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“We feel driverless
driving for some
time to come will
be more restricted
in a controlled
environment, say
from point A to point
B, from terminal
one to terminal
two, or a corridor
concerns in the Indian context about Anil Srivastava: “It will be a mix based driverless
these cars is that they would cause of the technology, the infrastructure, driving, because we
disruption in terms of employment loss. and the regulations framework. All
I am not afraid of that either, because three will play the role in times to do not know of the
if you have hundred cars today, not come and if any one of it does not uncertainties in the
more than ten are chauffeur driven. move with the other, if there is any Indian cities and
The car segment is largely self-driven. lack of coordination, we will not be on Indian roads –
So, I am not really concerned about able to reach where we desire to
it because by the time (it comes), reach. But ten years is probably too anything can happen.”
our focus should be to increase the short a time to have a paradigm shift – Dhiraj Wali
public transport to such an extent that or make a very significant difference
many more types of jobs will get but maybe in fifteen to twenty years’
created through the expansion of the time. It will be a situation where we Krishna Prasad: “I think the
public transport”. would also start talking about the commuter is going to take control of
Rao then directed the question to driverless cars and maybe we may the situation. Public transport is going
Krishna Prasad. “Hypothetically, if you also start adopting the driverless cars, to become personal. We talked about
introduce them who will you charge in much better infrastructure in terms personal transport vs public transport
case there is an accident on a driverless of the roads and other means of but I think the public transport is going
car? The car owner?” transportation. The integration which to become more personal. Individuals,
Krishna Prasad replied to a laughter has already been talked about here commuters are going to take control
in the audience, “The owner who and much more convenience in terms of the public transport”.
has let the car loose”. He added on of the other modes of transportation Dhiraj Wali: “Everybody is keenly
a serious note, “If we go by the law, and a much faster way to travel will looking forward to electrical vehicles
the owner of the vehicle. If somebody be a reality”. phasing in, in the coming years. At
is behind the wheel, the entire onus Yudhvir Singh Malik: “Everyday Bosch, we are powering the vehicles,
falls on the person who is behind there is a new technology. So it is whether it is gasoline or diesel, and we
the wheel and in the absence of the extremely difficult for any one of us to are absolutely ready technologically to
person behind the wheel, it goes to say what possibilities the technology offer integrated solutions to power the
the owner”. holds in future, because I have come electric vehicle as and when it comes.
Rao said that the debate on this from that generation where we used Also, as a technology industry player,
issue is still on and “at this juncture we to have landline telephone and I in the context of integrated intelligent
really don’t have a final say on this”. used to book OYT as a government transport systems we bring many
Quickfire round: employee for my industrial parks. robust automotive grade technology
Who could think that this country
solutions and we, therefore, look
Rao then moved to the entire panel would have 120 crore mobile forward to efficient, productive, safe,
to give a peek into the future ten years sets coming within three years as a cost-effective and enjoyable public
from now. silent revolution?” transportation service for the users”.

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