Tata Nano

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...

Is Chrome OS a "Disruptive Innovation?"

Scott Anthony | Posted 08.13.2009 | Media


Scott Anthony

Pundits quickly termed Google's Chrome OS "classic disruptive innovation" that promised to up-end historic market leader Microsoft. Do the pundits have it right?

Tata Hopes to Introduce $2,300 Compact Car in U.S. in Two Years

Jane Levere | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business


Jane Levere

Watch out Ford, Chrysler and GM: You could soon have another foreign car manufacturer invading your market.

Brazil's Earth Day Present: A Sustainable Energy Policy

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.22.2009 | Green


Eric Ehrmann

Brazil's sustainable energy dividend is the result of generations of trust and cooperation between a strong federal government, parastatal companies and global businesses who have developed the knack of working with them.

"Green cars" - Latest Automotive Marketing Scam

Steve Parker | Posted 05.19.2009 | Green


Steve Parker

The numbers may tell one story, but because cars are still all about emotion, fun, sex and fashion, there's a large audience you'd have a hard time convincing that the Prius is "better" than the Mini.

Tata's $2,000 Nano Sedan Comes With Its Own Heavy Baggage

Steve Parker | Posted 04.24.2009 | World


Steve Parker

Tata and Nano have become poster children for nameless government bureaucracy and corporate arrogance.

Tata Nano: Tiny, Cheap Car Launches This Week

AP | ERIKA KINETZ | Posted 04.23.2009 | Green


MUMBAI, India — Tata Motors said it will launch its ultra-cheap Nano car in Mumbai on Monday _ a vehicle meant to herald a revolution by making ...

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.

$20 Laptop To Be Introduced By India

Financial Times | James Lamont | Posted 03.05.2009 | Business


India is planning to produce a laptop computer for the knockdown price of about $20 (16, 14), having come up with the Tata Nano, the world's cheapest ...

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.

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...