Electric Vehicle in India: Contribution of TATA Motors

Electric Vehicle in India: Contribution of TATA Motors

Key Person

Shailesh Chandra, president – Electric Mobility Business & Corporate Strategy, Tata Motors

                                                                  

INDIA’s Air Pollution

India’s air pollution is extremely serious,” he said, highlighting the sky-high levels of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) in some of India’s major cities. In Delhi, a reading of 119 was registered between May and June of 2018. “Any reading higher than 70 is considered to bring a halt to any kind of outdoor activity,” explained Butschek

Why Electric Vehicle

This growth is overlaid with a number of challenges, some of which are immediately apparent. Pollution, traffic congestion and infrastructure limitations underpin some of the issues facing both industry and consumer in India. In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) found that 14 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India. Gridlocked roads can lead to stationary traffic for hours. An ageing fleet and less stringent emissions standards have created dangerous living conditions for many urbanites.

TATA are India's largest and the only OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) to offer an extensive range of integrated, smart and e-mobility solutions.

Problems in Electronic Vehicle Industry compared to World

It is a bold statement for an emerging market in which new vehicles remain relatively low-tech in comparison to markets such as Europe, the US and Japan. 

Today, the battery is the single largest cost proposition of an EV, and we either have to source it from South Korea or China.

There remains the challenge of finding space to deploy dedicated charging ranks, however. In crowded megacities such as Mumbai, Pune and New Delhi, space is at a premium as streets struggle to contain the effects of rapid urbanisation.

 Then there is consumer spending power, which remains extremely low for many residents in even the most affluent cities.

However there are not enough charging stations in the country for consumers to be able to travel in EVs without range anxiety.

 Sales Satistics

In FY18, India sold only 56,000 EVs, but the number rose to over 750,000 in FY19. A majority of these sales was of three-wheelers (630,000 units), while e-bikes registered sales of 126,000 units. SIAM

Government Support

In 2015, the Indian government launched the FAME scheme (Faster Adoption & Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles) to incentivise the purchase of electrified two- and three-wheelers, passenger cars and commercial vehicles.

Then in 2016, it laid out ambitious plans to go all electric by 2030, signalling a desire to dramatically cut back on fossil fuel use and reverse damaging levels of pollution.

GST

At the 36th GST Council meeting held recently, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, decided that the GST rate on all the electric vehicles be reduced from 12% to 5%.

 Moreover, the GST rates on chargers or charging stations for EVs have been reduced from 18% to 5%.

The council also decided that the hiring of electric buses (carrying capacity more than 12 passengers) by local authorities will be exempted from GST.

Electric BUSES provided / Manufactured

we will be supplying a total of 80 Electric buses to the WBTC (West Bengal Transport Corporation). We have already supplied 20 Ultra Electric 9/9m AC E-buses while the second batch of 20 9/9m AC E-buses will be delivered by March 31, 2019. The remaining 40 9/12m AC electric buses will be supplied to WBTC in a phased manner. This order is a part of a larger agenda wherein we will be supplying 255 E-buses to 6 STUs in the country including WBTC (West Bengal), LCTSL (Lucknow), AICTSL (Indore), ASTC (Guwahati), J&KSRTC (Jammu) and JCTSL (Jaipur).

Charging station

Ultra Electric buses are manufactured at our Dharwad plant and are capable of going up to 150 kilometers on a single charge. And in case the battery runs out, we have installed charging stations at Nonapukur, Kasba, Newtown and Belghoria. Additionally, we have mounted intermediate charging terminals powered with fast charging at Howrah and Santragachi.

Tata Power. The company has already established charging stations in Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad in commercial, office and public locations, with thousands more planned.

Features of Electric buses

 The new age Ultra Electric buses are built on existing proven platforms of Starbus and Ultra, and are powered by an Integrated Electric Motor Generator. They have contemporary interiors and comfortable seats for 31 passengers and are fully air-conditioned. These buses will offer 50 per cent lower fuel costs, 20 per cent better energy consumption and lower maintenance downtime in comparison to diesel buses. The buses have been tested and validated by us across states in Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Assam, and Maharashtra.

Order Grabbed

In June 2018, Tata Motors and Mahindra and Mahindra signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the Maharashtra government to roll out 1,000 EVs in the state.

TaMo, entered a bidding war with domestic competitor Mahindra over a contract to supply EVs to government officials. In November 2017, TaMo announced it had bagged a contract to supply up to 10,000 EVs to the Energy Efficiency Services (EESL), along with Mahindra.

Features of TATA Electric Bus

The contract outlined that such EVs must have a range of 130km (80 miles) on a full charge, the ability to fully recharge in six hours and a ‘fast charge’ option of 90 minutes.

The vehicles were to be supplied in phases of 500 vehicles at a time, with the first delivery deadline set for 30 November 2017.

Nexon EV

Nexon EV, is expected to be powered by Tata’s Ziptron technology.

The car is expected to be capable of traveling 300 km on a single charge.

The Nexon EV is a sports utility vehicle that will target aspirational customers looking to buy their first electric vehicle.

According to Tata, the car will be equipped with an efficient high voltage system, zippy performance, fast charging capability, battery and motor with a warranty of 8 years, and adherence to IP67 (dust and water-proof) standard.

EVs will be available in both the passenger and commercial markets.

The Tigor EV

The Tigor EV vehicle was produced at the Tata Motors production line in Sanand, Gujarat.

Tork Motors

 In September 2016, Kapil founded Tork Motors in Mumbai.

The e-bike startup has previously raised funds from the likes of Bhavish Aggarwal, Co-Founder and CEO, Ola; and Ankit Bhati, Co-Founder and CTO, Ola. Now, Ratan Tata, investor and philanthropist, and former Chairman of Tata Sons, has decided to invest an undisclosed amount in the Pune- and Mumbai-based company.

Tork’s first EV offering, the TX6 electric motorcycle, is expected to hit markets by early 2020.

In 2009, when Kapil Shelke’s college project, ‘Tork Motors’ TX-01’, reached the podium in the prestigious Isle of Man TT races, he didn’t think it would go on to lay the foundation for one of the first EV startups in the country.

After honing his skills at one of China’s biggest two-wheeler manufacturers, Zongsten, Kapil came back and converted his own motorcycle to an electric vehicle (EV) for testing in Indian riding commercials.

Originally announced with a price tag of Rs 1.25 lakh (ex-factory), it uses an electric motor that churns out a whopping 27 Nm of peak torque.

It has a top speed of 100 kmph, and a range of 100 km. Battery charging to 80 percent takes an hour, while a full charge takes two hours

90 percent of the validation and testing of the bike has been completed.

Tork Motors  have recently installed the first unit of our fast-charging station at Café Peter’s Bund Garden Road outlet in the city.

The company’s readiness in terms of launch, manufacturability, sound logic, and knowing exactly what to do both in the long- and short-term all made for an attractive prospect,

Team of 75

Of the 75 members, 60 are dedicated to R&D with the others spread across functions.

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