As part of the plan, Tata Motors is to offer the car while Tata Power will be setting up the charging stations.
Mumbai: Natarajan Chandrasekaran, the chairman of $103 billion salt to software Tata Group has spoken about adopting ‘One Tata’ approach to build an electric vehicle ecosystem led by Tata Motors to participate in the fast emerging business opportunity.
The synergistic approach to the EVs is part of larger “One Tata” approach, the group intends to execute Chandrasekaran informed in his year end address to the group workforce, which places emphasis on 3S – “simply, synergise, and scale (3S).”
“Under One Tata, our companies are engaging closely to work together where it makes business sense, to create new business approaches and differentiation. Tata Motors is leading the effort to develop an Electric Vehicle (EV) ecosystem in partnership with Tata Capital for financing and Tata Power for the charging infrastructure network,” he informed employees.
To be sure, Tata Motors has led from the front in grabbing the biggest order for electric vehicles from the government of India. Tata Motors will be supplying over 5000 electric cars as part of the EESL contract and about 190 buses to several state governments as part of Department of Heavy Industries initiative to offer green public transport solution.
Earlier, Guenter Butschek, MD of Tata Motors had told ET that a working group of key executives from Tata Motors, Tata Power, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Realty, and Tata Capital to offer a complete turnkey solution for companies, shared-mobility providers, government agencies, and others to address infrastructure and cost issues.
As part of the plan, Tata Motors is to offer the car while Tata Power will be setting up the charging stations and Tata Realty will pitch in by build the physical infrastructure, depots, or dedicated electric vehicle stations. Information technology powerhouse Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will be developing the software platform and Tata Capital will offer financing solutions.