A Strategic Study On How Tata Motors Entered Into The Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles
A Strategic Study On How Tata Motors Entered Into The Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles
A Strategic Study On How Tata Motors Entered Into The Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles
•Gowtham P :19139
•Harshita H S:19141
• Manasvi Deshpande:19148
•Monica P M:19150
Introduction
● $45 billion organisation, leading global
automobile manufacturing company.
● India's largest OEMs.
● 82797-employee strength, 1274072-
vehicles sold, >6600-sales and service
points.
● Products - cars and sports utility vehicle,
trucks and buses, defence sector, EV’s.
● Notable vehicles: TAta Nano, TAta Ace,
Tata 407, TAta prima, Tata harrier.
● 134 direct and indirect subsidiaries in
India and abroad.
● Innovation: demonstrated through their
path-breaking vehicles.
SWOT
STRENGTH WEAKNESS
● Industry experience ● Sharp decline in sales
● Diverse portfolio ● Brand image
● The alliances
● Good strategy
OPPORTUNITY THREAT
● Electric car market ● Increasing price of raw
● Rapid technology change materials
● Diesel uncertainty ● Competition in luxury segment
● Widening the car market ● Fuel price
Porter’s Five Forces Framework
Threats of New Entrants
• New entrants in Auto Manufacturers -innovation, reducing costs, and providing new value propositions to the
customers.
Tata Motors Limited can tackle the Threats of New Entrants
• By innovating new products and services
• By building economies of scale
• Building capacities and spending money on research and development
Bargaining Power of Suppliers
• Suppliers in dominant position can decrease the margins Tata Motors Limited can earn in the market.
Tata Motors Limited can tackle Bargaining Power of the Suppliers
• By building efficient supply chain
• By experimenting with product designs
• Developing dedicated suppliers
Bargaining Power of Buyers
• Buyers are often a demanding lot. Tata Motors Limited the higher the bargaining power of the customers and higher
their ability to seek increasing discounts and offers.
Tata Motors Limited can tackle the Bargaining Power of Buyers
• By building a large base of customers
• By rapidly innovating new products
• World's 3rd largest car market by 2020 is now starting its EV journey – India could learn from the
world largest EV market.
• EV business throws up multiple new business / technology challenges such as
• EV charging
• Smart Charging
• Batteries
• Cloud based mobility etc
• which could be key areas where many start-ups can raise to solve the issues in the sub-continent.
• It wholly provides an opportunity not only for EV vehicles, But also for it related components.
Challenges faced by Tata Motors by entering into
this strategy
• To optimize energy efficiency and efficient power electronics integration without compromising
performance, cost-effectiveness, and safety.
• The phasing out of internal combustion engines (ICEs) and the electrification of their entire fleet pose
formidable challenges for the big existing car makers.
• Investment challenges to obtain the raw materials required for the manufacture of batteries are emerging
as a critical problem.
• Replacing traditional transport in India are widespread available charging stations and rising market
acceptance.
• In India, the awareness, experience, infrastructure, manufacturing cost and capital expenditure for
processing aluminium induction equipment is still not well explored and this will happen as demand
increases.
Findings and Recommendations