Sunny Side: Faraz Raknuddin (Electric car)

I will also be posting in a regular section called "The Sunny Side". It will be a series of news / life profiles / contributions by Pakistani youth; that will show that not everything is gloomy in Pakistan. And there still really is hope and good people on individual level.. away from the dhotti's of politics. Its saddens me that our Pakistani youth and media know more about Meera's husband rather than guys like these which i will introduce in this section.

First up in the series is "Faraz Rakunuddin Khan". So, just to give a brief introduction:

• He is a graduate from Cornell University
• He runs his own open source consulting firm called Emergon Consulting
• He created an open source enterprise mangment software Zivios
• He is a member of OffRoadPakistan.com and thus a big car enthusiast
• He has made Pakistan's first electric car under the name of Elektra Automotive
  
  

And today rather than his other other accomplishments I am just gonna focus on his latest achievement... Pakistan's Electric Car than his news about a independetly made Electric car made in Pakistan which he called Elektra-1.

He modified an existing Mehran took out all the engine, mechanical clutch, filters, carburetor, spark plugs etc. and then custom fitted everything he needed to couple an electric motor and batteries to power the vehicle. And now the car is in fully working.

The advantages of shifting to electric powered vehicles have grown immensly in outside world as it is more environmental friendly. Currently Faraz has run tests on the car and the economy of running Elektra in Pakistan is : RS. 1 per KM. Interested? He is thinking of commercializing it for 5.5 lac per car.

And this is not the end for his work. Faraz has already start to work on his next Prototype which will be able to travel 160km on a single charge. Use local Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries for better economy. 70 HP motor. It will easily go up to speed of 110 km/h speed. Its efficiency will be attained by custom built dent proof fiber glass body with airconditioning and custom dashboard.

Lets see where his this endevaours take him. May Allah make up successful in this. Proud of you to be a Pakistani!