At present we need to quickly reach the point of inflexion from where on the E-mobility will take off by itself. The products and technologies that are already on the ground need to be promoted in a big way so that the critical mass of say 2 to 3 million EVs is achieved. That volume...Continue Reading
The confusing actions and the words like the ones spoken recently by the senior most officials in the government certainly doesn’t help anyone. The existing manufacturers suffer the most, the new comers take a back seat and investors simply vanish. Make in India will certainly happen when a consistent long-term policy is pursued...Continue Reading
On one hand the max current drawn in electric two wheeler is quite low (generally less than 100 amp), the lithium batteries are not put to extreme stress, however most electric two wheeler batteries have no forced cooling therefore the chances of heat developed / heat trapped are higher. A safe two wheeler battery system...Continue Reading
Although countries like China and Norway have gone fairly ahead in electric mobility, the world as a whole is still far away from a significant shift in electric mobility in the cars. As per the latest estimates we may end up having only 600000 or so electric cars in 2018. The cumulative total electric cars...Continue Reading
Surprisingly, it is being forecasted that the shared mobility may add rather than reduce the congestion on the city roads. Some signs of this are already being seen in the hundreds of Ubers and Olas either being parked on the road side or being driven very slowly to avoid parking or in serch of a...Continue Reading
Not very likely, many companies are desperately trying to develop alternate material to reduce or eliminate the dependance on terbium or dysprosium by replacing them with lower cost and easily available rare earth elements, This new type of magnet is expected to be useful in expanding use of motors in various areas such as automobiles...Continue Reading
As per EESL, the Indian government alone has demand for half a million electric vehicles. Switching these (to electric vehicles) will stimulate demand and initiate market transformation. EESL has agreed to invest close to Rs. 10,000 crore in the state and has also pledged to manufacture over 1 lakh electric vehicles over the next 5...Continue Reading
Looks surely so. India may achieve the dubious distinction of having the worst polluting cities around the world as China may vacate this ignomous list in 5 to 7 years. Some of the cities like Delhi are already ahead of the most polluting cities in China, atleast during some months of the year and the...Continue Reading
Amongst the efforts to find alternates like Sodium –Air batteries, Fuel cells are a promising alternate to the lithium batteries. However Hydrogen required for fuel cells poses a big channel on production, handling and storage. Hydrogen generation, compression, storage, dispensing, and service are all value-added components that should be identified when choosing the correct hydrogen...Continue Reading
I always run into a problem attaching a shared folder to my Ubuntu virtual box machine. This is what works for me. 1. Make sure you have the latest version of guest additions installed. 2. Add a shared folder using the virtual box menu and auto mount it 3. Turn on the virtual machine. Browse to...Continue Reading
