Commercial Vehicle

Tata Motors on Tuesday announced increasing the prices of commercial vehicles by up to 5 per cent from April 1. The price increase comes in the wake of the implementation of the more stringent BS-VI phase II emission norms from next month, it said. The price increase will be applicable across the entire range of commercial vehicles, with the exact amount varying according to the individual model and variant, the company said in a statement. "Tata Motors will be implementing a price increase of up to 5 per cent on its commercial vehicles, starting from April," the company said. Tata Motors said it is upgrading its entire vehicle portfolio to conform to the stricter emission norms, which are set to come into force from April 1.

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The commercial vehicle industry volume is expected to grow in the range of 7-10 per cent in the next financial year, rating agency Icra said on Tuesday. The volume growth would be on account of government infrastructure spending, replacement demand, back-to-school and office scenarios and e-commerce expansion, it noted. The growth will, however, moderate from 24-26 per cent in the current financial year, it added. Icra noted that the growth trends were visible in third quarter of the current fiscal, with wholesale dispatches reporting a growth of 16 per cent on a year-on-year basis, supported by replacement demand, improvement in the macroeconomic environment, and healthy traction in the underlying industries such as steel, cement, mining, automobiles, and e-commerce. Freight rates continued to hold up, which, coupled with healthy freight availability, is supporting fleet operator viability, it noted. The growth trends continued to be broad-based across all the three sub-segments

Tata Motors sells over 50 per cent of all the medium and heavy trucks in the country yet its margins have remained thin

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Data showed that passenger vehicle sales grew by 23 per cent in 2022 compared to the previous year to touch 3.79 million units

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The two-wheeler segment registered a de-growth of 11 per cent YoY in December 2022. All the other categories were in the green

Higher exports and improving margins on the back of softening input costs are other positives

Topline growth should outweigh any pressure on margins

Tata Motors Ltd said it would increase prices of its commercial vehicles by up to 2% from January to partly offset a steep rise in input costs

The company has also achieved a market share of 32 per cent in Q2FY23

MSMEs in the automotive components sector should see higher growth as well, but will lag average industry revenue growth owing to lack of vertical integration.

Tata Motors plans to continue investing in the range of Rs 2,000 crore in its commercial vehicle business per annum going ahead in order to drive in new models based on various kinds of powertrains, according to company's Executive Director Girish Wagh. The company, which on Monday strengthened its pickup line with the launches of Yodha 2.0, Intra V20 bi-fuel and Intra V50 models, is also looking to transition to electric mobility through vehicles powered by CNG and other alternative fuel options. "At the company's commercial vehicle business level, we have been investing around Rs 2,000 crore per annum which includes our investment in internal combustion engines, alternate fuel as well as electric vehicles. We will continue to invest at the same rate to ensure that we keep coming with new vehicles," Wagh told reporters at the launch event. Tata Motors, a USD 37 billion organisation, is the country's leading player in the commercial vehicle segment. On a query regarding the company

Tata Motors expects the commercial vehicle industry sales growth to be in double digits this year despite hike in interest rates on auto loans, according to a senior company official. Favourable factors such as government's investment in infrastructure, gradually increasing consumption in the country and robust growth in end-use sectors like e-commerce outweigh headwinds such as high inflation and increased interest rates, Tata Motors Executive Director Girish Wagh told PTI. "The actual demand is going to be a net factor of the headwinds and tailwinds, within which the inflation, interest rates remain kind of headwinds," he said. On the tailwind side, Wagh said the government's investment in infrastructure and number of projects, the gradually increasing consumption in the country as also the end-use sectors such as e-commerce are showing robust growth. Also, he said the rising freight rates and fleet utilisation are continuously increasing the transporter confidence index. "It do

Margin pressures may continue on competitive pressures, input cost inflation

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Ashok Leyland expects the commercial vehicle industry to grow at a fast pace in the coming quarters, with economic activity gaining momentum and demand picking up across segments