When ISRO launched 104 satellites into space on 15 Feb 2017… it completely exposed Elon Musk and his boast of sending cheaper flights into space using re-useable flyback rockets.
Whatever Elon Musk does it cannot put a dent in ISRO’s business. At his most effective he might just be able to keep USA in the business of sending satellites into space but still the cost would be much higher than the cost of ISRO’s.
In fact India’s Mars Orbiter Mission… Continue reading
Petrol cars bought today (May 2016)onwards may have Zero resale value… Since the value of a car is calculated over an approximate 10 year period of ownership the 10 yrs that will follow year 2016 will be tumultuous years in the automobile industry…. the winds of change are already starting to blow..and it will take not a stretch of imagination to visualize electric vehicles all over the LAND, SEA and AIR!
When Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal banned Diesel cars there was a big furore. But now countries are taking steps to completely ban both Diesel AND Petrol vehicles. This is not surprising but it is in line with the Paris Pledge where the countries have pledge to wipe such engines (Coal, Diesel & Petrol) off the face of the planet. Countries like France and UK have been on it since a few years.
The Labour Party of Netherlands has proposed banning the sale of all internal-combustion cars by 2025. That means only cars powered by electric or hydrogen will be allowed to join existing fleet of petrol and diesel vehicles. Once the existing petrol and diesel fleet go beyond its permissible road life duration, those cars can only be replaced by ‘green’ cars, according to the proposal. In 2014, the country built the world’s first solar-lit road and received praise from all over.
So by that account in 10 yrs time when we reach the year 2026 and you try to sell off your 2016 model car there will be no takers! Thus every single petrol or diesel car you buy today onwards will have zero resale value in 10 years time!!! Only way out is to buy Electric Cars!
Khadi will mark the revival of Indian Organic Farming, Solar Panels & Manufacturing in India! Our Prime Minister Modi has done a great thing by asking our Government Staff to wear Khadi once a week on Fridays. Our schools should too incorporate this noble idea and both the Students and the Teachers can wear Khadi once a week. The Students can also learn to spin the charka and create the thread. This will help to improve powers of concentration in the children especially in today’s world where they are glued to the TV, Smart Phones or Video Games.
Charka (the wheel) is in the center of our national flag… but never our life. Charka is a GENERATOR…
Nearly 200 nations adopted the first global pact to fight climate change on Saturday, calling on the world to collectively cut and then eliminate greenhouse gas pollution but imposing no sanctions on countries that don’t.
Loud applause erupted in the conference hall outside Paris after French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius gavelled the agreement Saturday. Some delegates started crying. Others embraced.
The countries had been negotiating the pact for four years after earlier attempts to reach such a deal failed.
This accord marks the first time all countries are expected to pitch in — the previous emissions treaty, the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, only included… Continue reading
Cow…Since everybody is on it… let us at PlugInCaroo also get into the discussion.
For the past 200 years India is on WAR
A war is being waged on India for more than 200 years. In any war the main objective is to… Continue reading
Part of the problems with Electric Vehicles in countries like India is that there are not enough “Re-fueling” stations on the Highway. Chetan Maini’s Reva Startup did manage to set quite a few charging stations in and around Bangalore but did not set enough on the Highways for Intercity travel, probably Chetan didn’t imagine people might take a 80km-range car inter-city! Probably he was right but to see the countryside such a car was excellent, especially as people have to stretch/refresh themselves after an hour or two of driving during holidays or weekends.
Ather Bike with its expected range of even 80kms has the ability to travel to travel 640kms in 6 hours of charging or say 12 hours (riding+charging)!!! Which means by you could travel from Mumbai or Bangalore to Goa in 12 hours taking into consideration travel time +charging time.
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