Sets higher standards and benchmarks for the automotive industry

Tata Motors, India’s leading player in the commercial and personal mobility solutions space, announced today that it continues to accelerate its drive towards engineering excellence and innovation by filing an extensive number of IPR’s FY23. These filings include a record number of 158 Patents and 79 Designs, resulting into highest number of cumulative number of patents filed in the country by an Indian OEM manufacturing commercial vehicles and passenger cars. The filed patents are spread across a broad spectrum of product as well as process innovations and developments across megatrends of CESS (connected, electrified, sustainable and safe) related technologies. They also entail various vehicle systems like powertrain, body & trim, suspension, emission control amongst others. The company also received a grant of 71 patents during the fiscal.

With a holistic approach to sustainability over the last many years, Tata Motors has been successfully developing state of the art technologies, practices and processes to benefit its end consumers while consistently raising the bar for the automotive industry. Its purposeful focus on research and innovation has resulted in the introduction of more efficient, greener, safer, smarter vehicles and concepts which have been designed to transform the mobility of people and goods.

Speaking about Tata Motors’ commitment and focus on R&D, Rajendra Petkar, Chief Technology Officer, Tata Motors, said “With a mindset of continuously challenging the status quo and striving for excellence, we have made innovation a way of life at Tata Motors. Our focus is on developing cutting-edge technologies and state-of-the-art processes in the areas of new energy, zero emissions, safety, performance, lower cost of ownership and digitalization. We shall continue to invest in developing our engineering prowess to support nation building, create top class mobility solutions and serve the evolving aspirations of our customers.”

The R&D Centre of Tata Motors have recently won several prestigious accolades and honors. These include:

• The Asia IP Elite 2022 Award at Intellectual Property Business Congress (IPBC) Asia, Tokyo;
• The IP Excellence Awards for Top Patent driven Industry by ASSOCHAM;
• The Best Patents Portfolio award by CII; and
• The IP Excellence Award by Questel

About Tata Motors

Part of the USD 128 billion Tata group, Tata Motors Limited (NYSE: TTM; BSE: 500570 and 570001; NSE: TATAMOTORS and TATAMTRDVR), a USD 37 billion organization, is a leading global automobile manufacturer of cars, utility vehicles, pick-ups, trucks and buses, offering extensive range of integrated, smart and e-mobility solutions. With ‘Connecting Aspirations’ at the core of its brand promise, Tata Motors is India’s market leader in commercial vehicles and amongst the top three in the passenger vehicles market.

Tata Motors strives to bring new products that fire the imagination of GenNext customers, fueled by state of the art design and R&D centers located in India, UK, US, Italy and South Korea. With a focus on engineering and tech enabled automotive solutions catering to the future of mobility, the company’s innovation efforts are focused to develop pioneering technologies that are sustainable as well as suited to evolving aspirations of the market and the customers. The company is pioneering India’s Electric Vehicle (EV) transition and driving the shift towards sustainable mobility solutions by preparing a tailor-made product strategy, leveraging the synergy between the Group companies and playing an active role liasoning with the Government in developing the policy framework.

With operations in India, the UK, South Korea, Thailand, South Africa and Indonesia, Tata Motors’ vehicles are marketed in Africa, Middle East, South & South East Asia, Australia, South America, Russia and other CIS countries. As of March 31, 2022, Tata Motors’ operations include 86 consolidated subsidiaries, two joint operations, four joint ventures and 10 equity-accounted associates, including their subsidiaries, in respect of which the company exercises significant influence.

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