Nano thoughts
After several days of procrastination, here we go with Tata’s Nano. Was keeping tabs with the recent AutoExpo for 2 reasons, one was obviously for the people’s car, Nano.
At 1st glimpse, the Nano reminded me of a smart car that Russell Crowe rides in A Good Year. Here is the shot:
With this, he zips through France’s country side to take a look at his vineyard.
When Ratan Tata unveiled the Nano, I felt he was submissive & made it sound very ordinary. There was no dramatization nor boastful talks like Steve Jobs did for iPod Nano. We should be really grateful for Ratan Tata for keeping the promise. Now more people can be on the move with 4 wheels. Long time dreams of several Indians would come true. Nice.
One significant impact that Nano would bring in is the safety of pedestrians. When we have more cars per stretch of road, there’ll be new stricter road traffic rules to reduce congestion & commotion. A hefty capital punishment along with a few weeks of imprisonment would be levied for skipping a signal, for rash driving, for changing lanes in a haphazard way & so on. Our infrastructure cannot scale to the growth of vehicular traffic, so the birth of such rules is inevitable. But it wouldn’t be very natural, there’ll be several incidents & accidents that would pay way for such rules. This would bring in orderly behaviour of drivers & also the pedestrains would be using their footpaths as there’ll be no space on the roads for them to walk. Vehicular traffic will in no way abuse pedestrians.
Other changes would be in related businesses, more & more Drive-in food outlets would open, converting Nanos into Hybrids, making it to run on alternate fuels such as ethanol or making it into a complete electric vehicle. As many people would gonna own a Nano, there’ll be immense pressure for differentiation, businesses in stickering & adding extra accessories would flourish. Private car parking areas would be ubiquitous in cities. Fuel filling stations & motels would sprang throughout the country.
For Tata Motors, Nano is a case of Corporate Social Responsibility where a slew of objectives, direct as well as indirect, will be met. Kudos.
Roopa said,
January 21, 2008 at 11:41 am
Nano would bring in safety of pedestrians…but only after several accidents and incidents? It means ‘The Nano’ will first increase the number of accidents on the road and then much later would bring peace n order on the road? That doesn’t really sound like a “positive” impact to me? May be I should go into hibernation now. Once the “accidents n incidents” era is over and the “ordered-traffic” era sets in, please wake me up :)
Roopa said,
January 21, 2008 at 6:11 am
Nano would bring in safety of pedestrians…but only after several accidents and incidents? It means 'The Nano' will first increase the number of accidents on the road and then much later would bring peace n order on the road? That doesn't really sound like a “positive” impact to me? May be I should go into hibernation now. Once the “accidents n incidents” era is over and the “ordered-traffic” era sets in, please wake me up :)
Ranjhith said,
January 22, 2008 at 10:22 am
@Roopa
> That doesn’t really sound like a “positive” impact to me?
The accidents are like instantaneous values. They’ll vary around a mean that is rising to be +ve. :)
ok. If I honk, will you be able to wake up? :P
ranjhith said,
January 22, 2008 at 4:52 am
@Roopa
> That doesn’t really sound like a “positive” impact to me?
The accidents are like instantaneous values. They'll vary around a mean that is rising to be +ve. :)
ok. If I honk, will you be able to wake up? :P
Sami said,
January 25, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Nano should be allowed only after researching a lot about enviromnent, road safety etc. Indians erkanave romba ozhungu ! ithula ithu vera vandhutta, gaali thaan.
This infrastructure is also too good in every nook and corner of india paarunga !
Haiyaa naanum oru car vaanga porean range-ku thaan ellarum think panranga ! Enna irukku intha cars-la, Two wheeler-la driver panra mathiri varathu ! :)
Sami said,
January 25, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Nano should be allowed only after researching a lot about enviromnent, road safety etc. Indians erkanave romba ozhungu ! ithula ithu vera vandhutta, gaali thaan.
This infrastructure is also too good in every nook and corner of india paarunga !
Haiyaa naanum oru car vaanga porean range-ku thaan ellarum think panranga ! Enna irukku intha cars-la, Two wheeler-la driver panra mathiri varathu ! :)
Ranjhith said,
January 28, 2008 at 1:04 am
@Sami
> Nano should be allowed only after
Why so much a “partiality” with Nano? :) It was already said to be passing the emission norms & some crash testing. Ask the govt to give better roads, you got the right to ask, as you are gonna be paying the road taxes.
> Two wheeler-la driver panra mathiri varathu
எல்லாம் ஒரு கால் கட்டு போடர வரைக்கும்தான். :)
ranjhith said,
January 27, 2008 at 7:34 pm
@Sami
> Nano should be allowed only after
Why so much a “partiality” with Nano? :) It was already said to be passing the emission norms & some crash testing. Ask the govt to give better roads, you got the right to ask, as you are gonna be paying the road taxes.
> Two wheeler-la driver panra mathiri varathu
எல்லாம் ஒரு கால் கட்டு போடர வரைக்கும்தான். :)