The acute shortage of diesel has lead to unscheduled long hours of power cut. Earlier it was a misconception that shortage of petrol and diesel will only impact the car industry but unfortunately, the shortage has adversely affected the workflow and productivity of various offices and business domain across the country. Bangalore is affected the most by prolonged hours of load shedding.
With such an acute shortage of diesel and long hours of power cut in Bangalore, Reva Maini car owners are facing a tough time. You need electricity to charge the car and Reva can run up to a maximum of 80 km on a full charge. And a 100% charge requires about 8 hours. Charging continually for about 8 hours is next to impossible with such kind of load shedding. Even if somehow the car owners manage to fully charge the car, what after the first 80 km?
The car owners are now in dilemma of how to charge their car. Even though they own a car costing nearly about Rs 4 lakh to save on petrol price, today they are left without an option. Most of the Reva owners have switched over to public transport for daily commuting because they fall short of electricity to charge their cars. What’s the use of buying a car that is only parked as a centerpiece of your house doorway?
Earlier we had mentioned that Maini, creator of Reva electric car, smiles at the future with the rising fuel prices. Will Maini still smile at the future?
Labels: Electric-Cars, REVAi, Small-Cars
3 Comments:
This is really pathetic for the car drivers. One or the other way they are stuck in the Indian car market. Due to the high fuel prices certain people are worried and with such a shortage of power supply how can one survive. It really irritating when you are troubled in all the ways. In a place like Bangalore where life is so busy it’s very difficult to just keep your car idle in the garage and travel through public transport.
Ya, even I heard a few days back that Maini was smiling at the future with its Reva winning the hearts of a wide number of customers. But the actual power scenario in India made the customers realized that India is still not ready for such cars. The negativities of Reva were recently focused by the Reva owners. Thank God, customers realized the biggest disadvantage of an electric car.
I think Pinki is right. India still does not have an established power system. The cities are facing heavy load shedding and in such a situation how can cars be charged. Don’t you think that under such circumstances, a hybrid car is better? If there is no electricity, the person can at least fuel the car with gasoline. Hybrid cars though costlier than electric cars are better especially in a country like India.
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