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The People’s Car Answers Fuel Efficiency Concerns
The fuel price hike has raised concern among developed countries like U.S and Europe. The high oil prices will passively effects economic growth in these countries. American countries are already crying over the rise of crude oil costs and blaming China and India.
People in USA are also dreading a shortfall of petrol. They are even afraid of a situation where they could get into competition with Asian countries. They even blamed Tata Motors for coming up with the Nano which has a mass appeal and will increase demand for fuel across the globe. Is Nano so bad that it needs to be termed an outcast even before it hits the road in October? The answer is an emphatic no.
The environmentalists had tired their best to stop all work on the Nano. They continue to talk about the bad effects of the Nano on ambience air and pollution level. But when it was unveiled, Tata silenced many of them. The Nano is considered as a marvelous piece of engineering. The small car has 623 cc engine producing a 50 mpg emission. It will meet the European emissions standards on exhaust. Scientists have warned that with more number of cars on the road, the pollution level may increase by 57 percent in the cities.
But Tata Motors has declared that Nano emits only 30 gms of carbon emission per kilometer and is cleaner than two-wheelers. The emission level is much less than the stipulated norm of 160g/km in India and 130g/km in Europe. When translated to numbers, 50 lakh Nano on the roads together would contribute to around 8 percent of the total carbon emission in the country.
It has opened a new segment of customers, who never dream of owning a car. Nano has made cars affordable to millions in the world. Tata Nano is the world’s cheapest car available at a factory price of Rs 1 Lakh.
Nano could expand the current car market size in India by 65 percent as soon as it launches. The car market is likely to witness a jump of 20 percent in the first year of the launch of Nano. Further, it has no competition with the fuel guzzling SUVs of the West. The US, European and Japan has stringent fuel regulations that make mandatory for fuel suppliers to reformulate petrol before it is supplied to consumers. This process increases the fuel cost by several times. In contrast India has fewer regulations. The west likes to travel in big cars like SUVs and larger sedans. They are less fuel efficient and cause pollution hazards which have an emission of hundreds of milligrams per kilometers.
May be India has just found the answer for the most fuel efficient affordable city cars in the world.
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