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With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

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Friday, 28 May 2021

Vehicle Charger cum Carbon Creditor ?

 


 

Context :

How charging points are ringing in an Electric Vehicle Revolution  /  Business Line / 21 May 2021


Extract :

Ø  India will soon be able to benefit from an innovative low-cost Electric Vehicle (EV) charge point that can accelerate the adoption of electric 2-wheelers and 3-wheelers.

Ø  Focus on cost-innovation means that a target price of less than ₹3,500 (about $50) for a smart AC charge point operated with a smartphone

Ø  The forthcoming standard offers a highly public-access oriented, smartphone-enabled charge point, supported by e-payment and analytics

Ø  Yet, this low-cost device still had to offer two key functions :

#    On the one hand, it needed to be an easily accessible system, which means one must be able to

      Walk up to any charge point anywhere and access it. The proposed device, with its environment

      protection and in-built energy metering system will offer communication to the user’s smart-phone via

      low- power Bluetooth and connect via the smart-phone to the back end for,

      #   Remote authentication,

      #   User identification,

      #   Billing for energy drawn and

      #   Linkage to a payment e-wallet.

#    On the other hand, the device may be installed wherever a 15-amp, 220-volt outlet may be

      supported

       >   The users will typically be electric 2-wheeler owners who could even set up this unit in their

            apartment,.. This standardised charging socket can help tide over that problem, because it can be

            metered and charged based on usage

Ø  Other public places like malls, offices and parking lots can similarly be set up with these charging units. City Corporations and Smart City initiatives are in the process of setting up parking structures where these can go up.

Ø  Even Kirana store owners can install one and use their smartphone to help deliver charge to those that just want a small top-up.

Ø  For activating the charging device, the user ,

      #  simply opens up the compatible account,

      #  walks up to the device and

      #  scans a QR code,

      #  the charging device then communicates with the phone.

Ø  After the digital handshake, there is a communication with the back-end using the phone’s GPRS or Wi-Fi to verify the identity of the person, the amount of money in the payment wallet etc.

Ø  Based on,

      #  the amount of charge requested and

     #  the balance in the account,

-        the device can meter and control the delivery of electrical charge for the EV. A very intelligent way of metering the power has also been patented by the committee.

Ø   Given how expensive a smart-meter can get, and given the cost targets that had been set, the group had to develop an algorithmic metering chip inside this device. It also ensures universal operability, since all a user will need is a standard 15-Amp line.

Ø  Yet, it also enables the Discom to use the back-end to turn off or turn on the tap anytime if a misuse of the device is detected.

Ø  Of course, after a large network of these chargers are installed and with the expansion of the user base, it will generate a mountain of data in the back end.

Ø  Analytics of this kind of data is becoming extremely valuable for users who may want to optimise their charging cycles, and for Discoms who may want to capitalise on usage patterns and rationalise peak loads etc.

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MY  TAKE :

Ø  Finally, we can expect a BREAK-THROUGH in rapid adoption of EV 2-wheelers , for which, FAME II has provided subsidy as follows :

Rs 20,000 – Rs 40,000 ( For max 2-wheeler price of Rs 1.5 Lakh )

Ø  But this subsidy has failed to achieve the targets set for EV 2-wheelers

 

Ø  While continuing with FAME II, I strongly urge the Govt to consider giving CARBON CREDITS to EV 2-Wheelers, which use the above-mentioned CHARGING DEVICE

 

Ø  Govt may consider options of a EV 2-Wheeler Owner en-cashing his Carbon Credits or trading it on a CARBON CREDIT EXCHANGE . This will prove to be a powerful INCENTIVE for adoption of EV 2 Wheelers

 

Ø  My earlier suggestions re: CARBON CREDIT are as follows :

 

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             Source :   Making Yourself Obsolete ? ………….[ 14 Feb 2016 ]

 

             Extract :

 

            For taxis / rickshaws running on Hybrid fuel ( producing less Co2 ) or Electric Vehicles ( zero emission ) ,

            both, the driver and the passenger will get " Carbon Credits " , which will also get displayed on the

            DigiMet  as also on the FareCalc Mobile App on the smart phone of the passenger ( @ 20 % of the fare

            payable ? )

        

          These amounts will get transferred to their respective Jan Dhan Bank Accounts ( thru DTB ) , every quarter

 

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           Source :  PIYUSH PLAN ? ………………………………..[ 27 Mar 2016 ]

 

          Extract :

 

          Based on car specifications / assumed average monthly usage  etc , figure out and fix

 

          *  " Carbon Credits " for each model of electric car manufactured

 

          *   Based on Carbon Credits earned , calculate Direct Transfer of Benefit ( DTB ) to electric car

               manufacturers based on monthly dispatches of each model and then transfer these amounts from EVFF ,

               as incentives to manufacturers 

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     Source :  Vehicle Scrapping Policy ……………………………….[ 03 Feb 2021 ]

  

    Extract :

    If govt does not have money for paying INCENTIVE, will it consider motivating old-car owners by crediting into

    their JAN DHAN Accounts certain number of CARBON CREDITS ( like crypto-currency ? ) and launch VEHICLE

   CARBON CREDIT TRADING EXCHANGE ?

   The number of Carbon Credit will depend upon Age/type of OLD car and those of REPLACEMENT car

 

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Source  :  Carbon Finance through Carbon Credits …………………[ 12 Mar 2021 ]

 

Extract :

      Each such appliance MUST be pre-installed / integrated with SENSORS which will continuously monitor its,

#   State of Usage ( ON or OFF )

#   Rate of Consumption of electricity ( Units )

These INTERNET-CONNECTED appliances will continuously relay / transmit these data to the SMART ELECTRIC METER installed in each home

In turn, each SMART METER will relay / transmit to concerned DISCOM ( and to any other specified govt agency servers ), such usage / consumption data, through Internet ( IoT / Internet of Everything ).

These data-transfer will be separate for EACH INDIVIDUAL APPLIANCE

This will enable DISCOM / concerned Agencies, to know / monitor, IN-EFFICIENT appliances, operating above the CERTIFIED THRESHOLD for each type of appliance

Appliances operating “ above “ the threshold, will be assigned / allotted “ CARBON DEBITS “ , whereas those operating “ below “ the threshold, will be assigned “ CARBON CREDITS “

If the NET of these two is POSITIVE ( + ), that home will be incentivized by a lower tariff – and vice-versa

       This scheme will enable us to take the CARBON MARKET / CARBON CREDIT / CARBON FINANCE concept, right inside our 290 MILLION households !

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 Source :     Google points the Way                          [ 01 Apr 2021 ]

Extract :

But,

Google might compute each vehicle’s CARBON FOOTPRINT / CARBON CREDIT-DEBIT and if so desired by your Ministry, for each vehicle, relay this data to the server of your Ministry, to automatically  deduct TRANS - TAX , from each vehicle on a daily basis

     Transport : an Integrated Logistic Plan ? ……………….[ 20 Nov 2018 ]

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WHAT USER DATA CAN EV-CHARGER DEVICE COLLECT / TRANSMIT TO THE CENTRAL SERVER DATABASE ?

( Every EV Charging Device will use SAME / CENTRAL , mobile app )

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Here is my guess ( a partial list ) :


 Name of EV 2 wheeler owner

Ø  Mobile No / Address / Gendre / Aadhar No / E mail ID / Postal Address / Birth date  

Ø  Registration Data of 2 wheeler ( Make-Model-Year-capacity-Price-Location-Dealer Details- Tax paid etc )      

Ø  E wallet Details / Monthly Usage details

Ø  Date of each Charge with Charger-location details

Ø  Amount of each charge / amount of payment collected

Ø  Km run ( Between charges / total for each month / average daily usage )

Ø  Details of change of ownership / city location

Ø  Time spent for each charge / ave. time per charge / charging efficiency

Ø  No of persons riding the 2 wheeler ?

Ø  No of traffic offenses ( crossing red light / exceeding speed limit / honking etc ) and challans outstanding

I believe, all of the above-mentioned data can be easily collected automatically, by embedding a set of SENSORS into the 2 Wheelers, as described at :

Internet of Vehicles ( IoV ) ?....................................[ 04 Mar 2017 ]



Related Reading :

A Brief History of Electric Vehicles in India ………………………[ 30 Jan 2021 ]

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh  / hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  29 May 2021

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