would require Battery Storage Devices , so that residents may charge their Electric Cars at night , from a charging outlet in their garages ( many city municipalities have already made it mandatory that new buildings must provide sufficient parking garages for all the residents )

Context :

Already , a Solar Panel charged Battery Charging Station has come up in Netherlands

The new charging station is part of the ‘ Smart Solar Charging ’ project by LomboXnet and several other local partners in Utrecht.

It is equipped with 20 charging points connected to a 200-panel solar array and a 400kW/800kWh Tesla Powerpack battery system.

During the day, electric vehicles can charge on sunlight and the excess solar power is stored in Tesla’s battery packs, which is also connected to the grid, if there aren’t enough EVs charging.

After the sun goes down, the Powerpack can feed the solar power back to the charging station.

Details at :

http://www.lomboxnet.nl/smart-solar-charging/europese-primeur-in-utrecht-20-volledige-elektrische-autos-op-zon-geladen-na-zonsondergang

Dear Shri Puriji,

Your idea is even better !

Why have road-side EV battery charging stations , where EVs have to queue up for 3 hours (time those Electric Cars supplied to EESL by TATA and M&M need for a full charge ) ?

Hardly any city car travels more than 80 km per day. One overnight charge in one’s own garage is more than sufficient !

So , why not make a beginning of your proposal , with those millions of buildings being built all over India, under PM Awas Yojana ? Make it mandatory for these to have a Roof Top Solar based Battery Charging Installation

Through your “ Out of the Box “ thinking , you will succeed in breaking the VICIOUS CIRCLE of :

· Buyers don’t want to buy Electric Vehicles because there is no Battery Charging Infrastructure

· Manufacturers will not make Electric Cars if there are no buyers

· No one wants to invest lakhs of rupees in setting up a Battery Charging Station if only 2 cars turn up for charging during entire day !

And , instead of subsidizing buyers of Electric Cars with Rs 130,000 , why not give this subsidy to the HOUSE BUILDER , for each “ Battery Charging Garage “ ?

[ Caution : Only if Solar Powered ! ]

Surely , since the power consumed ( by each garage ) will be metered , Cooperative Society ( or owner of the flat / building ) , will have no difficulty in recovering the initial investment over 3 / 5 years , even if the tenant / member sells the flat

Currently , State Governments are giving a subsidy of 30 % ( of the Capital Cost ) for Roof Top Solar Power projects , either to an owner or to a Cooperative Housing Society

As an alternative ( to Rs 1.3 lakh per electrified garage ) , this Roof Top Solar subsidy could be made 100 % for those who also incorporate Battery Charging Installations

Should you want further working details of the Dutch project , you may contact the following organizations who cooperated in this :