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Directors’ Report
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CORPORATE OVERVIEW (1-31)
STATUTORY REPORTS
FINANCIALS (123-204)
Technology for
Year of Import Status
Development of Fuel Cell Bus
2011-12
Development in Progress
Hot spot prediction of vehicle noise by Acoustic Camera
2011-12
Commissioned and
*PU-Camera for near-field measurement of engine
initiated use for cars
*Beam-forming for Pass-By-Noise measurements
SONAR - bench-marking database for Engine-noise measurement
2011-12
In-use for engine-noise analysis
Gas Injection technology for LCV, MCV & HCV engines
2009-10
Under Development
Engine Management for Series Hybrid Technology for Buses
2009-10
Under Development
Design and Development of Infinitely variable transmission based on
full toriodal traction-Drive variators for various vehicle platforms.
2007-08
Under Development
Design and Development of Electric Hatchback vehicle - Indica Vista EV 2008-09
Implemented
Stop - Start feature for various vehicle Platforms
2009-10
Under Implementation
During the year the Company spent
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1,549 crores on Research and Development activities including expenditure on
capital assets purchased for Research and Development which was 2.9% of the net turnover.
MajorTechnology imports include:
Earning in foreign currency
3,677
Expenditure in foreign currency (including dividend remittance)
3,709
C. Foreign Exchange Earnings andOutgoing
(
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in crores)
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (32-45)