Tata Motors will launch a diesel-powered version of its ultra-cheap Nano by the end of March 2014, its managing director said, hoping to kick-start demand for the model after years of disappointing sales.
Homegrown auto major Tata Motors on Wednesday unveiled a concept compact sports utility vehicle Nexon along with another concept car ConnectNext.
In the two-wheeler segment, Bajaj Auto reported 31 per cent jump in total sales at 357,883 units in February against 273,513 units in the same month last year.
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala has picked up a 1.29 per cent stake in Tata Motors. The September quarter shareholding pattern disclosed by the automaker showed Jhunjhunwala holding 40 million shares.
This is the third consecutive monthly slide.
Leading Indian public sector banks State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda and Syndicate Bank are close to committing a part of the $3 billion bridge loan that Tata Motors has to raise to finance the acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford.
Tata Motors may soon set up a car manufacturing unit in Egypt, North Africa. The car major is said to have held talks with an eight-member high-level delegation from Egypt.
Auto major Tata Motors has posted a 9.3 per cent increase in its net profit for the second quarter ended September
Indian car buyers care more about affordability than technology, keeping ICE vehicles dominant while hybrids emerge as the preferred transition option and EVs struggle in the mass market.
Top carmakers led by Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles and Kia India on Saturday reported record sales in the domestic market riding on festive demand boosted by GST rate cut. Other manufacturers such as Skoda Auto India and Toyota Kirloskar Motor also posted impressive growth in sales in October.
Government schemes such as the PM E-Drive initiative, with allocations of around Rs 2,000 crore for charging points deployment, are helping accelerate rollout
The company, which on Wednesday launched its compact sedan Zest in the NCR, priced between Rs 464,000 and Rs 699,000 (ex-showroom Delhi), is also working to upgrade its sales and service network.
The fiscal tilt towards capex benefits companies in investment-related sectors like capital goods, defence equipment, engineering & construction and metal & mining. The planned cut in revenue expenditure will weigh on companies in consumption sectors like FMCG, consumer durables and retail.
Tata Motors on Tuesday reported a massive 102-fold jump in its consolidated net profit for the quarter ended September 30 at Rs 2,222.99 crore (Rs 22.23 billion) on account of robust demand across categories.
In the two wheeler segment, TVS Motor Company reported a 24 per cent increase in total sales at 304,795 units in April.
Tata Motors on Thursday launched its new multi-purpose diesel vehicle 'Venture' in Rajathan.
Three additional vehicle makers and five more auto component makers will begin availing financial incentives under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for the automobile sector from 2026-27 (FY27) onwards, Hanif Qureshi, additional secretary at the Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI), said on Wednesday.
The country's largest auto maker, Tata Motors, is planning to invest about Rs 8,000 crore (Rs 80 billion) during the next three-four years as capital expenditure and product development.The money is likely to be spent on launching new models and scaling up its operations.
Unlikely to follow Pune model where a bifurcated package had a portion of pay linked to performance
The auto major had posted a profit of Rs 3,945.47 crore (Rs 39.45 billion) in the same period a year earlier.
Tata Motors, India's leading manufacturer of heavy and light automobiles, is planning to launch 20 new variants in coming two years
The broader NSE Nifty rose 47.50 points, or 0.43 per cent, to 11,105.35. During the day, it climbed a peak of 11,141.75 and touched a low of 11,049.50.
However, the IT firms will get some benefits, as software exports from their Chinese campuses will yield more in local currency
With demand continuing to be strong post the festive season, leading automakers, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra, saw robust growth in sales in November as compared to the same month last year. Maruti Suzuki India reported the best-ever total sales, including exports, last month at 229,021 units, a year-on-year growth of 26 per cent as compared to November last year.
Chinese blast has Tata Motors reporting Rs 430 cr net loss.
TAL Manufacturing Solutions expects its indigenously made affordable industrial robot, the Brabo, to boost the robotics vertical and contribute almost 40 per cent of its overall revenues in the next five years. Sohini Das reports.
Under another scheme of cumulative deposit plan, Tata Motors, which met with cold response from investors to its two separate rights issues last year to raise Rs 4,147 crore (Rs 41.47 billion) to partly fund its Jaguar and Land Rover deal, would offer 8.58 per cent interest on a minimum deposit of Rs 20,000 for two years and 9.88 per cent for three years.
Tata Motors Ltd's net profit zoomed to Rs 210.88 crore (Rs 2.11 billion) for the quarter ending December 31, 2003 as compared to Rs 75.71 crore (Rs 757 million) for the same period ending 2002.
Frankly, I never expected to be offroading in an electric vehicle, let alone an SUV of this calibre, raves Rajesh Karkera/Rediff after a test drive.
The workers, however, said there was no plan to join back as of now.
From the Sensex firms, Power Grid, Eternal, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Maruti and Bharat Electronics, were among the major laggards. However, Titan, Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Finance, Mahindra & Mahindra, and State Bank of India were the gainers.
Rising investment is eating into the luxury carmaker's cash pile.
The company will bring a couple of new models every year and admitted that lack of new products has hurt the company.
Tata Motors has posted a profit after tax of Rs 3162.10 million (Rs 316.2 crore) for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 as compared to Rs 2108.80 million (Rs 210.8 crore) in the quarter ended on December 31, 2003.
Its Board of Directors has recommended a dividend of Rs 2 per ordinary share.
There are many things we can do with the Nano. It is a canvas, says Managing Director Karl Slym.
The curious case is of Honda, which has moved up the pecking order while actually losing market share!
From the Sensex pack, HCL Tech, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Hindustan Unilever, Sun Pharma and Titan were among the biggest gainers. In contrast, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Maruti, Adani Ports and Bajaj Finance were among the laggards.
As battery prices drop, early customers of Tata Motors, which was the first mover in the passenger EV market, could feel let down.
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