Nano
SWCNTs producer NoPo Nanotechnologies raises $3 mn in pre-series A funding
NoPo specializes in the production of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), a material that holds promise across various applications, ranging from usage by EV battery manufacturers
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Singur saga: TaMo's arbitration award roils political waters in West Bengal
The SC verdict triggered the compensation clause for Tata Motors
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India set to be self-sufficient in urea by 2025 with six new plants
The commissioning of new plants is expected to bring down import dependency to less than half the current levels
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India may not need to import urea after 2025, says Mansukh Mandaviya
This is owing to rising domestic production, nano supplies
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No Tata Nano production in first 9 months of 2019, just 1 unit sold
It has, however, admitted that in its current form the Nano will not meet the new safety regulations and BS-VI emission norms
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Is the Nano heading towards a dead-end?
Begins/As Sanand continues to make the Tiago, now expected to touch a production of 5,000 units a month, the flagship product of the site, the Nano has almost faded into the background. Amidst rumours that the company is contemplating to discontinue the Nano, numbers tell a story. Sanand produced only 515 Nanos in January, and sold even lesser, around 391 units. Cumulatively, between April 2016 to January 2017 it produced 7,472 units down 62 per cent from 19,686 units in the year before period. A total of 7,105 Nanos were sold during the April-January period in FY17, down 62 per cent. An Ahmedabad-based dealer of Tata cars who did not wish to be identified said that the new launches from the company's stable including the Tiago and now the Hexa have drawn considerable footfalls to the showrooms. In fact, the company saw its sales surge by 44 per cent to 104,395 units for compact segment which as per SIAM includes the Indica, Indigo CS, Zest, Bolt and the Tiago. Considering Indica and .
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Nano's road ahead in doubt as Tata Motors remains non-committal
Tata Motors said it would reduce the number of PV platforms to 2 from 6 by 2018
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