Tata Motors

Reva: Electric Car's Future May Be In The Hands Of Small Indian Company

New York Times | VIKAS BAJAJ | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business


What is indisputable is that as the whole automotive world seems to be racing suddenly toward the age of electricity, the Reva Electric Car Company is...

Indian Companies Innovating On Products Aimed At The Poor

wsj.com | ERIC BELLMAN | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business


For the farmer who wants to save for the future, one Indian entrepreneur has developed what is, in effect, a $200 portable bank branch. For the villag...

Where's the Nano Americano?

Matthew DeBord | Posted 04.09.2009 | Green


Matthew DeBord

Being Americans, we long for high-tech silver bullet solutions to our sustainability problems, but the gas-burning Indian version, the Nano is a model of transport simplified.

Some Good -- and Fun -- Automotive News for the Holidaze

Steve Parker | Posted 01.24.2009 | Business


Steve Parker

Really wish there were better news to post about, but the auto industry is reeling worldwide, and there's no better example than Toyota.

Connecting the Dots on the Mumbai Attacks

Janet Ritz | Posted 01.07.2009 | World


Janet Ritz

There has been a great deal of reporting, speculation, finger pointing and denials on the Mumbai attacks, much of which has focused on trees (dots) in...

Tata Shall Lead Us

Matthew DeBord | Posted 12.05.2008 | Green


Matthew DeBord

India's Tata Motors represents a modern-day version of what Detroit could have become if it had begun to adjust its products to obviously impending future needs back in the 1970s.

Jaguar-Land Rover boss to PM Gordon Brown: Help!

Steve Parker | Posted 11.15.2008 | Business


Steve Parker

It was just this past May that Ford sold their prestigious Jaguar and Land Rover divisions to Indian carmaker Tata for USD$2.3 billion. And now, the b...

$50 Billion for the Detroit Three: Yea or Nay?

Steve Parker | Posted 09.27.2008 | Business


Steve Parker

Should Chrysler, or two of the car-makers or even all three go bust, then, this time, the American people will pay the price, both literally and figuratively.

Ford Sells Jaguar, Land Rover to Tata

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 04.02.2008 | Business


DETROIT — After spending billions of dollars on Jaguar and Land Rover, Ford Motor Co. gave up on the storied British automakers Wednesday and un...

Activists Burn "People's Car" In Effigy

CNet News | Jonathan Skillings | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Tata Motors is billing its tiny, ultracheap Nano as the "people's car," but some people would just as soon not see it get built--at least under curren...

India's Tata Motors Unveils $2,500 Car

AP | GAVIN RABINOWITZ | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


India's Tata Motors on Thursday unveiled its much anticipated $2,500 car, an ultra-cheap price tag that brings car ownership into the reach of tens of...

New Indian Car To Retail For Only $2,500

New York Times | ANAND GIRIDHARADAS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


What does it take to build the world's cheapest car? For Tata Motors of India, which will introduce its ultra-cheap car on Thursday, the better quest...

How To Build The World's Cheapest Car

New York Times | ANAND GIRIDHARADAS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


What does it take to build the world's cheapest car? For Tata Motors of India, which will introduce its ultra-cheap car on Thursday, the better quest...

India's Tata Picked As Top Bidder For Jaguar, Land Rover

AP | Tom Krisher | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Ford Motor Co. picked India's Tata Motors Ltd. as the top bidder for its Jaguar and Land Rover units, the Detroit automaker said Thursday. Ford has e...