Tata Motors aims to boost EV business with ex-Nissan EV specialist
To accelerate the growth of its EV business, Tata Motors hired Mitsuhiko Yamashita this year. The company gave him a larger role just weeks after hiring him.
To accelerate the growth of its EV business, Tata Motors hired Mitsuhiko Yamashita this year. The company gave him a larger role just weeks after hiring him.
Indian government’s think tank NITI Aayog has proposed to offer $4.6 billion (INR 33,650 crore) incentives by 2030 to the companies for setting up advanced battery manufacturing plans in the country to promote local manufacturing of EV batteries and e-mobility.
Tata Power will establish a wide charging network that will make owning Tata electric cars like Nexon EV and Altroz EV easier and more practical.
Buoyed by the strong demand for the Tata Nexon EV, Tata Motors expects the electric variant of its cars to account for up to 10% of their sales in some segments.
Update – Tata Motors’ Pratap Bose has shared a rare image of an early clay mockup of the Tata Altroz project at the UK Design studio, one of the designs that did not make it to production.
Tata Motors is on a product offensive with EVs and wants to be the leader in the EV market, with the company targeting both fleet and private customers.
Tata Motors will have no competitors for the Ziptron-powered Altroz electric in the foreseeable future (given it launches the model by the end of 2020).
Tata Motors’ third electric car is defined – the Tata Altroz electric hatchback – and it will release in 2020. ETAuto has reported that the company will introduce the Altroz EV to customers who are different to the Nexon electric. The company is designing vehicles that are differentiated …