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REPORT: Tata increases Nano production to keep up with strong demand

Tata Nano - Click above for high-res image gallery According to Autocar in the UK, Tata has a success story on its hands in the form of the diminutive Nano microcar, which is currently for sale in India and is the least expensive new automobile in the world. Says Rajiv Dube, head of Tata's passenger car business: In the last three months, we have been averaging about 2,500 Nano [sales] per month. We are gearing up for a higher number and we are ramping up our production capacity by 20 percent from this month. For those keeping track of such ... Read more →

Tata to send Nano to America? Jeremy Korzeniewski

Could an extremely inexpensive, minuscule little car like the Tata Nano actually sell in America, the land historically enamored with powerful V8 engines surrounded by as much sheet metal as ...

Tata Motors still working on electric and air-powered Nano models Jeremy Korzeniewski

Once again, Tata Motors has confirmed that it plans to launch diesel, electric and compressed air-powered versions of its diminutive Nano microcar. We think that's great, but it's hard to get too ...

Tata delays introduction of the diesel-powered Nano Sam Abuelsamid

The last-minute relocation of the factory to build the new Tata Nano has meant an overall delay to the program. On top of the that, the diesel version has been delayed even longer. Most recently, ...

Protests stopped at Tata Nano plant, future still uncertain Sebastian Blanco

Questions about the future of the Tata Nano - questions that flared up when the plant that was to build the world's cheapest car was put under siege recently - are starting to be answered, but only ...

Tata Motors' unveiles all-electric versions of the Ace and Indica 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Tata Motors has confirmed that the rumors of an all-electric Tata Ace and the all-electric Tata Indica are true. In an unveiling in India this past week, the company took the wraps off of two lithium-ion battery-powered EV prototypes based on the Ace work truck and the Indica sedan (pictured). As ...

Nano's future less clear thanks to plant siege 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click photo to enlarge With work halted at the factory that is to build the Tata Nano, the future of the world's cheapest car is uncertain. Well, we're still pretty certain that it will be built somewhere, but the details are much more hazy now that people in the West Bengal region have spoken out ...

Opposition siege could start at Tata Nano plant today 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

I never thought I'd be typing in the words "nano factory siege" into Google, but now I have. On the drive home last night, I heard a staticky report on BBC Radio about some sort of siege, starting today, at the plant that is supposed produce the world's smallest cheapest car. Since I didn't catch ...

Tata Nano to come in diesel, electric flavors 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click above for more images of the Tata Nano Those in emerging markets hoping to get their hands on the cheapest car in the world may soon have a few more option boxes to consider checking. Chairman Ratan Tata has said in the past that an electric-only version of the Tata Nano is likely, and now ...

Ratan Tata, Michael Boustridge join X Prize Foundation Board 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A month ago, Tata Motors announced they would be entering two vehicles in the Automotive X Prize. The company's involvement with the 100 mpge challenge has now deepened as Ratan Tata, the Chairman of Tata Sons (which owns Tata Motors, the maker of the Tata Nano, among other companies) has become a ...

VIDEO: Examining the design compromises in the Tata Nano 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the photo to watch the BBC video of the Nano engineers When you set out to produce a car at one-third the cost of anything else on the market, a lot things invariably need to be left behind. Creating a car like the Tata Nano requires taking a complete top down look at every system in the ...

Tata Motors joins the Automotive X Prize with two vehicles 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Buoyed by the response to the Tata Nano (i.e., the world's cheapest car), Tata Motors Limited is ready to make the move to green. The company announced today that it will compete in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize by entering two vehicles in the race. Well, Tata has signed a letter of ...

GM working on small car to challenge Tata Nano 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We told you recently about a car looking very much like last year's Chevy Beat concept being spotted testing in China. We still don't know if that car was actually a GM prototype or copy from one of the countless Chinese automakers who have no qualms about using the design departments of other, ...

Land Rover's CO2 challenge as a part of Tata Motors 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Yesterday's big news that Land Rover and Jaguar were sold to Tata Motors give us a chance to talk Land Rover in terms of CO2 emissions. Jaguar we'll just ignore for now, because Land Rover is a much more interesting case. We've ooohed and aaahed at the nice LRX concept, which would emit just 120 ...

Geneva '08 Preview: 78 MPG Nano hits Europe within four years 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We got our first official look at Tata's Nano in January (and a very good unofficial look in December). Tata's Nano will make its international debut at this year's Geneva Motor Show but when will it go on sale in Europe? According to reports, Europe may have to wait up to four years for the cars ...

Videos: Ratan Tata, Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, Mitt Romney 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We told you there are concerns Tata Motor's Nano will drive up oil prices. What does Tata chairman Ratan Tata think about this? In the first video below the fold, Ratan laughs it off. We told you Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, former Shell chairman said low MPG cars should be banned. Want to see Mark say ...

Videos: Ratan Tata responds to ctiticisms of the Nano's safety, emissions 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In the video above, Ratan Tata, chairman of the Tata Motors, responds to critics who say the Nano is not safe and pollutes. Here's what he said yesterday: Let me assure you and also assure our critics that the car we have designed and that we will be presenting to you today will indeed meet all the ...

VIDEO: Live reveal of the $2,500 Tata Nano 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click above to view more images of the Tata Nano Tata Motors company chairman Ratan Tata officially revealed the new $2,500 Nano Thursday in New Delhi. The tiny four seat Nano will initially be offered in India later this year, but it won't be exclusive to its home market. We won't be seeing the ...

Here's the $2,500 Tata Nano, the Indian peoples car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The low-cost Indian "peoples car" has finally been shown in public for the first time at the New Delhi Auto Expo. Developed by Tata Motors to a target price of $2,500, the four seater has a 624cc gasoline engine mounted under the rear seat and is called the Nano. There has been a lot concern that ...

Tata might join automakers with a green car plant in Thailand 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Thailand has been steadily luring automakers with all sorts of economic sweetners to build plants that make eco-vehicles in the country, and the offers have been working (see links below). Tata Motors is the latest to sign up for some free money and, according to Reuters, has submitted an ...

Air Car's first manufacturing plant will be located in Melbourne, cars sold in Australia next year 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Guy Negre and Louis Arnoux of MDI-Energy, the company behind the air car, are in Melbourne, Australia, demonstrating the air car technology to government and potential investors as part of a five year, $1.5 B plan to make and sell the cars in Australia, according to the Age. The first plant will be ...

Tata to unveil India's first fuel cell car in 2008 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Tata Motors is teaming up with the Indian Space Research Organization to produce the country's first fuel cell car early in 2008. With an estimated ten percent of Indians already suffering from respiratory diseases like asthma, air pollution desperately needs to be addressed. With Tata still ...

Tata claims $2,500 car will be the cleanest in India 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

India's Tata Motors wants to build the Model T for the 21st century with a $2,500 "peoples" car (or, we could call it the Volks Car, or something). The problem is that even with a nascent private auto market, Indian cities already have major traffic and increasing pollution problems. In spite of ...

John McElroy on Autoblog: Small cars get big 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The topic of cheap cars has come up on our pages before, and John McElroy has shared his thoughts on the topic over at Autoblog. It looks like John will be contributing over at our sister site on a somewhat regular basis, this is his first posting. McElroy is the host of Autoline Detroit which you ...


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