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Current Barriers to electric vehicle ownership in India
and the reasons to be optimistic!
As of April 2013,
Mahindra have installed more than 100
charging points in cities like Delhi, Bangalore
etc. They plan to do the same in other
cities. As for commercial entities to offer these
charging s
regulatory change from our government which
can ensure the commercial
Mahindra have installed more than 100
charging points in cities like Delhi, Bangalore
etc. They plan to do the same in other
cities. As for commercial entities to offer these
charging s
regulatory change from our government which
can ensure the commercial
establishments can provide charging facilities.
We can just hope, this will happen soon.
We can just hope, this will happen soon.
- In the beginning the cost of the batteries was higher as it was new technology and industry was having to spread over the cost of developing the technology. But as we are going forward here the cost of the batteries have dropped dramatically.They have dropped in half in the last 4 years. Experts in the field say that they will drop further in the next 4 years.Hopefully soon, we will reach a point where the incremental cost of an electric vehicle will compare to that of an internal combustion engine and we will start having vehicles with higher ranges.
- The cost of maintaining an electric car/bike is very less as compared to a gas car/bike.
Electric cars have 70% fewer moving parts than cars with internal combustion engine. No ignition, gas tank, oil filter, catalytic converter, or muffler, to name a few unneeded parts. There's less to go wrong, so less to service and a longer life: no oil changes or tune-ups. Thus the annual maintenance costs will be dramatically less.
- Dont focus on the sticker price of an electric car/bike!
Think bout the cost of owning the car for the next say 5 years.
The more number of people who think bout the cost of ownership of an electric car the over a period of time than the sticker price, the better information people would have.
For example an EV consuming 10 units of power per charge which would drive you for 100kms at the rate of Rs 5 per unit of power, will cost you Rs 50.
An gas car with a mileage of say 20kms per liter will need 5 liters of petrol to drive 100 kms. At 75 Rs per liter, you do the math and you see the cost benefits of owning an electric car.
- An Electric car/bikes cannot be used on long trips and thus is limited!
Ask yourself this question. Is OIL unlimited?
Ok, in a year how many trips does an average family make with their own
car outside the city?
95% of the kilometers an average Indian family uses a vehicle is for trips inside the city and the rest for trips out of town.
And the trips made inside the city with an electric car is where you save money.
- By owning an electric vehicle, are you not transferring the pollution from the streets to the areas that generate coal power plants?
In a way this is true, but consider this
An electric motor is 40% more efficient than an internal combustion engine.
The most efficient internal combustion engine convert bout 20% energy in the gasoline into motion power.
A power plant converts bout 40% of the energy in the fuel into electricity. When it comes to electric motors in a car or a bike, you use 40 percent less energy with each kilometer you drive.
Thus the whole system is so much more efficient.
Even though your power is generated using coal, as the electric motor is so much more efficient, you get a benefit.
What is even more important is this
As we clean up our grid from Coal to Natural Gas to Wind or Solar, your electric vehicle would get cleaner year by year.
- You can run on clean and free energy right now!
Have a solar system on your roof of your home, plug in your vehicle and powering it from the Sun! You can do it now!
- Electric vehicles are fun to drive
All of them have automatic transmission. As there are less moving parts, the car is quieter. The instant torque of electric vehicles cannot be managed by any gas powered vehicle.
- Look at the bigger picture - Its not bout you and your comfort. You are no one!
Electric cars have 70% fewer moving parts than cars with internal combustion engine. No ignition, gas tank, oil filter, catalytic converter, or muffler, to name a few unneeded parts. There's less to go wrong, so less to service and a longer life: no oil changes or tune-ups. Thus the annual maintenance costs will be dramatically less.
Think bout the cost of owning the car for the next say 5 years.
The more number of people who think bout the cost of ownership of an electric car the over a period of time than the sticker price, the better information people would have.
For example an EV consuming 10 units of power per charge which would drive you for 100kms at the rate of Rs 5 per unit of power, will cost you Rs 50.
An gas car with a mileage of say 20kms per liter will need 5 liters of petrol to drive 100 kms. At 75 Rs per liter, you do the math and you see the cost benefits of owning an electric car.
Ask yourself this question. Is OIL unlimited?
Ok, in a year how many trips does an average family make with their own
car outside the city?
95% of the kilometers an average Indian family uses a vehicle is for trips inside the city and the rest for trips out of town.
And the trips made inside the city with an electric car is where you save money.
In a way this is true, but consider this
An electric motor is 40% more efficient than an internal combustion engine.
The most efficient internal combustion engine convert bout 20% energy in the gasoline into motion power.
A power plant converts bout 40% of the energy in the fuel into electricity. When it comes to electric motors in a car or a bike, you use 40 percent less energy with each kilometer you drive.
Thus the whole system is so much more efficient.
Even though your power is generated using coal, as the electric motor is so much more efficient, you get a benefit.
What is even more important is this
As we clean up our grid from Coal to Natural Gas to Wind or Solar, your electric vehicle would get cleaner year by year.
Have a solar system on your roof of your home, plug in your vehicle and powering it from the Sun! You can do it now!
All of them have automatic transmission. As there are less moving parts, the car is quieter. The instant torque of electric vehicles cannot be managed by any gas powered vehicle.
very well written! the fundas at the end drive the point home!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! Extremely well written. (I see, "managed", as in "achieved")
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