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Aug 21 (Reuters) - India's Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles TAMO.NS will raise prices of cars and SUVs across its portfolio by up to 25,000 rupees ($261.23) from September 1, the car maker said on Friday, citing rising input and commodity costs amid continued geopolitical uncertainty.

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(Reporting by Kashish Tandon in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich)

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Aug 19 (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor India HYUN.NS said on Wednesday it will increase vehicle prices by up to 1% across its portfolio from September this year, with the extent of the hike varying by model and variant.

Here are the details:

• The company attributed the increase to rising input and commodity costs, higher operational expenses, and continuing geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainties

• Hyundai said it has been attempting to absorb cost increases and optimize expenses but is now passing on part of the burden to customers through a marginal price revision

• The latest increase marks Hyundai's third price hike announcement of 2026. The automaker raised prices by 0.6% from January 1 and in April announced a further increase of up to 1% effective May. That increase was later implemented from June 1, with prices rising by up to 12,800 rupees ($133.68) depending on the model and variant

• India's automakers have increasingly raised prices this year as cost pressures persist. Maruti Suzuki MRTI.NS has announced two portfolio-wide price increases in recent months, while Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles TAMO.NS has also raised prices

• Automakers have pointed to inflationary pressures, higher commodity prices, elevated operating costs and disruptions to global trade routes and energy markets stemming from geopolitical tensions as factors weighing on costs.

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Aug 14 (Reuters) - Shares of Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles TAMO.NS fell 4.8% to 332.1 rupees on Friday after the company's luxury unit, Jaguar Land Rover, reported lower quarterly volumes and high margin pressure, driving an 80% drop in quarterly net profit and weighing on investor sentiment.

(Reporting by Saikeerthi in Bengaluru; Editing by Harikrishnan Nair)

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Aug 13 (Reuters) - Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd TAMO.NS:

• Q1 CONSOL NET PROFIT 7.75 BILLION RUPEES

• Q1 CONSOL TOTAL REV FROM OPS 957.99 BLN RUPEES; IBES EST. 934.28 BLN RUPEES

• RESILIENT START TO YEAR, SUPPLY CHAIN HEADWINDS, COMMODITY PRESSURES PERSIST

• IMPLICATIONS FROM GLOBAL GEOPOLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS, LUXURY SEGMENT TRENDS KEY MONITORABLES

• TATA MOTORS PV - ON DOMESTIC FRONT, WHILE COMMODITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ELEVATED, DEMAND REMAINS HEALTHY WITH RISING EV PENETRATION

• TATA MOTORS PV - BUSINESS WILL FOCUS ON REVENUE GROWTH WHILST REMAINING PRUDENT WITH INCREASED FOCUS ON COST REDUCTIONS AND CALIBRATED PRICE ACTIONS

• TATA MOTORS PASSENGER VEHICLES ON JLR - VOLUMES WERE IMPACTED BY TEMPORARY SUPPLY CONSTRAINTS

• TATA MOTORS PV ON PV - WHILE SUPPLY CONSTRAINTS AFFECTED SIERRA VOLUMES DURING QUARTER, INTEREST REMAINS STRONG

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Aug 12 (Reuters) - Tata Sons TATO.NS:

• TATA SONS CHAIRMAN CHANDRASHEKARAN RESIGNS - SOURCE

• N CHANDRASEKARAN WILL COMPLETE HIS TERM AS TATA SONS CHAIRMAN - SOURCE

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Aug 6 (Reuters) - Sales of vehicles powered by alternative fuels came within "striking distance" of petrol-powered vehicles in July, India's auto dealers' body said on Thursday, as fuel policy changes and high prices following the Iran war accelerated consumers' shift towards cleaner mobility options.

Alternative-fuel passenger vehicles, including CNG, hybrid and electric models, accounted for 40.59% of total sales in July, just 1.09 percentage points behind petrol-powered vehicles at 41.68%, the body said.

(Reporting by Kashish Tandon in Bengaluru; Editing by Sonia Cheema)

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NEW DELHI, Aug 5 (Reuters) - India's auto industry said it would revamp numbers furnished to the government as it withdrew its first warning of damage to vehicle parts caused by contaminated ethanol-blended fuel, stoking consumer anger over the contentious policy.

Tuesday's move came hours after media reported the group's warning, sparking public uproar and forcing the petroleum ministry to issue a clarification.

"The referred numbers reported in the media need authentication," the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers said in a statement, "... and therefore SIAM is withdrawing its earlier communication."

SIAM, which sent its warning on July 28, and the recipient, India's petroleum ministry, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

With their letter, seen by Reuters, India's automakers accept for the first time issues stemming from a mandatory policy that sparked street protests, legal cases and consumer anger after the government rolled it out at 90,000 fuel pumps.

The lobby group did not deny the issue of contamination in its statement, but said some numbers quoted "need authentication through collection of elaborate data ... across the country followed by a comprehensive consultation".

The group, whose members include Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Toyota Motor Corp and Mercedes Benz, did not say when the efforts would be completed, however.

QUESTIONS FROM VEHICLE OWNERS

Vehicle owners are at best sceptical about the U-turn.

"​Did the science change overnight, or did the ministry call?" Nachiket Deshpande, one of dozens of angry social media users, asked on X.

The policy of blending 20% ethanol in petrol to yield a product called E20 replaced E10 nationwide in 2025.

That was well ahead of a 2030 deadline as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government sought to cut costly petroleum imports, although E20-compliant cars had only begun hitting the roads in 2023.

The rollout provoked uproar instead among consumers who blame the fuel for mileage drops and vehicle damage, with many demanding a choice of lower ethanol blends, particularly for vehicles that cannot use E20.

The government sought to soothe the concerns with press statements and social media campaigns, drafting in executives from leading carmakers such as Maruti and Hyundai to defend the roll-out at a July press conference.

WARNINGS OF CORROSION OR WEAR

In its missive to the ministry, the group warned of elevated chloride and moisture levels in E20 fuel sold at retail outlets nationwide.

"Members are observing a huge increase in the issues in customer vehicle parts and replacement. Investigations ... reveal the failure is due to corrosion or wear caused by high chloride presence which is traced to the fuel used," it said.

Car parts in direct contact with the fuel or engine emissions suffered the most, "specifically after E20 implementation", it added.

It also flagged high moisture levels in the fuel that it said could immobilise the vehicle immediately after fuelling, calling on the ministry for tougher quality checks against contamination.

Fuel quality is monitored on a regular basis by oil marketing companies and only two cases of chloride contamination were found in a sample of 2,000 tests, the ministry had said on social media on Tuesday.

Speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity on Wednesday, a senior government official called the fuel concerns a "misinformation campaign" against E20, playing out mainly on social media with no real evidence in cars on the road.

(Reporting by Aditi Shah, Arpan Chaturvedi and Sarita Chaganti Singh; Additional reporting by Aditya Kalra; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)

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July 27 (Reuters) - Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles TAMO.NS said on Monday that flooding from heavy rainfall in western India has temporarily disrupted operations at its Sanand plant in Gujarat.

The company said it expects production to resume at the plant, which manufactures Tiago, Tigor, Nexon and Sierra vehicles, over the next few days.

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An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Maruti Suzuki is selling fewer cars. It sold 1.82 million units in India in the latest fiscal year, up from a pre-COVID high of 1.73 million.

By Aditi Shah

NEW DELHI, July 20 (Reuters) - For some 40 years, Suzuki cars dominated India's roads.

The Japanese company's relentless focus on keeping prices and running costs low put millions of people behind the wheel. Hatchbacks made by its Indian arm Maruti Suzuki commanded between half and four-fifths of the country's new car sales in recent decades.

But as Indians got richer, they gravitated to bigger and flashier rides – and the automaker's emphasis on affordability started to become a drag. Maruti Suzuki's share of the world's third-largest autos market now lingers at around 39%, near an all-time low.

Suzuki's struggles reflect how cost-sensitive managers in Japan were slow to adapt to the changing tastes of newly affluent Indians, four people familiar with its business told Reuters. Executives, the people said, for years felt that demand for sunroofs, advanced technology and SUVs hadn't trumped questions of affordability for Indians.

Reuters is reporting for the first time details about the deliberations between Indian and Japanese executives at Suzuki as they struggled to pivot beyond a long-successful strategy that emphasized value before almost everything else.

Maruti Suzuki managers first floated the idea of adding sunroofs about a decade ago, the people said. But Japanese bosses considered the feature – which has become a symbol of upward mobility in India – impractical given India's extreme heat and dusty roads. They worried that adding a more powerful air conditioning unit and strengthening the cabin to accommodate the panel would increase costs and distract from Suzuki's mission of providing affordable transport.

The carmaker didn't introduce sunroofs until 2022. By then, fast-growing domestic rivals Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra — which both currently have a market share of around 14% — had sunroofs as standard features on between a quarter and a third of their cars sold in India, according to data from auto research firm JATO Dynamics.

This account of the missteps that eroded Suzuki's iron grip on India and its subsequent efforts to woo customers back is based on interviews with more than 20 people, including executives, suppliers and others with direct knowledge of the automaker and its Indian business. Most spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to talk to the media.

Maruti's head of corporate affairs, Rahul Bharti, said in an interview that Japanese managers were not reluctant to embrace the changing tastes of local customers. Instead, he said, they had prioritized factors such as cost and climate, as well as emissions and safety considerations.

Indian and Japanese executives engage in "extensive" talks before introducing products and new features, Bharti said. Maruti's market share had declined recently because of a collapse in demand for small cars, the automaker's slow rollout of SUVs and its 2020 decision to stop selling diesel cars, he added.

While it is committed to building affordable and compact models, Suzuki has now directed local managers to "pay more attention to the Indian customer," Bharti said.

Tata and Mahindra did not return requests for comment.

To be sure, Maruti Suzuki still runs a lucrative business in India. Revenue has more than doubled over the last five years to $19 billion and profit tripled to $1.5 billion as margins improved. About 60% of the 3.3 million cars Suzuki sold in the last financial year were in India, and Maruti contributed nearly half of its profits.

But while it is making more money, the company has fallen short of chief executive Toshihiro Suzuki's goal of owning half the market.

Maruti Suzuki also risks being seen by younger drivers as a "brand for their parents or grandparents," said Toshihide Kinoshita, an automotive analyst at Nomura Securities.

In India, the typical buyer of a new car is in their mid-30s. The average age in the United States is 51, according to data from Cox Automotive.

THE PEOPLE'S CAR

Japanese car manufacturers increasingly see India, the world's fastest-growing major economy, as a lifeline.

Many face an existential threat in traditional strongholds like Southeast Asia from the low costs and fast-paced innovation of Chinese rivals. They are also being squeezed by tariffs in the United States and slow growth at home as Japan's population shrinks.

Chinese EV makers, however, are largely shut out of India, which has increased scrutiny of investments from China after a deadly border clash between the two countries in 2020. Japanese carmakers sense the opportunity: Toyota and Suzuki have announced plans to spend a cumulative $11 billion to expand manufacturing and other operations in India by 2030.

Maruti Suzuki is now a symbol of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's push to turn India into a global manufacturing hub.

Suzuki first invested in Maruti in the early 1980s when the Indian brand was state-owned. Then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi wanted to provide a "people's car" to fulfill the dream of her late son Sanjay, an autos enthusiast who had sought to bring affordable mobility to the middle class.

The Maruti 800 arrived in 1983. It was priced at around $9,000 in inflation-adjusted dollars and became synonymous with India's modernization. Over three decades, Maruti sold nearly 3 million of the small hatchbacks. Such was the scale of Suzuki's dominance in India that its former CEO Osamu Suzuki said he aimed to keep a 50% market share "for eternity."

India's economy has grown some 18-fold since Suzuki entered the market. Yet Suzuki's cost-control culture meant managers initially faced resistance when they lobbied to offer advanced driver assistance systems that Mahindra introduced around 2021, some four years before Maruti, three people said.

For many buyers, the modernity and aspiration that Maruti once represented is found in Tata and Mahindra's feature-laden SUVs, rather than Maruti's workaday models. Maruti does not have "the bells and whistles" that customers now want, said JATO Dynamics president Ravi Bhatia.

One erstwhile loyalist looking elsewhere is Anil Tiwari, who is seeking a car to supplement his family's 17-year-old Maruti Alto hatchback. The insurance agent has narrowed his choices down to a Mahindra or Toyota SUV after his wife and children demanded a sunroof and a large infotainment display, among other technologies.

"My wife and children want the best," he said.

FIGHTBACK?

Maruti has been here before. Its market share dipped below 40% in 2011, though newer models and an expanded sales network helped it recover.

This time, competition is fiercer. Better equipped rivals and the fall in market share mean Suzuki now faces its toughest situation in India "in the last 40 years," chief executive Suzuki told reporters at the Tokyo auto show last year.

In an attempt to regain dominance, Suzuki is expanding R&D teams at Maruti and giving executives flexibility to make more decisions locally, five people told Reuters. It aims to cut the average product development time to 36 months from 48 months, four sources added.

Maruti has also built more car-testing labs in India to speed up design and execution, Bharti told Reuters.

Maruti has introduced pricier and more design-forward cars, including a three-row minivan that starts at about $25,000. It plans seven more SUVs by 2030, which will join a recently released model that has a sunroof and advanced driver assistance systems.

The brand is also reversing its decision not to use large display screens in some vehicles, according to three sources, who said Japanese executives had felt they would be a distraction for drivers.

Bharti confirmed that Maruti and Suzuki executives had discussed those concerns. Large displays and similar features are always "on the cards," he said, though the company continues to weigh customer demand against the realities of Indian driving conditions.

One open question is whether Maruti's more expensive cars will sell. The brand's association with affordability means Indians willing to spend more usually don't consider Maruti, six people told Reuters. Less than 3% of Maruti's sales come from cars priced above $15,500, compared with over 21% for the rest of the industry, according to JATO Dynamics.

That perception is shaping the choice for buyers like Deepanshu Singhal, a sales executive who plans to upgrade to a Mahindra or Toyota SUV from the Maruti Dzire sedan he has driven for seven years.

"I'd rather spend a little more money for a better car that has some freshness and newness," he said.

(Reporting by Aditi Shah; Additional reporting by Daniel Leussink in Tokyo, Saurabh Sharma in New Delhi, Sumit Khanna in Ahmedabad and Jatindra Dash in Bhubaneswar; Editing by David Dolan and Katerina Ang)

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July 21 (Reuters) - India's top carmaker Maruti Suzuki MRTI.NS said on Tuesday it would increase vehicle prices by up to 30,000 rupees ($311.74) from August, its second portfolio-wide hike in about two months, citing sustained cost pressures.

Here are more details:

• The automaker had earlier announced a similar price hike of 30,000 rupees from June, while offering price protection to some entry-level cars

• The renewed Middle East conflict has disrupted global trade routes and energy markets, driving up prices of key inputs and pressing companies to pass on higher costs to customers

• With inflationary pressures now at elevated levels and the adverse cost environment persisting, the company has to pass on a portion of the increased costs to the market, Maruti said in a statement

• Company joins peer Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles TAMO.NS, which has also raised prices twice while Mahindra & Mahindra MAHM.NS and Hyundai Motor India HYUN.NS have raised once each

• Shares closed 0.6% higher at 13,597 rupees reversing course from earlier in the day

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(Reporting by Urvi Dugar in Bengaluru; Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee)

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NEW DELHI, July 20 (Reuters) - For some 40 years, Suzuki cars dominated India's roads.

The Japanese company's relentless focus on keeping prices and running costs low put millions of people behind the wheel. Hatchbacks made by its Indian arm Maruti Suzuki commanded between half and four-fifths of the country's new car sales in recent decades.

But as Indians got richer, they gravitated to bigger and flashier rides – and the automaker's emphasis on affordability started to become a drag. Maruti Suzuki's share of the world's third-largest autos market now lingers at around 39%, near an all-time low.

Suzuki's struggles reflect how cost-sensitive managers in Japan were slow to adapt to the changing tastes of newly affluent Indians, four people familiar with its business told Reuters. Executives, the people said, for years felt that demand for sunroofs, advanced technology and SUVs hadn't trumped questions of affordability for Indians.

Reuters is reporting for the first time details about the deliberations between Indian and Japanese executives at Suzuki as they struggled to pivot beyond a long-successful strategy that emphasized value before almost everything else.

Maruti Suzuki managers first floated the idea of adding sunroofs about a decade ago, the people said. But Japanese bosses considered the feature – which has become a symbol of upward mobility in India – impractical given India's extreme heat and dusty roads. They worried that adding a more powerful air conditioning unit and strengthening the cabin to accommodate the panel would increase costs and distract from Suzuki's mission of providing affordable transport.

The carmaker didn't introduce sunroofs until 2022. By then, fast-growing domestic rivals Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra — which both currently have a market share of around 14% — had sunroofs as standard features on between a quarter and a third of their cars sold in India, according to data from auto research firm JATO Dynamics.

This account of the missteps that eroded Suzuki's iron grip on India and its subsequent efforts to woo customers back is based on interviews with more than 20 people, including executives, suppliers and others with direct knowledge of the automaker and its Indian business. Most spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to talk to the media.

Maruti's head of corporate affairs, Rahul Bharti, said in an interview that Japanese managers were not reluctant to embrace the changing tastes of local customers. Instead, he said, they had prioritized factors such as cost and climate, as well as emissions and safety considerations.

Indian and Japanese executives engage in "extensive" talks before introducing products and new features, Bharti said. Maruti's market share had declined recently because of a collapse in demand for small cars, the automaker's slow rollout of SUVs and its 2020 decision to stop selling diesel cars, he added.

While it is committed to building affordable and compact models, Suzuki has now directed local managers to "pay more attention to the Indian customer," Bharti said.

Tata and Mahindra did not return requests for comment.

To be sure, Maruti Suzuki still runs a lucrative business in India. Revenue has more than doubled over the last five years to $19 billion and profit tripled to $1.5 billion as margins improved. About 60% of the 3.3 million cars Suzuki sold in the last financial year were in India, and Maruti contributed nearly half of its profits.

But while it is making more money from selling fewer cars, the company has fallen short of chief executive Toshihiro Suzuki's goal of owning half the market.

Maruti Suzuki also risks being seen by younger drivers as a "brand for their parents or grandparents," said Toshihide Kinoshita, an automotive analyst at Nomura Securities.

In India, the typical buyer of a new car is in their mid-30s. The average age in the United States is 51, according to data from Cox Automotive.

THE PEOPLE'S CAR

Japanese car manufacturers increasingly see India, the world's fastest-growing major economy, as a lifeline.

Many face an existential threat in traditional strongholds like Southeast Asia from the low costs and fast-paced innovation of Chinese rivals. They are also being squeezed by tariffs in the United States and slow growth at home as Japan's population shrinks.

Chinese EV makers, however, are largely shut out of India, which has increased scrutiny of investments from China after a deadly border clash between the two countries in 2020. Japanese carmakers sense the opportunity: Toyota and Suzuki have announced plans to spend a cumulative $11 billion to expand manufacturing and other operations in India by 2030.

Maruti Suzuki is now a symbol of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's push to turn India into a global manufacturing hub.

Suzuki first invested in Maruti in the early 1980s when the Indian brand was state-owned. Then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi wanted to provide a "people's car" to fulfill the dream of her late son Sanjay, an autos enthusiast who had sought to bring affordable mobility to the middle class.

The Maruti 800 arrived in 1983. It was priced at around $9,000 in inflation-adjusted dollars and became synonymous with India's modernization. Over three decades, Maruti sold nearly 3 million of the small hatchbacks. Such was the scale of Suzuki's dominance in India that its former CEO Osamu Suzuki said he aimed to keep a 50% market share "for eternity."

India's economy has grown some 18-fold since Suzuki entered the market. Yet Suzuki's cost-control culture meant managers initially faced resistance when they lobbied to offer advanced driver assistance systems that Mahindra introduced around 2021, some four years before Maruti, three people said.

For many buyers, the modernity and aspiration that Maruti once represented is found in Tata and Mahindra's feature-laden SUVs, rather than Maruti's workaday models. Maruti does not have "the bells and whistles" that customers now want, said JATO Dynamics president Ravi Bhatia.

One erstwhile loyalist looking elsewhere is Anil Tiwari, who is seeking a car to supplement his family's 17-year-old Maruti Alto hatchback. The insurance agent has narrowed his choices down to a Mahindra or Toyota SUV after his wife and children demanded a sunroof and a large infotainment display, among other technologies.

"My wife and children want the best," he said.

FIGHTBACK?

Maruti has been here before. Its market share dipped below 40% in 2011, though newer models and an expanded sales network helped it recover.

This time, competition is fiercer. Better equipped rivals and the fall in market share mean Suzuki now faces its toughest situation in India "in the last 40 years," chief executive Suzuki told reporters at the Tokyo auto show last year.

In an attempt to regain dominance, Suzuki is expanding R&D teams at Maruti and giving executives flexibility to make more decisions locally, five people told Reuters. It aims to cut the average product development time to 36 months from 48 months, four sources added.

Maruti has also built more car-testing labs in India to speed up design and execution, Bharti told Reuters.

Maruti has introduced pricier and more design-forward cars, including a three-row minivan that starts at about $25,000. It plans seven more SUVs by 2030, which will join a recently released model that has a sunroof and advanced driver assistance systems.

The brand is also reversing its decision not to use large display screens in some vehicles, according to three sources, who said Japanese executives had felt they would be a distraction for drivers.

Bharti confirmed that Maruti and Suzuki executives had discussed those concerns. Large displays and similar features are always "on the cards," he said, though the company continues to weigh customer demand against the realities of Indian driving conditions.

One open question is whether Maruti's more expensive cars will sell. The brand's association with affordability means Indians willing to spend more usually don't consider Maruti, six people told Reuters. Less than 3% of Maruti's sales come from cars priced above $15,500, compared with over 21% for the rest of the industry, according to JATO Dynamics.

That perception is shaping the choice for buyers like Deepanshu Singhal, a sales executive who plans to upgrade to a Mahindra or Toyota SUV from the Maruti Dzire sedan he has driven for seven years.

"I'd rather spend a little more money for a better car that has some freshness and newness," he said.

(Reporting by Aditi Shah; Additional reporting by Daniel Leussink in Tokyo, Saurabh Sharma in New Delhi, Sumit Khanna in Ahmedabad and Jatindra Dash in Bhubaneswar; Editing by David Dolan and Katerina Ang)

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BENGALURU, July 17 (Reuters) - Indian engineering research and development firm Tata Technologies TATE.NS reported a 6.1% rise in first-quarter profit on Friday, on a boost from its services segment.

• Tata Technologies, which provides engineering, product design and manufacturing digitalisation services to automotive, aerospace and industrial machinery clients, counts JLR and Tata Motors TATM.NS among its largest clients

• The Tata group company's profit rose to 1.81 billion ​rupees ($18.8 million) for the quarter ⁠ended June 30, from 1.70 billion ​rupees a year earlier

• Revenue jumped 34% to 16.65 billion rupees

• The company retained its double-digit organic revenue growth for fiscal year 2027 on the back of investments in AI, operational efficiency, and continued portfolio diversification, CEO Warren Harris said in a statement

• Engineering research and development firms, which largely depend on orders from the U.S. and Europe, have been under pressure due to slowing adoption of EVs and clients cutting back on spending amid geopolitical tensions

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(Reporting by Sai Ishwarbharath B in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala)

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July 15 (Reuters) -

• INDIA AUTO INDUSTRY BODY SIAM - INDIA'S JUNE TOTAL DOMESTIC PASSENGER VEHICLE SALES 3,88,144 UNITS

• SIAM - INDIA'S JUNE 2-WHEELER SALES 18,51,400 UNITS

• SIAM - INDIA'S JUNE 3-WHEELER SALES 77,951 UNITS

• SIAM - OVERALL CONSUMER SENTIMENT AND DEMAND REMAIN STEADY AT PRESENT

• SIAM: INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO CLOSELY MONITOR GEOPOLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS AND PROGRESS OF MONSOON

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July 6 (Reuters) - India's retail car sales rose 28.6% in June, with compressed natural gas and other alternative-fuel-powered vehicles accounting for a record 40.35% of total sales, after fuel prices jumped following the war in Iran, the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) said on Monday.

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July 2 (Reuters) - Jaguar Land Rover retail sales fell 15.3% year-on-year to 80,000 units in the first quarter of 2027, parent India's Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles TAMO.NS said on Thursday.

(Reporting by Abhinav Parmar in Bengaluru)

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Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd informed the stock exchanges that it will hold a virtual group meeting on July 3, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. IST with a group of analysts and institutional investors. The list of attendees includes Helios Capital Management Pte. Ltd., along with several other asset managers and insurance companies. The company noted that the schedule is subject to change.

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By Aditi Shah

NEW DELHI, June 29 (Reuters) - India's capital New Delhi will offer a cash incentive of over$1,000 to car owners willing to scrap their old vehicle for an EV, according to a new policy finalised by the government on Monday in a move aimed at reducing high levels of air pollution.

New Delhi is one of the world's most polluted cities with air quality worsening in the winters when dense, stagnant air traps emissions from crops burning in neighbouring states, vehicle exhaust and construction dust.

Here are some details:

• The local government in New Delhi finalises new electric vehicle policy with an outlay of 150 billion rupees ($1.59 billion) over four years to incentivise buyers of electric two-wheelers, cars and small trucks, as well as setting up EV chargers.

• To offer $1,060 as scrapping incentive to those who trade in cars bought before April 1, 2020 for an EV.

• Those buying a battery EV priced at up to 3 million rupees will be exempt from paying road tax and registration fees, which typically amount to 4%-10% of the car's price.

• Buyers of electric scooters and motorbikes will get a cash incentive of 30,000 rupees in the policy's first year, reducing to 10,000 rupees by year three.

• Delhi government will only register electric two-wheelers from April 1, 2028, forcing buyers to move away from gasoline and other powertrains.

• Will also incentivise setting up 32,000 EV charging points across Delhi.

• Hybrid vehicles have not been included in the policy which is expected to come into effect from July 1.

• Policy will provide a big boost to EV players like Tata Motors TAMO.NS and Mahindra & Mahindra MAHM.NS as well as electric two-wheeler makers TVS Motor TVSM.NS, Bajaj Auto BAJA.NS and Ather Energy.

(Reporting by Aditi Shah; Editing by Susan Fenton)

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June 25 (Reuters) - Tata Motors-owned TAMO.NS Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 250,857 SUVs in the U.S. over an air bag defect that could increase the risk of injury in a crash, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday.

• The recall covers certain Land Rover Defender, Discovery, and Range Rover SUVs, the U.S. auto safety regulator said.

• The driver's air bag clockspring connector may corrode, preventing the air bag from deploying as intended, it said.

• Dealers will apply a protective lubricant gel to the connector terminals free of charge, the regulator said.

(Reporting by Bipasha Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)

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NEW DELHI, June 24 (Reuters) - Chinese automakers may be shut out of India, but their electric-vehicle technology is starting to make inroads in the world's third-largest car market.

New Delhi has largely blocked Chinese companies from entering the market since 2020 and now Beijing is clamping down on the export of its tech know-how. Yet ties between the two countries' carmaking industry are only growing.

Tata Motors said earlier in June it will use Chery's carmaking platform to manufacture premium EVs in India. The deal doesn't involve an equity stake, and both companies stressed it is a supply arrangement without any transfer of technology know-how to Tata, highlighting the political sensitivities.

India ramped up scrutiny of Chinese businesses after a 2020 border clash between the two countries killed soldiers on both sides. While New Delhi and Beijing are working to improve ties, some friction remains.

"If India wants to expand its manufacturing sector and be a bigger part of the global supply chain, partnership with China is inevitable. If Chinese companies want to be global leaders, they cannot wish away India and its economic potential," said Santosh Pai, partner at law firm Dentons Link Legal.

For Tata, India's third-largest automaker, Chery's platform offers a quicker way to launch EVs. Tata plans to eventually shift from relying on imported kits from China to developing components locally - a move seen favourably by some Indian policymakers because it would boost Indian manufacturing.

"We are supportive of deals that lead to more local manufacturing or supply-chain shifts down the road. That is a good way to approach China," said a senior Indian government official.

For Chinese carmakers grappling with a slowdown at home and excess manufacturing capacity, such deals could be the answer to boosting revenue without violating Beijing's export control orders.

Tata TAMO.NS and Chery 9973.HK did not respond to requests for comment.

GROWING MARKET

The Tata-Chery deal shows that, despite its best efforts, India can't keep China's EV industry completely out.

The world's most advanced EV industry is likely to continue to make inroads into India, a huge and still growing market.

That's bad news for Japanese automakers and others who are investing big in India – in part because they don't face major competition from Chinese rivals there now.

Chinese EV makers understand the importance of gaining a foothold in India through such supply deals, said Gao Hua, a former director at China SAE and now an independent analyst.

"If Chinese firms don't participate, others from different countries will step in," Gao said.

Chinese partnerships are increasingly appearing in sectors long dominated by Japanese, Korean and European firms, and they are challenging the incumbents with technologies that many analysts say are cheaper and faster to deploy.

For instance, Indian component maker Uno Minda UNOI.NS has a joint venture with China's Inovance 301656.SZ to manufacture EV powertrains in India - a sector where Bosch BOSH.NS, Nidec 6594.T and Aptiv APTV.BN are already present.

BATTERY CO-OPERATION HALTED

Technology licensing deals between India and China started to gain traction in the aftermath of the 2020 investment restrictions.

But it wasn't all smooth sailing. In 2025, Beijing's export control curbs in retaliation to Trump's tariffs, forced Indian battery maker Amara Raja AMAR.NS to end its licensing deal with China's Gotion 002074.SZ for lithium-ion cell technology for EV batteries.

"All technical collaboration has stopped," Amara Raja's executive director Vikramadithya Gourineni told Reuters.

"The main things we were able to take away was understanding on factory and line layouts, technology roadmaps ... and connecting to the vendor base," Gourineni said.

Because the licensing deal was no longer possible, Amara Raja is instead ramping up investment in in-house R&D and talent, he said.

The company is now importing equipment, battery cells and other material from Chinese suppliers to meet its cell manufacturing ambitions, but it struggles to get enough visas for engineers to come from China for operational support.

CHERY'S OTHER INDIAN PARTNER

Last year, steel-to-cement billionaire Sajjan Jindal's maiden carmaking venture, JSW Motor, agreed to a partnership with Chery similar to Tata's.

Under the deal, JSW has secured rights to use and adapt multiple Chery platforms to build a range of hybrids and EVs for India, sources familiar with the plans told Reuters. This involves an upfront payment of about 20 billion rupees ($209 million) plus royalties, one of the people added.

JSW, which is investing $3 billion in the venture, is targeting sales of 300,000 vehicles by 2030, the sources said.

The initial vehicles will largely come as imported kits from Chery with JSW gradually building out an Indian supply chain and scaling up car production at its factory in western India, they added.

JSW Motor and Chery did not respond to requests for comment.

"This highlights the importance of nuanced approaches. Cutting ties is not always the best option," Gao said.

(Reporting by Aditi Shah in New Delhi and Zoey Zhang in Shanghai, additional reporting by Shivangi Acharya in New Delhi; editing by David Dolan and Stephen Coates)

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Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd laid out a five-year strategy targeting ₹1,40,000 crore in revenue by FY31, more than double the ₹58,500 crore it posted in FY26, with an EBITDA margin goal of 10%. The company plans to expand its product portfolio to 15 nameplates from the current nine, invest in capacity to reach 1.3 million units annually, and drive 5-6% cost reduction in internal combustion engine vehicles while deepening cost cuts in electric vehicles. Management also targeted a market share of 20% by FY31, up from around 14-15% currently, with electric vehicles expected to contribute 30% of its volumes. The strategy includes an accelerated network expansion to double sales outlets and triple service centres over five years.

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June 23 (Reuters) - India's Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles TAMO.NS said on Tuesday that it expects revenue to exceed 6 trillion rupees ($63.32 billion) by fiscal 2031, with an earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) margin of 10%.

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June 18 (Reuters) - India's Tata Motors TATM.NS said on Thursday it would increase prices across its commercial vehicle range by up to 2.5%, effective July 1, its second hike in three months as automakers grapple with rising costs from the Middle East war.

The hike is aimed at partially offsetting the impact of rising commodity prices and other input costs, the demerged commercial vehicle arm of the Tata group said.

It had raised prices of its commercial vehicles by up to 1.5% from April 1, also citing higher input costs.

Automakers in India have raised prices in recent months as they seek to cushion the impact of higher raw material costs, including steel and other commodities, amid war-linked cost pressures.

Last week, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles TAMO.NS said it would raise prices of its cars and SUVs, including electric vehicles, by up to 1.5% from July 1, its second hike in four months.

Rival automaker Maruti Suzuki MRTI.NS raised vehicle prices by up to 30,000 rupees ($314.42) from June, while Hyundai Motor India HYUN.NS also increased prices from June 1.

(Reporting by Chandini Monnappa in Bengaluru; Editing by Sonia Cheema)

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June 16 (Reuters) - India's Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles TAMO.NS said on Tuesday it is targeting a market share of 18–20% and a double-digit EBITDA margin, as it plans to invest billions across its passenger vehicle and electric vehicle segments.

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June 15 (Reuters) -

• INDIA AUTO INDUSTRY BODY SIAM - INDIA'S MAY TOTAL DOMESTIC PASSENGER VEHICLE SALES 4,38,854 UNITS

• SIAM - INDIA'S MAY 3-WHEELER SALES 70,720 UNITS

• SIAM - INDIA'S MAY 2-WHEELER SALES 19,02,209 UNITS

• SIAM - LOWER BASE EFFECT OF PREVIOUS MAY, DEMAND CREATED DUE TO REDUCED GST RATES GETTING REFLECTED IN HIGHER OFF-TAKE THIS MONTH

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