It is reported that TATA Motors is developing a double trailer truck in its Prima range of world trucks for the overseas market which is expected to be ready for sale by end-next financial year.
A senior company executive said that "We are developing a double trailer truck under the Prima platform for the overseas market. The truck is expected to be ready for sale by the end of next fiscal.”
When asked why the trucks are being developed only for the international market, he said that "We understand that there is no good demand for this kind of truck in the domestic market, but we feel its demand will be good in overseas markets."
He, however, did not reveal how much tonnage capacity of trucks the company is currently developing.
TATA Motors introduced its Prima range of world trucks in May last year. The company is now manufacturing engines for its medium and heavy commercial vehicles (trucks and buses) at its Jamshedpur facility.
The company has an equal joint venture with US-based Cummins to manufacture engines for commercial vehicles at its Jamshedpur plant.
The home grown auto giant is also developing a set of fuel efficient engines for light commercial vehicles (trucks), which would help increase its sales in the international market.
The TATA Motors official said that "We are developing a set of fuel efficient engines (three liter and five liter) for light trucks adding that the new engines are likely to be used on a new vehicle platform for light trucks."
He however did not give a time frame by when the company expects to come up with these new engines.
