Tata Motors Share Price

Tata Motors Limited, formerly called Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company (TELCO), is a renowned multinational automotive company whose headquarters is located in Mumbai, India. The Tata Motors Limited group manufactures passenger cars, coaches, luxury cars, trucks, sports cars, vans, buses, and construction equipment.

TATA Motors Limited - History and Empire Expansion

Tata Motors is an automobile giant that initiated its journey in its motherland (India) itself in the automobile industry in 1954. They started their journey with a joint venture with Germany-based Daimler-Benz. In 1945, it was incorporated as a public limited company under 1913’s Indian Companies Act VII. Playing its cards early, TATA soon dominated the Indian commercial vehicle market and was yearning to extend its boundaries internationally.

In 1991, TATA dexterously entered the passenger segment by launching Tata Sierra, a sports utility automobile based on TATA’s Mobile platform. This launch was followed by a consecutive series of automobile launches on the global map. These included Tata Estate (1992), Tata Sumo (1994), and Tata Safari (1998). Tata Indica, styled by I.D.E.A., Italy, was their next launch in the year 1998, one of the earliest indigenously built cars in India, overshadowing automobile giants like Ambassador and Maruti Zen.

What geared TATA's business engine abroad was the launch of its newer and more refined version of Indica, the Indica V2, which became the favourite of the masses. And this was just the beginning for the company as Tata Motors acquired Daewoo's truck manufacturing unit based in South Korea in 2004 (renamed Tata Daewoo), right after which Tata Motors listed its name on the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) in the same year. By 2005, Tata Motors controlled a 21% stake in Hispano Carrocera, a Spanish bus & coach manufacturer.

The automobile giant expanded its market rapidly through the production of buses like Starbus and Globus, which it developed in association with Hispano Carrocera, they also developed trucks like Novus with Tata Daewoo. In 2006, they formed a joint venture with Marcopolo, based in Brazil, where Tata Marcopolo Bus set forth its course to manufacture fully built coaches and buses.

Tata's landmark achievement was when it acquired Jaguar Land Rover in 2008. In 2009, Tata Motors also saw a massive increase in the sale of the jointly developed (with Tata Daewoo) Tata World Truck range, which was sold in South Africa, South Korea, the Middle East, and the SAARC countries. This was followed by the acquisition of Hispano Carrocera’s full ownership.

In 2013, Tata Motors declared that it would launch the world’s first vehicle to function on compressed air (MDI, a French company, designed the engines) called Mini CAT. However, the date of production of the Mini CAT is yet to be announced. This was followed by the inauguration of a racing championship, "T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship," in India in the year 2014. In 2018, it sold its defence and aerospace business to Tata Advanced Systems, another branch of the Tata Empire. In 2021, the launch of its mini SUV Punch was announced.

TATA Motors: Operations

Currently, Tata Motors operates from various prominent countries in the world like India, Spain, the United Kingdom, Thailand, South Korea, and South Africa. Tata Motors wants to expand their operations with plans to launch vehicle manufacturing/ assembly plants in Turkey, Eastern Europe, and Indonesia.

Following are some of the operations of TATA Motors worldwide:

Tata Motors Cars - In India, Tata Motors Cars' manufacturing base is spread across Dharwad (Karnataka), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Pantnagar (Uttarakhand), Pune (Maharashtra), and Sanand (Gujarat). The company also has more than 250 dealerships in India alone and has present in over 26 countries worldwide. The company also has franchisee assembly operations in Russia, Ukraine, Senegal, Bangladesh, and Kenya.

Jaguar Land Rover - Headquartered in Whitley, United Kingdom, Jaguar Land Rover became Tata Motors’s wholly acquired subsidiary in 2008. They specialise in developing, manufacturing, and selling Land Rover premium 4-wheel-drive vehicles and Jaguar sports and luxury cars. TML Drivelines- Focused on manufacturing axles and gearboxes for medium and heavy commercial automobiles, TML Drivelines is Tata Motors’ wholly-owned subsidiary. Lucknow and Jamshedpur in India host the unit’s production facilities.

Tata Technologies - Tata Technologies is Tata Motors’ 43%-controlled subsidiary. It specialises in the design, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services, and engineering for automotive companies. The unit’s headquarters is in Pune's Hinjewadi.

In addition to these, some of the joint ventures TATA Motors has are:

Tata Marcopolo - Tata Marcopolo is a joint venture of bus manufacturing between Tata Motors (51%) and Brazil’s Marcopolo S.A. (49%). Its manufacturing facility is in Lucknow, India. Tata Marcopolo has designed and marketed low-floor city buses, used as a medium of transportation in most Indian cities.

Fiat-Tata - A Tata and Stellantis' Fiat joint venture, it produces branded passenger cars, transmissions, and engines. Tata has got access to Fiat's diesel engines and transmission technology via this venture.

Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery - This joint venture between Hitachi and Tata Motors was earlier known as Telcon Construction Solutions. The unit manufactures construction equipment and excavators.

Why Should You Invest in Tata Motors?

Tata Motors is a leading manufacturer of automobiles, including cars, buses, trucks, utility vehicles, and defence vehicles. It makes revenues of US$35 billion ( As of 2021 ). The Tata Motors share has been around since January 1999. It has traversed a long way from INR 44 on 1st January 1999 to an all-time high of INR 601 on 1st January 2015. The share is currently priced at 398.65 (as of 19th May 2022). It is not only India’s largest private and commercial automobile manufacturer but also provides e-mobility solutions.