This article in rediff triggered my thinking to the extremes of getting me write this post.
The TATA nano is really going to bring some changes in the perception of the four-wheeler in India. The Four-Wheeler in India for a long time has been something that shows a person's economic status. It reminds me of something that had happened about 8-10 years back, when Reliance changed the way the we lookup at mobile phones. Almost everyone had a mobile and it no more remained a status symbol.
There are many different perceptions as to what will happen after Nano is launched....Some of them are here.
>> It will be a common mans car and people will discard their bikes and think about owning a four-wheeler
>> Auto- Rickshaws will transform into a TATA Nano.
>> A lot of new business avenues and new business models will emerge.
What i see is something which is perhaps at the back of everyone's mind but no one wants to accept it.
The TATA nano is really going to bring some changes in the perception of the four-wheeler in India. The Four-Wheeler in India for a long time has been something that shows a person's economic status. It reminds me of something that had happened about 8-10 years back, when Reliance changed the way the we lookup at mobile phones. Almost everyone had a mobile and it no more remained a status symbol.
There are many different perceptions as to what will happen after Nano is launched....Some of them are here.
>> It will be a common mans car and people will discard their bikes and think about owning a four-wheeler
>> Auto- Rickshaws will transform into a TATA Nano.
>> A lot of new business avenues and new business models will emerge.
What i see is something which is perhaps at the back of everyone's mind but no one wants to accept it.
- More bigger vehicles on our roads will only add to the crowd on the streets. Already there are sufficient traffic jams in Bangalore.
- More pollution and added burden on fuel supplies.
Does that mean i am against Nano...Definitely not. However, i feel growth should always be controlled and well governed. So what are my views on this
- Let Nano be introduced in towns against Auto-Rickshaws, but provide ensure that the 3-wheelers are either pushed to village area's or remote area's where there is no service. Allowing Nano and the 3-wheeler would definitly choke our roads.
- Control registration of cheaper vehicles so that we do not proliferate them. This doesn't mean that a comman man cannot own a Nano. It only means that it will take more time maybe.
- Ban 3-Wheelers in places where Nano Taxis are allowed and visa-versa.
- Have very strict pollution control norms for all kinds of public vehicle. This is because they spend more time on the road than personal vehicles.
3 comments:
:) I guess I will be sticking to my Bullet for a long time before I switch to four-wheeler. I have no will to trade it for anything else.
How much do rickshaws cost compared to the Nano?
Get pricing right (and maybe provide financing schemes) and you don't have rickshaws and Nanos running around together.
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The ricks cost about 3/4 the price of the lowest end NANO. I hope you are right. I dread both Ricks and Nano cabs running on our roads.
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