3. • Tata Motors Limited is an
Indian multinational automotive manufacturing company,
headquartered in Mumbai, India, which is part of the Tata Group
• Formerly known as Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company
(TELCO), the company was founded in 1945 as a manufacturer
of locomotives.
4. • The company manufactured its first commercial vehicle in 1954
• Becoming the first Indian manufacturer to achieve the capability of
developing a competitive indigenous automobile
• In 1998, Tata launched the first fully indigenous Indian passenger car,
the Indica
5. • Tata Motors acquired the South Korean truck manufacturer Daewoo
Commercial Vehicles Company in 2004
• in 2008 launched the Tata Nano, the world's most affordable car.
• Tata Motors has been the parent company of Jaguar & Land Rover
• Tata Motors has auto manufacturing and vehicle plants
in Jamshedpur, Pantnagar, Lucknow, Sanand, Dharwad, and Pune in India,
as well as in Argentina, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Thailand.
6. • It has research and development centres in Pune, Jamshedpur, Lucknow, Dharwad,
India and South Korea, the United Kingdom, and Spain
• The company is ranked 265th on the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's biggest
corporations as of 2019
• In 2004, Tata Motors acquired Daewoo's South Korea-based truck manufacturing
unit, Daewoo Commercial Vehicles Company, later renamed Tata Daewoo
• On 27 September 2004, Ratan Tata, the Chairman of Tata Motors, rang the opening
bell at the New York Stock Exchange to mark the listing of Tata Motors
7. • In 2006, Tata formed a joint venture with the Brazil-based
Marcopolo, Tata Marcopolo Bus, to manufacture fully built buses and
coaches
• In 2008, Tata Motors acquired the English car maker Jaguar Land
Rover, manufacturer of the Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford Motor
Company.
• In April 2022, Tata AVINYA Concept:A NEW PARADIGM OF
INNOVATION
8. • Tata Motors has unveiled electric versions of the Tata
Indica passenger car powered by TM4 electric motors and
inverters,as well as the Tata Ace commercial vehicle, both of which
run on lithium batteries which launched in 2022.
