Live Blog - SAE India - APAC16 conference (2)
By the year 2030, 40% of Indian population will live in cities; 50% of Chinese population already live in cities; rate of urbanization is going to be relentless. To find mobility solutions that find the answers to the urbanized India is going to be a major challenge. Communication, electronic and automobile technology is moving together to develop a gamut of opportunities.
Sustainability, safety, smartness - three dimensions of the auto industry - Mr Seshasayee picks up from where Mr Srinivasan left.
1) Sustainability - Major issue due to sheer increase in growth of number of vehicles. Managing emission loads is a big challenge. Auto industry is not the major contributor for pollution. But we need to push a lot more for alternate technology. Deployment of micro-hybrid technology and stringent emission standards regulated on select cities are readily-available solutions.
2) Safety - Urban centers take major part of mobility load. We need to be looking at new dimensions of safety and treat pedestrian safety as seriously as driver safety.
3) Smartness - Single ticket system - could halve the price and time required to reach destination and a good solution for urban congestion - Using the same ticket from the time you are picked up at your doorstep till you reach your destination through a share taxi or a bus.