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Tata Emo Electric Concept: Is It Really that Depressing?

If you’re of a certain age, the word Emo evokes images of sulking, depressed teenagers with jet-black hair metaphorically drowning in a world of sorrow, complex poetry and dark, emotional music. So you can understand our amusement when Indian automaker Tata decided to name its latest electric...

January 6, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 7

Tata's Expansion Continues: Manza Hybrid Due At Delhi Show

December 29, 2011

Does Osama Bin Laden Keep Pakistan From The Tatas It Wants?

May 5, 2011

FAIL: U.K. Meter Maid Tickets Electric Car While it Charged

March 24, 2011

Tata Pixel Concept, 2011 Geneva Motor Show

Video: Tata Pixel Concept's 'Spin On The Spot' Parking

It's not coming to the States--at least not for several years--but the Tata Pixel concept shown at last week's Geneva Motor Show is worth paying attention to. It shows how a... March 9, 2011 by John Voelcker 2

Tata Pixel Concept: Nano's 69-MPG Pal, 2011 Geneva Motor Show

The world's least expensive new car, India's Tata Nano, is now selling across that country, with plans afoot to offer an upgraded version in Europe this year or in 2012... March 2, 2011 by John Voelcker

Tata Nano, World's Cheapest Car, Aces Indian Endurance Test

We've always had a soft spot in our heart for the tiny Tata Nano, the world's least expensive car and India's equivalent of the Ford Model T that put the U.S. on wheels a... August 26, 2010 by John Voelcker

Sports Cars, City Runabouts Electrify 2010 Bridgestone Eco-Rally

The small, seaside town of Brighton UK, some 50 miles south of London, has often been the destination for many a weary Londoner keen to take in its pebbled beaches, kitsch... July 7, 2010 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 2

Tata Nanos shipped sideways on flatbed rail car outside Bangalore, India, from YouTube user Auroajay

How Short Is a Tata Nano? Enough To Ship Sideways On a Train

You've surely seen car-carriers full of brand-new vehicles on the highways. But many new cars roll out of the factory onto trains that carry them over much of their journey... June 30, 2010 by John Voelcker 5

Tata Nano, World's Cheapest Car, To Be Sold in U.S. in 2012

The world's cheapest car, India's tiny Tata Nano mini-car, will be sold in the U.S. starting three years from now, says its maker. Company chief Ratan Tata told reporters at... January 7, 2010 by John Voelcker 3

Tata Nano Hybrid Headed for the U.S.?

Is the diminutive Tata Nano Hybrid coming to America? According to a report in The Maeil Business Newspaper out of Korea, Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Motors, says the Indian... November 30, 2009 by Robert Scardino 4

Tata Nano: First Ride Report, But Is It Green?

This blog wasn't live back in December, when CAR became the first ever magazine to get a ride in a Tata Nano. While the Nano won't be sold in the States, it may be one of the... February 13, 2009 by John Voelcker

Tata To Produce World's Cheapest Hybrid Car

Tata Nano India's CNBC-TV18 is reporting that Tata Motors will make a micro-hybrid version of the world's cheapest car: the Tata Nano. The hybrid technology will disengage... January 3, 2009 by Robert Scardino