It can emphasize intuitive creativity or calculated scientific decision-making, and often emphasizes a mix of both. designers, engineers, business experts, etc.). It can be conducted by an individual or a team, and such a team could include people with varied expertise (e.g. Īll manufactured products are the result of a design process, but the nature of this process can vary. It consists purely of repeated, often automated, replication, while craft-based design is a process or approach in which the form of the product is determined by the product's creator largely concurrent with the act of its production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in advance of the manufacture or production of the product. Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical products that are to be manufactured by mass production. (Except for the headline, the rest of this IANS article is un-edited)įor more technology news, product reviews, sci-tech features and updates, keep reading Digit.in.Calculator Olivetti Divisumma 24 designed in 1956 by Marcello Nizzoli "It is critical for the government and industry to win consumer confidence," the report mentioned.
While there are people keen to buy e-scooters, concern over safety and performance are rising. The current capacity is geared to power about 1.8 lakh new electric vehicles. Of these, 678 EV charging stations were installed between October 2021 and January 2022. There are currently over 1,640 operational public EV charging stations in India, of which more than 940 are in nine mega cities. "The fire incidents, which resulted in injuries for some along with loss of vehicle, adversely impacted consumer sentiments leading to decline in electric vehicle two-wheeler sales for two months," the survey said.Īther Energy and Ola Electric have suffered the biggest drop in sales as customers delay purchasing EVs amid battery fire incidents.
The survey also revealed that appetite for e-scooters is not high as 31 per cent households do not drive them and an additional 9 per cent shared that they had enough vehicles at home so had no plans to buy a two-wheeler. Nearly 5 per cent said they are keen to buy but "were not convinced about the infrastructure available for e-scooters where I live/work" and 7 per cent said they do not have funds for buying e-scooters. The fallout of EV fires is that just 1 per cent of over 11,000 respondents said they plan to buy an e-scooter in the next 6 months. The government set up a committee of experts from Centre for Fire, Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES) and the Indian Institute of Science to carry out detailed investigation and frame 'quality-centric' guidelines for EV manufacturers, which are expected to be released soon. As the government probes multiple fires in electric two-wheelers, only 1 per cent household consumers plan to buy an e-scooter in the next six months amid safety and performance concerns, a new report showed on Monday.Īround 32 per cent of respondents are not convinced about the safety and performance of electric scooters in August while in March this year, the number stood at 17 per cent - as more than two dozen electric two-wheelers caught fire in March and April, according to data provided by community social media platform LocalCircles.Īfter more than two dozen electric two-wheelers caught fire in March and April, around 7,000 units were "voluntarily" recalled by electric scooter makers such as Ola, Pure EV, and Okinawa.