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...
Electric Vehicles Become Mainstream in India
India's electric vehicle market crossed a symbolic threshold this year. The country registered 2.5 million EVs, a jump of about 25% over the previous year, lifting EV penetration to 8.5% of all vehicle registrations from 7.7%. By 26 July 2026, cumulative EV registrations had passed ten million for the first...
India Lowers Import Taxes on EV Companies Who Invest $500 million
India lowered import taxes on certain electric vehicles (EVs) for carmakers that commit to investing at least $500 million and start manufacturing in the country within three years. This policy is a major win for Tesla, as it aligns with what the company has been lobbying for in India despite...
Morgan Stanley Raises Indian stocks’ Weightage to Record High
MSCI or Morgan Stanley Capital International, an investment research firm best known for its benchmark indexes, has raised India's weightage in its Global Standard index to an all-time high of 18.2% in its February review. This could lead to inflows of around $1.2 billion as the weightage has nearly doubled...
Japan’s Renesas Partners with India’s Tata Motors for Semiconductors
Tokyo-based Renesas Electronics Corporation, announced a strategic partnership with Tata Motors Ltd., and Tejas Networks Ltd., both Tata Group companies, to design, develop, and manufacture semiconductor solutions across electronics systems. Renesas and Tata Motors will collaborate on developing next-generation automotive electronics to drive leadership performance and scalability for vehicles. Both...