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No Roads for Electric Vehicles in India?

India's migration to Electric Vehicles by 2030.... Plausible? A list of reasons why India's migration to 'Only-EV' sales by 2030 is a herculean ask, task, cask! Forget On-Road Price, Charging Points/Electric Grid Sophistication, or Better Graded Fuel. There is a bigger and more basic concern for Electric Vehicles to storm the roads. And that reason precisely could be that there would be no roads for electric vehicles. Image Sourced from this Business World article on NITI Aayog's EV dream! vision! The Tesla Tax A few weeks back Norway did this . With the minority government there mulling (albeit forcefully) over the scope and extent of benefits given to EVs (read Tesla). Hefty benefits that included subsidies in taxes, vehicle parking fees, and road tolls. And now have taken a U Turn , which was expected given the vociferous protests from environmental groups. And seemingly for good and sound reason given that: - EVs cut carbon footprint substa

Episode III - Does ADAS Turn Bad Drivers Into Toads?

The B'Cane brothers think it should. Yes sir! (The setting) The brothers just had a near miss on the road! BANE is to blame too. BANE: (Terrified and breathless) Whawwazzaattttther? CANE: (Breathless himself) What are you blabbering... are you ok...? BANE: What.... was..... that.... back..... there? CANE: Two idiots, inside two cars, on the same road, at the same time, and to top it all - playing chicken. BANE: My ADAS is not functioning! CANE: ADAS is not witchcraft - if it was it would have turned both of you into toads! BANE: Well what is this ADAS then? CANE: It's an advanced technology, that ASSISTS sane people, frankly I am proud of you, it takes an effort to ignore all those warning signs from the Dash, the feedback from your steering, and alarms from your phone! (The Brothers' also had a future outing - lnked.in/baposcaneIII ) ADAS is a set of technology applications that seamlessly integrate into your vehicle and driving behavior to help ensure saf

Episode II of THE BROTHERS B'CANE!

(For those who are not familiar with the brothers - https://lnkd.in/fasWScJ ) FUTURA AUTOMATA! BANE and CANE aboard yet another car, circa 2020 AD! BANE: I love the fact that we could could simply sit and the car is doing all the driving! CANE: Err,.... I am driving the car brother! BANE: (Agitated) But this car can see the road Cane, it has eyes!!! Why are'nt you allowing it to do its work! CANE: Errr... would it maybe because we are inebriated right now, and are goofing around like we used to when we were kids? BANE: Oh... yes, yes.... I forgot! Know more about the future of auto autonomy at https://goo.gl/TrdXJ4 #LIDAR #AutomotiveAutonomy

B'Cane Brothers Discuss ADAS!

Episode I: THE BROTHERS B'CANE! BANE and CANE in a car, discussing cars! BANE: Do you know the future of automotive cars? CANE: Well, it will pretty much be like giving the keys to a robot . BANE: And how will a car look like? CANE: Dunno, maybe like this ? BANE: Maybe...... but I am sure future cars will have seats read our body signs and adjust accordingly. CANE: Hmmm.. BANE: And shop for food, cos it constantly knows how much we weigh! CANE: Yes, and hopefully ejects all of 'em delusional folks.

A Combination to make Flawless Future Predictions?

Blockchain Question @ Wednesday Whimsy! Fact A:   'Immutable' in software terms means to be 'unchangeable'. This is the BACKBONE of #Blockchain. To put it into context, a fraudster would need a billion computing devices working billions of years to forge a single unit in a Blockchain. The Virtual Blockchains will not rust! Assertion 1:   So Blockchain could be seen as a representation of Absolute Truth! Fact B:  IoT Connects innumerable devices and collects colossal amounts of data to predict a model of the future based on the past and present. The Question! Reading the Facts and Assertion together make me wonder....   If the past is recorded truthfully and faithfully in Blockchain And predictive analytics algorithm reads the same. Are we closer to predicting what happens next with 100% accuracy?

Blockchain Technology in Automotive!

The Catchphrase in Blockchain We are entering into an exciting phase of the Blockchain Technology, one where..... ....the great majority of us are at a very nascent phase of  negotiating the learning curve , and where fantastic hypotheses are floated courtesy this very nascence. Coinstocks.com   A 'distributed ledger-based system' is the phrase that goes around today - when asked about Blockchain. Then there is talk about proof of concept, decentralized control, hashing, and so on and so forth! For example, 'Mobility': Being in the automotive industry, I am curious to find out what it means here. While  IBM has already  forayed into what is definitely a gamechanger as far as mobility is concerned,  analysts already see  high impact applications of the technology. The backbone/lynchpin of Blockchain and what makes it a mouthwatering prospect for businesses  is this.  And these are topics which have been overtly oversimplified for us (the non-techies) to un

Computational Fluid Dynamics - How Prowess & Experience Count!

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ADAS' That Turn Bad Drivers To Toads, Unsafe Vehicles to Carved Pumpkins;

Why do I want toads inside carved pumpkins? Simple because 22 lives are lost every 10 seconds on the world's roads! And while a wide variety of reasons are and will be found in this horrifying statistic - human  error is involved in  almost all of 'em if not all! Yes, they are waiting for toads! While the  B'Cane brothers ' latest outing might have put forward some sort of explanation. I outright think bad drivers should not be allowed on the road. 'Bad' should be defined for each aspect of driving, people on the road need to be evaluated, and offenders  turned to toads . Without mercy, merci! For starters we could attempt to define the principal causes for loss of life: - Bad Driving: Any person who is unable to adhere to lane, speed limit; Unable to digest the fact that a pedestrian's life gain precedence over a dinner meeting; Unable to heed or maybe understand road signs, dashboard warnings, common sense et al. Unsafe Vehicle: Th