Forceibly Banning Private vehicles is inhuman
Delhi Sarakaar has artificially banned 10 year old private diesel vehicles & 15 year old private petrol vehicles in the excuse of age. Whereas pollution producing vehicles have not been challaaned.
In a poor country like India, it takes a lifetime of saving to buy vehicles. Unfortunately the force by which the Delhi Police & Delhi Government Transport Department is picking up vehicles illegally is inhuman and forces artificial poverty by compelling people to junk their well maintained vehicles and buy new unverified vehicles. more
In a poor country like India, it takes a lifetime of saving to buy vehicles. Unfortunately the force by which the Delhi Police & Delhi Government Transport Department is picking up vehicles illegally is inhuman and forces artificial poverty by compelling people to junk their well maintained vehicles and buy new unverified vehicles. more
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Neighbouring towns or cities lying within the jurisdiction of the respective neighbouring states, have lax transport laws, that with being included in Delhi's territory, i.e. the so-called National Capital Region, allowed the vehicles registered there, but mostly driving in Delhi, to thereby, while continuing the status quo on pollution. To elaborate for example, someone from Ghaziabad or Noida would traverse Delhi enroute towards airport, many reasons traffic. Delhi's mass transportation turned green with buses CNG conversion, as also metro expansion between them daily carrying about 1 crore passengers, that too 20 years ago, then obviously this measure was consistent in action, demanded from private vehicle owners. Surely they are rich when affording purchasing big 10 years back! Anyway these can ply elsewhere, outside Delhi! Then how can one call this inhuman! more
Jul 16
Can't morally justify people's propensity for continuing with diesel vehicles when it causes pollution! You must think about the masses on the roads breathing in that air facing asthma or other breath related medical problems. Death too caused by inhaling these pollutants. Is that being fair to them? Petrol engine vehicles still are optimised with their multipoint fuel injection systems and petrol being many times cleaner petroleum distillate than diesel! Pollution has happened over decades, especially since dieselisation of private cars, benefiting from subsidy enjoyed on diesel. Polluters pay, but here that logic was turned upside down! Never can market prices determine the environmental costs, when the present convenience is made out with the future. more
Jul 15
Very well maintained vehicles can't be junked in the excuse of age. The issue is of valid PUC. Unfortunately it is the age that is being used as a factor. There are new polluting vehicles and there are very old non polluting vehicles. It costs a lot o junk your own well maintained vehicles to buy new ones. The prices have shot up. It would have been better to release new technology in the market for people to buy, rather than outrightly ban them in delhi more
Jul 15
Cars are becoming more expensive than ever before. And the dream of buying a brand-new one is seeming like more and more of a luxury purchase. Reference to Vehicle Affordability Index may show that in an year or so, the cost of a new car may rise to over 41 weeks of income. Good news is that auto prices have to come down at some point. The sky high auto prices may end sooner than we might expect. Semiconductor shortages at the beginning of the pandemic spurred the rapid increase in new and used car prices. Carmakers slashed their orders for chips, expecting little demand for new cars amid a global pandemic. Meanwhile demand for laptops, iPads, smartphones and other electronic devices surged as schools and work went online. So semiconductor makers took orders from electronic makers. After the world began reopening, car demand surged back with a vengeance. Carmakers began to scramble, as semiconductor industry now didnot have room for any extra production. Chipmakers have been scaling up production for the desperate automakers, and supply chains are returning to normal. So for now aim might be to keep the current vehicle if at all possible, instead of buying a new car. In the coming months/years, expectations may be raised to see car prices to trickle down. more
Jul 13
Implementation of vehicle scrappage policy allows to take unfit vehicles off the roads. New rules permit (i) commercial vehicle use for 15years and (ii) private car use for 20years. Officials say that air quality has been deteriorating. Unfit vehicles not given for scrap may cause (i) possession and plying considered illegal and (ii) RC and other permits not to be issued. Once a person's vehicle has been scrapped, discount may be availed for purchase of another vehicle on showing certificate from scrap centre. A registered vehicle scrapping facility established in a state may accept and scrap vehicles registered in any state or UT under the jurisdiction of any registration authority. Policy is needed that aims to promote CNG as eco-friendly fuel. Diesel vehicles older than 10 years can get extension by certain years (say around 5years) by retrofitment with CNG. CGD (city gas distribution) entities should be facilitated in leasing, acquisition and land- use conversion of land. more
Jul 12
Unfortunately in Delhi there is NO Extension possible. Since the Delhi Govt has banned any extension more
Jul 13
Automotive industry looks for market share of the models that they roll out. For example, there has been a remarkable shift from diesel to petrol cars in the compact SUV segment. In 2015-16, diesel used to be 87% of the market....Last year this figure was 80% petrol and roughly 20% diesel. A company in the automotive sector has to safeguard its position in the auto space. So companies aim to bring in new features, technology and aggressive design languages. Moreover a company need to cater to a range of customers across various sub-segments. So new models that are going to be produced will feature, for instance both mild and strong hybrid technology. Often customers look for cars that would be bigger, wider and spacious. The combination of political decision making, customers committing even more firmly to the transition to electric vehicles, and a very rapid rise in customer demand for cleaner products, has created a perfect storm for electrification. more
Jul 11
That does not mean that private vehicles have to be forcefully junked. People often use their vehicles for lifetime more
Jul 13
