Tata Nano – Double Edged Sword
I’m actually not going to pick on this little car at all… in fact I really admire the spartan low-cost approach of the Tata Nano for a lot for reasons. It has surprisingly low emissions ratings and if all the cars in the world were replaced with Nanos the world would be a better place. The problem is it will probably be an amazing success and simple add significantly to the number of cars in the world.
At the incredibly low price of a Nano, ($3,000 in India, $6,000 in Europe and America (estimate)), millions upon millions of people will be able afford to finance one. This is a good thing and a bad thing. It’s wonderful that more people will have more mobility and be able to access more opportunities but at the same time we’ll be adding millions of new cars to clog our over-taxed infrastructures and burn up more gas.
