Low Carbon Vehicle TechnologyProgramme

Tata Motors European Technical Centre

Contents

• Tata Motors and its European Technical Centre (TMETC)

• Advanced engineering of electric vehicles

• LCVTP - What Tata wants

− Strategic direction

− ‘Beacon’ Vehicle concept

− Delivery priorities from LCVTP work-streams

− Hot spots where we invite creative input from suppliers and partners

• Engineering

• Materials

• Energy

• Chemicals

• Services

• Information Systems &

Communications

• Consumer Products

Tata Group- 98 companies in seven business sectors

1945 Established

1954 Began manufacturing commercial vehicles in India in collaborationwith Daimler Benz

2004 Acquired the Daewoo Truck Company

2005 Acquired a 21% stake in Hispano Carrocera

2005 Tata Motors European Technical Centre founded

2006 Joint venture with the Marcopolo Brazil, to manufacture buses andcoaches

2007 Joint venture with Fiat in India to manufacture passenger vehicles,engines and transmissions

2008 Acquired Jaguar Land Rover

2009 Acquired remaining stake in Hispano

Tata Motors

Tata Motors

Top three forpassenger cars salesin India

2nd largest Busmanufacturerglobally

5th largest Bus &Truck manufacturerglobally

1st Engineering company tobe listed on NYSE (2004)

Largest R&D network in Indiawith offshore centres in :-

Korea (Gunsan)Spain (Zaragoza)UK (TMETC - Coventry)

India's largestautomobile company

13% sales growth to Jan 201093% Jan 2010/Jan 2009

Largest portfolio of products:• Mini, Light & Heavy Trucks• Buses & Coaches• Passenger Cars & Utility Vehicles

Consolidated revenuesof $14 billion in 2008-09

Tata breakthrough thinking- Ace

• Mini-truck with the NVH of apassenger car

• Launched May 2005 for justabove £2500 equivalent

• Created a new segment in India

• Sales of 100,000 in just 20months

Tata breakthrough thinking- Nano

For India at £1250

For Europe

• Production start 2009• Over 200,000 advanced orders

Tata Motors European Technical Centre

IARCWarwick University Campus

Established in 2005

• Automotive engineering excellence• Drive the quality of TML vehicles• R&D, esp. disruptive technologies

200 Engineers

Advanced engineering of electric vehicles

Tata Indica Vista EV

• ‘B’ Segment vehicle for four occupantswith luggage

• Range of up to 200km• Top speed of 128km/h• Acceleration : 0 to 60 km/h in 9 secs• ABS• Advanced Li-Ion super polymer batteries• Power dense electric powertrain – light

and compact, with in-house transmission

Indica Vista EV

Shift-by-wire GearSelector

TM4 PM-Motor &

Single SpeedTransmission

HV PTCHeater

DC-DC

Converter

ElectricVacuum Pump

Traction BatteryCharger

Super Polymer Li-Ion Traction

battery modulesand battery tray

Coventry & Birmingham Low EmissionsDemonstration … ‘CABLED’

• Based around Birmingham and Coventry• 12 month vehicle trial phase starting 2010• Real world demo, to understand customer perceptions and

concerns• £14 budget - £7m public funding

Consortium partners• Tata, Mercedes, Mitsubishi, JLR, Microcab, LTi• E-ON, Universities, City Councils and AWM

Infrastructure• Electric charging points installed around cities of Birmingham and

Coventry

Vehicles• Over 100 battery powered, plug-in hybrid and hydrogen fuel-cell

vehicles• Cross section of vehicle segments, various stages of development

Showcase demonstration of Ultra Low Carbonvehicles

Tata Ace - electric

LCVTP – What Tata wants

More breakthrough thinking…

• Commercially driven

• Globally targeted

• Affordable, practical for everyday use

The technology jump from Generation 1 to Generation 2 inelectric vehicles

A full set of technologies to deliver an optimised ultra lowcarbon small family vehicle which sells in high volume

Production target 2014/15

Current generation EV

Conventional• vehicle structure• package layout

Sub optimum• structural efficiency• space utilisation• aerodynamics• system integration• cost• etc

OptimisedElectric Family Car

• Ultra efficient package utilisation• Drive-train efficiency improvement• Cost optimisation• Light-weighting and parts-count

reduction

‘Beacon’ Vehicle

HEVAC &thermal

management

Braking &energy

recovery

Materials,structures,

architecture

Electricalenergystorage

OptimisedElectric Family Car

LCVTP work-stream hot spots

• Scalable lightweight structure for an optimised EV platform− Innovative BIW design; optimum material for application

• Maximised battery energy density

• Additional areas of emphasis for UK supplier/partner involvement:

− High torque to weight ratio motor technology− HVAC systems for EVs, with battery heating and cooling in mind− Expertise in electrical architecture and networking− Steering systems for EVs including EPAS− Braking systems for EVs and regenerative braking− Waste energy recovery including heat from exhaust gases− Expertise in Electric Vehicle Integration− Drive by wire systems

LCVTP work-stream hot spots

• Scalable lightweight structure for an optimised EV platform

− Innovative BIW design; optimum material for application

• Maximised battery energy density

• Additional areas of emphasis for UK supplier/partner involvement:

− High torque to weight ratio motor technology

− HVAC systems for EVs, with battery heating and cooling in mind

− Expertise in electrical architecture and networking

− Steering systems for EVs including EPAS

− Braking systems for EVs and regenerative braking

− Waste energy recovery including heat from exhaust gases

− Expertise in Electric Vehicle Integration

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