Hurdles on the path of changeover to Electric Vehicles
Hi folks, I present you yet another article written by my Dad, Shri. S. Muthukrishna Iyer on the feasibility of changeover to Electric powered vehicles for which lot of proposals are put forward by our Government. This article got published in a local community magazine in Trivandrum. Please go through this and bring in your views. Thanks. Hurdles on the path of changeover to Electric Vehicles By S. Muthukrishna Iyer, Thiruvananthapuram (1) Preface Question: India government’s policy: ‘No sale of petrol/diesel fuelled 2/3 wheelers, cars, buses and trucks in our country after 2030’. Why so? Answer: During winter months, air pollution is beyond habitable level in metros, particularly in Delhi. Reasons are categorized under 3 heads, namely, stub burning after harvest, dust from construction related activities and vehicular pollution. For many years, CNG is used as fuel for some categories of vehicles in Delhi as per the directive of the Honorable Supreme Co