Wednesday, 4 November 2020

Luck does not happen !

 


 

It has to be “ caused “ , following the dictum :

“ Luck is caused when Preparedness meets Opportunity “

 

Ever since Elon Musk twitted a few weeks back that TESLA will arrive in India in 2021, a number of State Chief Ministers have started chasing Elon to set up his next Gigafactory in their State

But the question is :

“ How much have they prepared to meet this opportunity ? “

OPPORTUNITY

Here are some announcements that Elon made / hinted, on the Battery Day ( 22 Sept 200 ) :

Ø  Cars that connect to the Grid ( mobile Power Storage Devices ? )

Ø  EV Battery cathodes without Cobalt ( 2:1 nickel manganese ratio )

Ø  Delivery of Plaid Powertrain by 2021

Ø  Working on a fully autonomous $ 25,000 car using NextGen battery ( about 3 years from now )

Ø  Building a new Cathode plant

Ø  “Tab-less “ battery cells that will improve range ( this will reduce the $/kWh pack cost by 14%.)

Ø  Mass production of new battery cells by 2022

Ø  New improvements to Autopilot, its driver-assistance software ( much safer than a human driver )

Ø  Battery having five times more energy

Ø  16% range increase,

Ø  Six times the power output


>   A massive new casting machine to integrate the battery's components within the car, much like a planes

     fuel tanks are integrated into the wings instead of separate parts

Among other things, Elon said :

       " The three parts of a sustainable-energy future are ,

Ø  Sustainable Energy generation

Ø  Storage, and

Ø  Vehicles

 So we intend to play a significant role in all three."

 

But to get there, the world needs to produce 10 terawatt-hours’ worth energy per year.

 

That is 100 times more than Tesla’s current production level “

 

Production capacity  Planned :

 

Ø  2020…………..  35     GWh

Ø  2022………….  100    GWh

Ø  2030…………… 3000  GWh

 

Battery Costs Envisaged :

 

Ø  2020…………  $   156 / KWh

Ø  2021…………  $   100 / KWh

Ø  2023…………  $    63 / KWh

 

 

On the chemistry front, Tesla said, it acquires a 10,000 acre mining site to produce even more of battery components in-house

 

“ There is really enough Lithium in Nevada alone to electrify the entire  US fleet “

Tesla Battery Day: news and updates from Elon Musk’s announcement

Extract :

Karnataka has held discussions with electric vehicles major Tesla to encourage it into setting up a base in the state. However, the Maharashtra government has also been actively reaching out to the Elon Musk-led company to "invite" them to the state, as per a recent tweet by Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray

 Enough to entice Elon ? ……………………………………….[ 03 Nov 2020 ]

Cases of Missing Targets ……………………………………..[ 26 Oct 2020 ]

Not in one day : What about 3 years ? ……………….[ 26 Oct 2020 ]

The Race is on ! …………………………………………… ……..[ 23 Oct 2020 ]

Fastest Finger First ? ……………………………………………[ 07 Oct 2020 ]

ARA & M Ltd ? ………………………………………………………[ 02 Oct 2020 ]

 

Copy of this blog sent to the following with a request to examine whether “ Our Preparedness “ ( ala : our EV Policy / FAME II ) need a superfast and thorough overhaul , to ensure that Elon chooses to set up his next Gigafactory in India – and not in Indonesia / Singapore / Vietnam :

cm@karnataka.gov.in

cm@maharashtra.gov.in

Tomorrow, PM will hold virtual conference with Global Investors, to persuade them to invest in Infrastructure projects, biggest being 5 Li-ion factories ( each costing Rs 36,000 cr ) .
Will he succeed in convincing Elon Musk , who started Model 3 EV production at his China factory within ONE YEAR of breaking ground ?
Read : https://lnkd.in/eHeCkXG
Or, will he go to Singapore, which has World Bank rank # 2 in Ease of Doing Business ?
Here is a hint :
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FROM SINGLE WINDOW TO SINGLE DAY ?( 19 Sept 2015 )
https://lnkd.in/eswYHeM

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40 years ago, Pherwani ( VP / L&T ) , met officers of Singapore Development Authority, for a JV for manufacture of Bottle Closures in Singapore

After the presentation , a SDA officer took Pherwani to look up suitable sites for setting up the proposed factory

In the evening , when Pherwani returned to his hotel , receptionist handed him a letter from SDA ,

> confirming SDA willingness to form a JV with L&T

> allotting the factory plot selected by Pherwani

> enclosing a cheque towards SDA's share to the equity capital of proposed JV

FROM SINGLE WINDOW TO SINGLE DAY ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

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