The Pixel Concept Car

While i am patriotically proud of the House of Tatas (The >100 year-old Indian Institute of Science is a temple of learning, thanks to the vision of JN Tata), it is very heartening to hear such good words from experts like you and others. Thank you.

yes KVS. II-Sc is the jewel institute.

To innumerate Tata's vision, we need to make a big list...

IISc, TIFR, TISS, many dams around Mumbai....

Regarding car, I opine little different. True the car is very nice, very low cost.

But low cost itself is a problem. Now a days motor cycle is costing Rs 50000 and this car is costing around Rs 130000/- Motor cycle occupies very small area. Car occupies much more. So surely it is going to create great traffic jam problems in cities like Bangalore, Pune. Already the traffic problems are severe in Bangalore and Pune, they are going to worsen.

About the Nano, some clarifications:

1. i paid Rs 221,000 for the CX model with AC. Even the base model is ~ 180000.

2. i wish i could use a scooter, but at my age, and the two-wheel traffic being what it is, i have to have a car.

3. The statistics at least in Bangalore show two or three younsters dying in tragic two-wheeler accidents daily. Would not happen if they were in a car.

Moreover, its inner space, amazingly, is bigger than a Santro or WagonR. This was my prime concern, since my wife cannot bend her knee, so can't get into a low car (i tried out all the Hondas, Toyotas, Suzukis and the Fords... all very good, but impossible for my wife to get into except the Hyundais and the WagonR)

Anyhow, my post was about the technology of the Pixel, with its maneuverability in small city spaces made possible by the reverse drive of the rear wheel....

Ford and Chevy used this on trucks a few years back. I think it's still available as an option.

But...it was not used as effectively. The wheelbase on those vehicles is much larger in both aspects.

KVS

Your personal needs can be perfectly understandable.

The accidents are because of some different reasons. Why it is mainly of youngsters? The careless driving and breaking the basic rules of traffic are the real reasons.

True with cars the accident deaths will reduce (partially because if many more cars on road, the speed of traffic itself will be drastically lower down). But still the problems due to many more cars on road will make traffic very slow.

I agree your post was for technology. In that sense, I accept my posts are Offtopic.

Please keep us updated about your experiences with the Nano (maybe in another thread).

Sure i will, the good and the bad both.

Well, if our country is in such a dire situation you don't need our pitiful dollars then, do you? Yeah, didn't think so. If you want to be stuck up about it, then keep your cool little car...we'll but similar ones from Germany and Japan in a few years anyway. I am sure they will want to sell to us.

Don't be hatin'

Cuba Pete-

As an aside, I was born, raised and educated in the US, and started life as an avid patriot, giving seven years of my life to military service in support of the American Dream (following in the foot steps of my ancestors- our family has served in every US war from the Spanish American to Vietnam), even volunteering to serve in a most unpopular war.

I realized what a "dire situation" the country was in back in the early 1990's, and did something about it...