Congratulations, Shri Saurabh Kumarji ,
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Here is the today’s news on
that purchase order for 10,000 Electric Cars by EESL on TATA and M&M :
EESL to fall short of its
target of electrifying government car fleets two years after the deadline
What :
Company set to close its three-year-old
tender with 3,000 vehicles by March 2020 instead of the original procurement
target of 10,000 units.
Why :
Many government officials had reservations
about using the electric Tata Tigors and Mahindra Veritos supplied by EESL
because of insufficient range and inadequate
performance.
“And there are new models (in the market)
now. At that point in time, the specification was 130 kilometres (of range per
charge). But now you already have cars available with 350-400 kilometre
ranges.”
Implication :
The development is a setback to the
government’s move to replace petrol and diesel vehicles used by various
departments with electric cars. ( 5 lakh vehicles )
EESL was already running behind schedule; its
original target was to deliver the 10,000 cars by as early as June 2018.
What Next :
With newer EVs with better range and
performance set to be launched next year, it
opens the door for EESL to consider a fresh tender, subject to demand, Kumar said.
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Read this in the context of the following
news , which too , appeared today :
Extract :
All the tenders have
been floated on Gross
Contract Model wherein the buses will be owned and managed by the
supplier/OEM and no STU can buy these buses.
They will be paid per kilometer
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Congratulations,
Shri Saurabh Kumarji [ MD – EESL ].
For scrapping this tender – and deciding to re-tender !
As repeatedly urged by me in my following 16 emails, please re-tender on the basis of “ Wet Lease “ on per Km
basis only , which will transfer the responsibility
for setting up the Battery Charging Stations upon the tendering companies !
They will ensure that the cars supplied by
them, never run out of charge since meter will stop , the moment a car stops !
Thank
You , Shri Jaitleyji, [
25 Dec 2018 ]
EESL : Grab this chance ! [
01 Aug 2018 ]
EESL : a wake up time ? [
27 June 2018 ]
Evidence is piling up !
[
13 May 2018 ]
Do they have an option ? [
14 April 2018 ]
Buy or Lease ? [
03 April 2018 ]
Scam ? #EESL #NDA #BJP
#MNRE [ 08 Mar 2018 ]
Logical to Lease [
06 Mar 2018 ]
To Buy or not to Buy ? [ 11 Oct 2017
]
EESL
: Lease cars , do not Buy ! [ 18
Aug 2017 ]
EESL
: Put it off indefinitely ! [
19 Aug 2018 ]
EESL
: Getting Away from Straitjacket ? [ 26 Aug 2018 ]
If
China can , so can We [
27 Aug 2018 ]
Cars
on Subscription ? Convenience Redefined [ 10 Sept 2018 ]
EESL
: It is your move now ! [
12 Oct 2018
]
E-
Bus : without ETA [ Expected Time of Arrival ] ? [ 04 Apr 2019 ]
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Dear Shri Saurabh Kumarji,
Some 3 weeks ago it was reported that EESL has ordered
10 Hyundai Kona electric cars , which was launched as recently as July 2019
These cars are claimed to have a range of 452 km per
charge ( takes 6+ hours to fully charge ) and sell for Rs 23.7 lakhs { more
than double the price of TATA / M&M supplies }
News report quotes you as follows :
“Kona’s battery size is
almost three times that of these other cars (Tigor and e-Verito). The running
cost is just 40 paisa/km. It’s a brilliant car in terms of comfort and this is
the beauty of EVs anyway," said EESL MD Saurabh Kumar.
Even if that “ running cost of 40 paisa / km “, motivates
EESL to frame the purchase
specifications of the future tender around Hyundai Kona ( thereby
eliminating TATA / M&M ), I urge you not to resort to “ Outright Purchase “
but only insist on “ wet leasing “
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14 Nov 2019
hcp@RecruitGuru.com
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