Low Carbon Vehicle Technology Programme Tata Motors European

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Low Carbon Vehicle Technology ProgrammeTata
Motors European Technical Centre
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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

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Tata Group - 98 companies in seven business
sectors

• Engineering
• Materials
• Energy
• Chemicals
• Services
• Information Systems
• Communications
• Consumer Products

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Tata Motors

• 1945 Established
• 1954 Began manufacturing commercial vehicles in
  India in collaboration with 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 and coaches
• 2007 Joint venture with Fiat in India to
  manufacture passenger vehicles, engines and
  transmissions
• Acquired Jaguar Land Rover
• Acquired remaining stake in Hispano

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Tata Motors
1st Engineering company to be listed on NYSE
(2004)
India's largest automobile company
2nd largest Bus manufacturer globally
Largest RD network in India with offshore
centres in - Korea (Gunsan) Spain (Zaragoza) UK
(TMETC - Coventry)
Top three for passenger cars sales in India
5th largest Bus Truck manufacturer globally
Consolidated revenues of 14 billion in 2008-09

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

13 sales growth to Jan 2010 93 Jan 2010/Jan
2009
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Tata breakthrough thinking - Ace

• Mini-truck with the NVH of a passenger car
• Launched May 2005 for just above 2500 equivalent
• Created a new segment in India
• Sales of 100,000 in just 20 months

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Tata breakthrough thinking - Nano
For India at 1250
For Europe

• Production start 2009
• Over 200,000 advanced orders

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Tata Motors European Technical Centre

• IARC
• Warwick University Campus
• Established in 2005
• Automotive engineering excellence
• Drive the quality of TML vehicles
• RD, esp. disruptive technologies
• 200 Engineers

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Advanced engineering of electric vehicles
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Tata Indica Vista EV

• B Segment vehicle for four occupants with
  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

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Indica Vista EV
Shift-by-wire Gear Selector
HV PTC Heater
TM4 PM-Motor Single Speed Transmission
Super Polymer Li-Ion Traction battery modules and
battery tray
Electric Vacuum Pump
DC-DC Converter
Traction Battery Charger
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Coventry Birmingham Low Emissions Demonstration
CABLED
Showcase demonstration of Ultra Low Carbon
vehicles

• 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

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Tata Ace - electric
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LCVTP What Tata wants
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More breakthrough thinking
The technology jump from Generation 1 to
Generation 2 in electric vehicles

• Commercially driven
• Globally targeted
• Affordable, practical for everyday use

A full set of technologies to deliver an
optimised ultra low carbon small family vehicle
which sells in high volume Production target
2014/15
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• Current generation EV
• Conventional
• vehicle structure
• package layout
• Sub optimum
• structural efficiency
• space utilisation
• aerodynamics
• system integration
• cost
• etc

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Beacon Vehicle
Optimised Electric Family Car

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

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Electrical energy storage
Optimised Electric Family Car
HEVAC thermal management
Materials, structures, architecture
Braking energy recovery
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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

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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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