Tata Motors subsidiary to supply 10 hybrid buses to Spain

Tata Motors on Monday said its wholly-owned subsidiary in Spain, Tata Hispano Motors Carrocera SA, has received an order to supply 10 hybrid low-floor buses for public transport in Madrid.

"Tata Motors has won an order for supplying 10 CNG series hybrid low-floor city buses, to be built on Tata Motors chassis to EMT Madrid, a Madrid city public transportation company. The buses will be delivered in 2012," the company said in a statement.

The hybrid buses will offer improved fuel economy and low emissions compared to a conventional bus, the company said without giving details of the order value.

In 2005, Tata Motors acquired a 21 per cent stake in the Spanish bus and coach manufacturer,

Hispano Motors Carrocera SA and further raised it to 100 per cent in 2009.

The company has two manufacturing units - one in Spain that caters to the European market and the other one in Casablanca, which caters to the Moroccan and other North African markets.

Source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blnus/02291820.htm