Tata Technologies is forming a new vehicle programme group, the Tata Technologies' Vehicle Programs & Development (VPD) Group, to meet the demand for faster, more complex vehicle development support within the auto industry. It will include more than 200 engineers operating from four automotive engineering centres of excellence worldwide - Detroit (US) Coventry (UK), Pune (India) and Stuttgart (Germany).
Kevin Fisher, a senior Tata Technologies executive with more than 30 years of experience in vehicle programme engineering, has been named president of the new organisation and will be based in the Detroit suburb of Novi. "The next decade will see an ever increasing demand for accelerated product development that also will need to incorporate more new technology than the auto industry has seen in 30 years," Fisher commented. "We are positioning the Tata Technologies VPD Group to set the pace in automotive product development and technological innovation."
Fisher reported that the new group has already won several full-vehicle programmes in the United States and Europe, including development of the G2 electric car from Maryland-based Genovation. European-based premium car manufacturers, North American OEMs, major automotive suppliers and independent automotive start-ups are also part of the Tata Technologies VDP Group client portfolio.
Tata Technologies is part of the Tata group, India's oldest and most respected business group, with extensive international operations and fiscal-year revenues of more than $65 billion, 61 per cent of which comes from business outside of India.
