Indian automaker Tata Motors announced that its subsidiary, Tata Motors European Technical Centre (TMETC), is participating in the National Automotive Innovation Campus (NAIC) project in the UK.
NAIC represents a total investment of around GBP100m, of which GBP30m will be funded by Tata Motors.
Besides Tata Motors, the other partners funding the project include Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) and the UK Government's Higher Education Funding Council England
TMETC will be joined by its partners, JLR and WMG for the NAIC project, which will be built at the University of Warwick campus.
The project will be a research hub where people, research and infrastructure come together for the creation of technologies that will stimulate the automotive industry with wide economic benefits and sustained growth.
The NAIC will create and develop new technologies to reduce dependency on fossil fuels and reduce CO2 emissions.
Construction of NAIC will commence in September 2014 and when completed will constitute a major UK automotive R&D asset as well as R&D collaboration between TMETC, WMG and JLR.
The building will feature new design features, an innovative working environment, engineering workshops, powertrain and vehicle engineering laboratories, and the latest advanced design, visualisation and rapid prototyping technologies, tailored to facilitate the research and new vehicle concept development phases of the Tata Motors lifecycle model.
This project will see TMETC expand to a workforce of around 350 staff covering all areas of automotive design and R&D.
