Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Thursday 24 March 2022

Thank You, Shri Mahendra Nath Pandeyji

 


 

What for ?

For implementing my 3 year old suggestion


What suggestion ?

To introduce an incentive for manufacture of “ cost reducing technology “ in EV battery production, as reported in following news report :

Four firms selected for Rs 18,000 crore PLI scheme for ACC battery    /  Busi Standard  /  24 March 2022

 

Extract :

Ø     The Government approved the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme

 'National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage' for

 achieving manufacturing capacity of 50 Giga Watt Hour (GWh) of ACC for enhancing

 India's manufacturing capabilities with a budgetary outlay of Rs 18,100 crore.


Ø     Under this initiative, the emphasis of the Government is to achieve

 greater domestic value addition, while at the same time ensure that the

levelised cost of battery manufacturing in India is globally competitive.

 

Ø     The programme is designed in such a manner that it is technology

 agnostic. The beneficiary firm shall be free to choose suitable advanced

 technology and the corresponding plant and machinery, raw material and

 other intermediate goods for setting up cell manufacturing facility to cater to

 any application.


Can you be specific about what you had suggested 3 years back ?

Here is an extract from my e-mail :

FAME II > FAME III > FAME IV ……………….[ 05 March 2019 ]

 

Extract :

Ø  What , if any , is the shortcoming of just announced FAME  II  ?

 

 

#     It focuses solely on “ Incentivizing the Buyers “ through subsidies

 

 

#    There are no “ Incentives “ for the vehicle manufacturers to ramp up


      production or commercialize  “ Cost reducing “ technologies, especially in


      the matter of Lithium-ion batteries which constitute up To 40 % of EV


      ex- factory price

 

 

     

#    There are no “ dis-incentives “ for manufacture / sale / purchase of


      Petrol – Diesel vehicles

 

 

#    Linking the subsidy amounts with battery size is not the right method . In


      fact a vehicle with a smaller Size battery , but giving same performance (


      speed – range – charging time etc ) as a vehicle with a bigger battery,


      should be rewarded with higher subsidy !

 

 

     

     FAME  III  (  Apr  22  -  Mar 26  ) – 4 years

 

[ A ]….. MANUFACTURERS

( A.1 ) Policy Instrument >  Corporate Income Tax  for  Incentivizing the

          manufacturers of Batteries

 

Ø  Total exemption of Corporate Income Tax for companies exclusively engaged in

    the manufacture of :

     #  Aluminium-Air Batteries  (  No need for any roadside battery charging

         stations  ! )

                EV juice from Alu-Air Battery ?                            [  16  Jan 2018  ]

                Ashok Leyland is not waiting !                             [  17  Jan 2018  ]

                Holy Grail for Electric Vehicles                             [  17 Feb 2018  ]

 

     #  Sodium-ion  Batteries   (  Reduce battery cost to 10 % of Lithium-ion

         Battery cost ! )

         Congratulations , Shri GopuKumarji                     [  30  Jan  2019  ]

 

    #   Fuel Cell ( based on hydrolysis ) developed by  CECRI  (  literally FREE

         electricity and zero  pollution )

          

         Ray , a drop of golden Sun                                  [  18  Feb  2019  ]

 

     #   Other developments in fast-charging batteries ( under 5 minutes for 80

          % charge )

 

               A New Battery Could Store Ten Times the Power as Lithium-Ion  

               Piëch's electric coupe charges to 80 percent in five minutes

 


You write about FAME IV , ( spanning April 2026 – March 2030 ). Have you made any suggestions for this period ?


Yes – plenty of suggestions which you may want to look up  at :

FAME II > FAME III > FAME IV ……………….[ 05 March 2019 ]

 

Do you think the Government will implement these ( even with modifications ) ?


Not unless MNRE gets more powers as suggested in following news report :

House Panel questions powers of MNRE     /   Business Line  /  25 March 2022


Extract :

Ø  As India pursues its ambitious target of 500 gigawatts (GW) non-fossil fuel

    power capacity with 50 per cent consumption coming from renewable

    energy (RE) sources by 2030, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

   (MNRE) — the nodal agency responsible for India’s RE resources — rues its

  lack of powers, even for issuing guidelines, after three decades of existence.

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  25 March 2022

 

Related Readings :

A Brief History of Electric Vehicles in India  

 

 

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