Jaguar Land Rover, the British luxury carmaker owned by India's Tata Motors, has started assembling the Land Rover Defender 110 at its plant in Pune, in western India, and has cut its India prices by as much as $35,700 at current exchange rates. The company, based in Coventry in the...
Amazon and Tata Motors to Deploy 3,000 Electric Trucks in India
Amazon and Tata Motors will put 3,000 electric trucks on Amazon's transportation network in India, the two companies announced on Tuesday. The Economic Times reported that Heavy Industries Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy flagged off the first group of trucks in Delhi, in northern India. A senior Amazon executive said all 3,000...
Uber Plans Black Service Expansion in India
Uber plans to bring its premium Uber Black ride service to most of India's big cities, after a recent launch in Pune, in western India, according to a report in Mint. Uber, which is based in San Francisco, California, runs ride-hailing in India and offers Uber Black as its chauffeur-style...
Tata Communications Plans a 10,000-Kilometer AI Fiber Network Across India
Tata Communications, part of the Tata Group, plans to invest $450 million to build a 10,000-kilometer fiber network across India that links data center hubs. Mint reported that the company will spend the money over the next three to five years and fund it from operating cash flow. The company...
Applied Materials Wants India Team to Own Chip Equipment Products
Applied Materials, the semiconductor equipment maker in Santa Clara, California, wants its India team to take ownership of some of its global product lines, Fortune India reported on October 20. The company supplies the equipment, services and software that chipmakers use to manufacture semiconductors. The company plans to give its...
Swiss Watch Brand Doubles Down on India
Franck Muller, the Swiss luxury watchmaker founded in Geneva in 1991, counts India among its five largest markets by volume, and its regional chief expects the market to keep growing. Erol Baliyan, the company's chief executive for the Middle East, Africa and India, told Mint that rising incomes and new...