VMD - Vehicle of Mass Destruction

mcadambi - 26-FEB-2009

Ratan Tata's Tata Motors plans to introduce Tata Nano on Indian Roads by March 2009. Bangalore has 4 million two-wheelers and 450,000 cars. According to the India Infrastructure Report 2006, a two wheeler occupies 10 times more road space than a bus, in terms of per capita road space utilisation.

The Real Price of Nano

asj - 14-NOV-2008

The Real Price of Nano -

The government has reportedly offered huge tax sops of over Rs 30,000 crore (Rs 300 billion) to Tata Motors for the Nano car project, according to the State Support Agreement (SSA) signed between Tata Motors and the Gujarat government on October 7, which was leaked to the media.

Tata Motors: The makers of Nano do not consider Road Safety their Priority

asj - 15-OCT-2008

Dear all,

I write after a long pause on this matter. After letting go off intial anger, I still wondered whether or not to blow the whistle (in a way) on Corporates that oft claim to be the Champions of people and society. Part of me perhaps was worried of becoming infamous for the wrong reasons, being mis-understood etc. 

Belgaum is Ideal for Nano Plant

belgaumblog - 5-OCT-2008

2,611 acres of land available at Vantamuri’Belgaum has good infrastructure, says Abhay Kumar Patil, MLA

Tata Motors can take a look at an “ideal site” in Belgaum before taking any decision on relocating its Nano car manufacturing plant said Mr.patil.

What if the Nano had to be built in Belgaum?

belgaumblog - 18-SEP-2008

Its breaking news on the business front that the Nano plant from singur will get shifted to Dharwad.

Tata Motors MD Ravi Kant met the Karnataka CM today and Tata Motors have confirmed that they are looking for alternatives to Singur to shift their Nano project.

The Karnataka Government has offered 1000 acres for the Nano car project and all “incentives and support. Tata Motors already has a manufacturing unit in Dharwad where it makes the low-floor Marco Polo buses.

A disaster awaiting Bengaluru

mcadambi - 23-JUL-2008

1000 of these disasters will be sold per day and imagine the untold destruction they will cause in Bengaluru!

http://www.livemint.com/2008/07/22000207/Tata-needs-to-sell-30000-Nano.html 

missing the point

murali772 - 21-JAN-2008

Last evening, I happened to watch the ‘Devil’s Advocate’ programme on CNN-IBN, where Karan Thapar was interviewing Sunita Narayan (of CSE). The subject of discussion was TATA motor’s NANO. And, contrary to the norm, both were generally agreed on many of the points that came up.

Tata small car - boon or curse?

asj - 10-JAN-2008

Is the Tata 1 lac car a curse or a boon? Some thoughts -

"Tata small car set to offer 25 kmpl mileage"!!

blrsri - 19-DEC-2007

KOLKATA: Ratan Tata and the Tata group have for months zealously kept a tight lid on the details of the Rs 1-lakh car that is slated to roll out of Tata Motors’ Singur factory in June 2008. But on Tuesday, the shroud came off in singular circumstances.

Nobel cause

murali772 - 8-DEC-2007

Dr Rajendra Pachauri, the Chairman of the Nobel Laureate, IPCC, when asked to comment on the TATA '1- lakh car' project, in the context of the adverse remarks made by the famed economist, Thomas Friedman (addressing a meeting of the Bangalore International Centre), expressed his wish that TATA's would simultaneously get into public bus transport services. And, TATA's being TATA's would be happy to do so, provided the government facilitated their entry.