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Makes sense. India has just 32 vehicles for every 1,000 people (compared to the 800 vehicles per 1,000 people in the United States and 140 vehicles per 1,000 pe
by pdog 9y ago
Makes sense. India has just 32 vehicles for every 1,000 people (compared to the 800 vehicles per 1,000 people in the United States and 140 vehicles per 1,000 people in China)[1].
If you're going to mobilize 1 billion people, you may as well "leapfrog" the internal combustion engine and move straight to electric vehicles.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_vehicles_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_vehicles_...
- kumarm 9y agoWhat India needs is better public and mass transport and not improved vehicles/1000 people. India has 4 times the population of US and 1/4 the area of US (approximately). If you consider those facts India nearly has way too many vehicles/square mile (considering 2 wheeler and 3 wheelers that run on gas).
- awkwardtortoise 9y agoThe problem is that india gets most of its electricity from coal (59.1%). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_India
- sreenadh 9y agoI believe that India has to leapfrog the whole car obsession and move over to an effective and extensive public transportation and make cities more “superblocks" like in Barcelona (https://youtu.be/ZORzsubQA_M https://youtu.be/ZORzsubQA_M). Adam ruins Cars (http://www.trutv.com/shows/adam-ruins-everything/blog/adams-sources/adam-ruins-cars.html http://www.trutv.com/shows/adam-ruins-everything/blog/adams-...) is a rather informative piece you should watch.