Manikandan

Innovation….to….

commercialisation

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Journey so far….

….is known to a few and shortly will be known to many with the deliveries planned soon!

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Our thoughts go farther in personal mobility…But we understand the following:

• 83% of personal travel is by automobile in the US• 4.8 tn kms a year; on 6.5 mn kms of roads; Consuming 180 billion gallons of fuel per annum from 170,000 service stations • The emerging markets are not far behind….China will

overtake US by 2030 and India….maybe the neck to neck with China by 2050

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Our thoughts go farther in personal mobility…But we understand the following:

• Worldwide we consume about 18 mn barrels of oil every day; emitting 2.7 bn tonnes of Co2

• Roadway collisions claim 1.2mn lives every year• and in dense city centres the urban average speed

falls well under 20 kms per hour

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But….the discovery of crude oil in Oklahoma &

Texas saw gasoline emerge as preferred fuel

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And now….

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Current DNA New DNA

Mechanical driven Electrically driven

Powered by Internal Combustion Engine Powered by electric motors

Energized by petroleum Energized by electricity & hydrogen

Mechanically controlled Electronically controlled

Stand-alone operation Intelligent & interconnected

Why electric???COMFORTABLE, CHEAP AND DEFENITELY FASTER THAN A CAR AROUND TOWN

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Ref: Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air (David MacKay)

Energy ConsumptionWhy electric???

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(CO2 emissions per grammes per passenger km)

Plane (65% - 80% full) 240 to 350g

Car (1.6 occupants) 170 – 250g

Electric Car (Driver Only) 35 – 137g

Motorcycle 80 – 120g

Rail (Diesel-electric/Half Full) 50 – 75g

Bus (Diesel/Half Full) 40 – 60g

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What we visualise…..

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What we visualise…..

This being so, the horizon

looks better to me. Much

better in fact.

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Thank You for your patience….