Tata Motors and Fiat issued a statement today stating that the two companies are re-aligning their Indian joint-venture. The release specifically states that Tata and Fiat will continue manufacturing engines and cars at the Ranjagaon facility in Maharashtra.
A new agreement has been formed on the distribution and commercial section of the joint venture. Fiat cars will be sold through a new Fiat dealer network and Fiat will establish a new company that will be responsible for commercial and service related activities. It is not the task of the dedicated team from Tata Motors any longer.
It has emerged that Tata Motors is working with battery supplier A123Systems for a range of future vehicles. A report on thegreencarwebsite.co.uk says Tata’s on the verge of taking its hybrid electric ambitions to a new level through forging this relationship.
A scalable battery pack is supplied by A123Systems which Tata can use on multiple architectures. A city transit bus is likely to be the first product of the partnership followed by light commercial vehicles and perhaps passenger cars.
The lithium iron phosphate battery packs offers high power capabilities, increased levels of usable energy over a wide range, as well as excellent safety coupled to long cycle and calendar life.
The car which started it’s journey as the world’s cheapest car was engulfed not only by political and environmental controversies, but by fires and smoke. In these three years, Tata’s Nano has profited the company, less through sales but more through the publicity or the attention it has given the company worldwide.
Yet again, the Tata Nano is making news as the engineers and researchers in Pune, Lucknow and Jamshedpur are working on making some car parts out of the non-inflammable and non-toxic yet biodegradable cornstarch.
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Tata Motors has indeed proved to be the ‘Knight in Shining Armor’ for the damsel in distress Jaguar-Land Rover. Back in 2008, when Tata Motors agreed purchase the British marquee from Ford, dark clouds surrounded the future of Jaguar-Land Rover. However within 3 years, Tata Motors managed to spin it off as a profit making entity.
Tata Motors has now announced that it will double the capital expenditure and product development. In the last six years, Jaguar Land Rover has spent around 700 to 800 million pounds annually on research. This figure will be boosted to 1.5 billion pounds each year.
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From trucks used in mining fields to the small hatchbacks reserved for city use, Tata Motors owns a big share in the automotive market of India thanks to its popularity, cost-conscious products and its widely spread service network.
Although most of its personal segment products land into the taxi market, certain products like the Nano and Manza are strictly for personal use.
Even if Tata’s commercial vehicles story began decades back in neighboring Nepal, the Nano’s launch made the biggest splash. Nepal was among the first export markets for the Nano.
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Curtains have fallen on the Delhi Auto Expo but we sure aren’t done talking about all the interesting displays. Case in point is the three-cylinder DICOR engine shown at the Tata Motors pavilion. The company has not shared data on its underpinnings which is why we believe its a 1.4-liter (from the Indica eV2) with one deleted cylinder.
The new engine belts out 65PS of power and 140Nm of torque. The Manza hybrid concept vehicle standing next to it hides one under its bonnet.
Tata Nano will have its own two-cylinder sub-1 liter diesel engine and the Vista is unlikely to nix its well-refined 1.3-liter Fiat unit for this three-cylinder. That brings us to the question – For application in which production vehicle was this engine designed for? Surely it can’t hold on until the Manza hybrid is ready to head out to dealerships.
Is it for a future product that replaces the Indica eV2 or sits right between the Nano and the eV2? Or is Tata about to pull off a 30kmpl on the eV2 with the help of this downsized motor?
What do you think?
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Way back in 2008, Tata Motors bought the iconic British marquee Jaguar-LandRover for 2.3 billion dollars and then managed to turn things around in less than three years. The Indo-Brit partnership is now ready to take things on the next level. In the company’s 66th annual report, 2010-11, Mr Ratan Tata announced that Tata Motors Ltd and Jaguar Land Rover will jointly develop engines in the future.
The idea of this co development program is to optimize the synergetic strengths between JLR and Tata Motors in India and United Kingdom. As JLR currently gets their engines from Ford, this will be the next step of back-end integration for it and the Indian owner. It will help in cutting costs on manufacturing the vehicles and making them cheaper for price-sensitive markets such as India.
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It’s not the first time we’re hearing about auto manufacturers reaching out to Gujarat for putting up a plant. We’ve heard stories about Hyundai and Ford’ interest in investing in Gujarat last year. Tata Motors produces Nano from Sanand while GM India rolls out vehicles from Halol, both places situated in Gujarat. The new company to join the Modi-led Gujarat bandwagon is Maruti Suzuki. DNA Money reports that a delegation [ Read More ]
Tata Motors and Fiat issued a statement today stating that the two companies are re-aligning their Indian joint-venture. The release specifically states that Tata and Fiat will continue manufacturing engines and cars at the Ranjagaon facility in Maharashtra.
