India has overtaken Germany to become the fourth largest automobile market in the world.
Bike le lijie ya fir Car aaj ki dunia me Dono ko Hi saraha ja rh ahai or waqt ko dekhte hue Cars sector me to andhadhun Gadia daily Hi launc hoti nazar Aa rhi hai vhi Bike industry me baat Ki jae to Royal Enfield ne Apni ek khas jgh Fir se BHRTIYO k dil me bna li hai,
Aaj ki genration ko dekhte hue cars companies ne bhi bhut se Budget Cars ko launch kr dia hai Tata Nexon IS saal ki Sbse opning Car rhi.
or vhi badi badi compnies ne to Manufracture ko lekr Ambesdder ko ek baar fir se India Car Market me utarne ki KOsisi me lga hua hai
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India's electric vehicle goals being realized on two wheels, not four
GOVE/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Hurt by high fuel prices, Vinod Gore, a farmer in Gove village in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, ditched his petrol scooter for an electric model, underlining how two-wheelers are driving the country’s goal of electrification of its vehicles.A worker checks the power supply to recharge an electric scooter inside a workshop in Ahmedabad, India, December 31, 2018. Picture taken December 31, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave
Gore’s electric scooter, built by Indian start-up Okinawa, runs for about 100-120 km (60-75 miles) on a single charge which costs the sugarcane farmer less than 10 percent of the 150 rupees ($2.15) he would otherwise have spent on fuel for the same distance.
“I bought it to save money,” said Gore, who paid 75,000 rupees ($1,077) for the scooter and expects to recover the cost in two to three years in terms of savings on petrol and maintenance.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has set a target of electric vehicles making up 30 percent of new sales of cars and two-wheelers by 2030 from less than 1 percent today.
But its efforts to convince carmakers to produce electric vehicles have flopped mainly because of no clear policy to incentivize local manufacturing and sales, lack of public charging infrastructure and a high cost of batteries.
Cost-conscious two-wheeler buyers like Gore might be a better bet. It would also open up a new market for global companies like Japan’s Yamaha Motor and Suzuki Motor that are drawing up initial plans to launch electric scooters and motorcycles in the country.
The potential is huge. India is the world’s biggest market for scooters and motorcycles with annual domestic sales exceeding 19 million in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 - six times that of car sales over the same period.
The next biggest market is China, with annual motorcycle sales of about 17 million in 2017.
Electric scooters make up a fraction of the total but are growing fast. In fiscal 2017-18, sales more than doubled to 54,800 from a year ago while electric car sales fell to 1,200 from 2,000 over the same period, according to data from the Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV).
By 2030, sales of electric scooters are expected to cross 2 million a year, even as most carmakers resist bringing electric cars to India.
The roadblocks for scooters are fewer. Compared with cars, scooters are lighter, which means they can use less powerful batteries that are cheaper. The scooters can also be charged quickly and more easily, often using existing plug points in homes, and their price is similar to petrol-powered models.
The challenge is that most
electric scooters sold today are utilitarian and not as powerful as
models that run on petrol that can go faster and climb gradients easily.
The supply chain is not robust which means manufacturers need to rely
on importing components. Importantly, electricity supply in smaller towns and cities, where demand is picking up, is irregular although frequent power shortages in India are a thing of the past.
“Right now the need of the hour is a proper roadmap and a clear policy by the government of India to actually turn this ambition into reality,”
The scooter is fitted with a battery that can generate maximum power of 2,500 watts, giving a top speed of 75 km per hour (47 mph), which he says is sufficient for his needs.
His only gripe is that the scooter struggles when going uphill.
“You can’t increase speed on mountains the way you can accelerate with traditional petrol-powered scooters or motorcycles. There is turbo mode that delivers more power but that is still less than petrol scooters,”
“There is a line of sight now,” said Ravneet Phokela, chief business officer at Ather which is backed by venture capital firm Tiger Global, adding that there is greater acceptance by buyers and the government is also coming on board.
Ather, whose business model includes setting up charging stations in every city it launches, is working on new products ahead of plans to expand to 30 cities in the next three years.
“There has never been a better time to be in this business than now,” he said.
($1 = 70.4610 Indian rupees)
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