Tata Motors Abandons Site in West Bengal

by Racine
(Willimington, DE)

According to the BBC:

"India's Tata group has abandoned plans to build the world's cheapest car in the eastern state of West Bengal.

Tata group chief Ratan Tata said: "We have little choice but to move out of Bengal. We cannot run a factory with police around all the time."

He was speaking after protests in a row over land acquired from local farmers.

The car, the Nano, is expected to cost about 100,000 rupees ($2,130). It was due to be launched in October and will be ready "this year", Mr Tata said.


We will have to make the best of the deadline that we have
Tata group chief Ratan Tata

The BBC's Subir Bhuamik in Calcutta says the company is initially expected to produce several thousand Nanos this year at other sites in India. "

This means they are still building the car with Fossil Fuel designs for a country that can single handidly pollute the air like never before if they are mildly successful in building and distributing this car to the masses. We are all for affordable transportation but this is absurd environmentally. The very price will accelerate the selling of the worlds deadliest polluter the Fossil Fuel Combustion Engine.

Why not build a Clean Burning power plan for this? Come Tata get your heads in gear and stop this madness.