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PRESS RELEASE

Tata Megapixel, a new global car concept, displayed at the 82nd Geneva Motor Show

Geneva,
March 6, 2012:

Tata Motors today presented at the 82nd Geneva Motor Show the Tata Megapixel, a new four-seater city-smart global range extended electric vehicle (REEV) concept for the performance-seeking and environment-conscious motorist anywhere in the world. Combining a lithium ion phosphate battery and an on-board petrol engine generator for recharging on the move, the Tata Megapixel offers a range of up to 900 km (with a single tank of fuel), path-breaking CO2 emission of just 22 gm / km and fuel economy of 100 km / litre (under battery only power).

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Prakash M. Telang, Managing Director - India Operations, Tata Motors, said, “The Tata Megapixel, developed by our design centres in India, the UK and Italy, is our idea of a city car for discerning motorists in any megacity of the world. It is a result of the progress we have made on the Tata Pixel, displayed last year, and also denotes the company’s future design direction.”

The class-leading ‘Zero Turn’ drive system of the Tata Pixel (shown at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show) has been taken to an even higher level of manoeuvrability in the Tata Megapixel. The car’s electric drive has four independent electric motors, one at each wheel. When parking, the electric hub motors drive the wheels in opposite directions, while the front wheels are turned at an acute angle, enabling an exceptional 2.8 metre turning radius. The at-home charging system is an as innovative induction charging system. The car has simply to be parked over the induction pad for charging to begin.

The Tata Megapixel is as distinctive in elegantly melding Indian uniqueness – in colours, graphic themes or materials – with global styling preferences. The integrated lamp and grille graphics sweep back over the front wheel arches to render a dynamic front end. It is echoed on the panoramic roof, creating a harmony between sun & shade and sense of interior space. The floating C-pillar and wrap-around belt line finisher integrate perfectly with the sculpted body surface, flowing freely to the rear and encapsulating the 5-spoke wheel design.

A double-sliding door system and the car’s B-pillar less design make entry/exit easy, besides superb visibility. The battery layout and hub motors maximize the interior package. So, the Tata Megapixel comfortably accommodates four adults with luggage. The front seats are cantilevered on the central tunnel, releasing floor space for additional storage. Light leather trims and rose metal details accentuate the joyous marriage of richness of tradition and innovativeness of technology.

This fusion is heightened by an advanced human machine interface (HMI). The console docking point can connect a smart phone with the car. The built-in large touchscreen HMI, at the centre of the instrument panel, thus becomes a common access point for the repertoire of the smart device and for controlling the functions of the car, like temperature, ventilation, driving modes and performance.

Tata Motors’ displays also include the new generation Tata Safari Storme SUV, the Tata Aria crossover, the Tata Indigo Manza sedan and the Tata Indica Vista hatchback.

About Tata Motors
Tata Motors is India's largest automobile company, with consolidated revenues of Rs. 1,23,133 crores ($ 27 billion) in 2010-11. Through subsidiaries and associate companies, Tata Motors has operations in the UK, South Korea, Thailand, Spain and South Africa. Among them is Jaguar Land Rover, the business comprising the two iconic British brands. It also distributes Fiat cars in India, and has an industrial joint venture with Fiat in India. With over 6.5 million Tata vehicles plying in India, Tata Motors is the country’s market leader in commercial vehicles and among the top three in passenger vehicles. It is also the world's fourth largest truck manufacturer and the third largest bus manufacturer. Tata cars, buses and trucks are being marketed in several countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia and South America. (www.tatamotors.com)

TECHNOLOGY

 

OVERVIEW

 

• Range Extended Electric Vehicle - enabling a combined range of up to 900 km.
• CO2 emissions of just 22 g/km and fuel economy of 100 km/litre under a combined driving mode (as per ECE R101).
• ‘Zero Turn’drive maximizes manoeuvrability when parking.

The Tata Megapixel, a range extended electric vehicle (REEV), is a new four-seater city-smart global car concept for the performance-seeking and environment-conscious motorist anywhere in the world.

Combining a lithium ion phosphate battery and an on-board petrol engine generator for recharging on the move, the Tata Megapixel offers a range of up to 900 km (with a single tank of fuel), path-breaking CO2 emissions of just 22 g/km and fuel economy of 100 km/litre under a combined driving mode (as per ECE R101). At home charging is via an innovative inductive charging system. The car has simply to be parked over the induction pad for charging to begin.

The class-leading ‘Zero Turn’ drive system of the Tata Pixel (shown at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show) has been taken to an even higher level of manoeuvrability in the Tata Megapixel. The car’s electric drive has four independent electric motors, one at each wheel. When parking, the electric hub motors drive the wheels in opposite directions, while the front wheels are turned at an acute angle, enabling an exceptional 2.8 metre turning radius.

The Tata Megapixel is as distinctive in elegantly melding Indian uniqueness – in colours, graphic themes or materials – with global styling preferences. The integrated lamp and grille graphics sweep back over the front wheel arches to render a dynamic front end. It is echoed on the panoramic roof, creating a harmony between sun & shade and sense of interior space. The floating C-pillar and wrap-around belt line finisher integrate perfectly with the sculpted body surface, flowing freely to the rear and encapsulating the 5-spoke wheel design.

A double-sliding door system and the car’s B-pillar less design make entry/exit easy, besides superb visibility. The battery layout and hub motors maximize the interior package. So, the Tata Megapixel comfortably accommodates four adults with luggage. The front seats are cantilevered on the central tunnel, releasing floor space for additional storage. Light leather trims and rose metal details accentuate the joyous marriage of richness of tradition and innovativeness of technology.

This fusion is heightened by an advanced human machine interface (HMI). The console docking point can connect a smart phone with the car. The built-in large touchscreen HMI, at the centre of the instrument panel, thus becomes a common access point for the repertoire of the smart device and for controlling the functions of the car, like temperature, ventilation, driving modes and performance.

The Tata Megapixel denotes Tata Motors’ progression from the Tata Pixel, based on the Tata Nano and a city car concept for Europe, reflecting the company’s future design direction

KEY FEATURES

Design

• Unique ‘India Global’ exterior and interior design language 
• Panoramic roof 
• Light and spacious, elegant interior
• Cantilevered seating system
• Comfortable seating for four adults 
• Ergonomic ‘all in one,’ touch screen command centre

Drive system and performance

• Electric drive through four independent in-wheel motors 
• On-board recharging from auxiliary power unit 
• Maximum vehicle range of over 900 km, including battery range of 87 km 
• Optimised weight distribution and All-Wheel-Drive for agile handling 
• Low rolling resistance tyres

City wise

• ‘Hands free’ induction battery charging 
• Advanced double sliding side door system for easy entry and egress in confined spaces 
• Compact dimensions and good all round visibility 
• Zero turn manoeuvrability with park assist system 
• ‘Hands on’ connectivity via in-vehicle display and smart phone 
• In-car access to your online world 
• Integrated ‘infotainment plus’ system with control over key vehicle functions and entertainment system

 

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A new seven-star hotel but as you've never imagined. China is ready to dazzle with the construction of the Intercontinental Shanghai Shimao Wonderland, a huge structure of ultra-luxury which will be opened by the end of 2014 or the beginning of 2015 and has a unique feature: that of being under the sea level. The project was presented a few years ago and was born the idea of ​​enhancing an old quarry in Tianmashan, about 30 km from Shanghai: thus, the hotel, designed by the London firm Atkins, will have the first three floors above the sea level, the rest of them will be below the level of the sea, created inside the cave. The project is not only ambitious, but spectacular: a glass structure 60 meters recreate the effect of a natural waterfall.


The InterContinental Shimao Wonderland is a more than ambitious, destined to reshuffle the cards in the tourism sector and the reception of luxury.

It is well known the passion of Asian skyscrapers that stand out in heaven: the most extravagant or the most exclusive hotels Faulty get to touch the sky, reaching more and more.

The idea of ​​Shanghai Shimao, the company that will build the Wonderland, is more or less the same but the opposite: instead of climbing up the resort will fall down.

This is not the first example of a hotel under the earth, but is the most ambitious so far we saw old mines transformed into hotel rooms for a very special holiday, but not an entire structure down to the ground.

It is the same shape of the site to have given the idea to the designers who have studied how to make better the environment. So next to the hotel from 380 rooms over 19 floors, of which only three including the spa above the sea level, there will be a huge theme park from 428mila sqm.

The hotel will be developed by 100 meters deep down: the two lower levels there will be a restaurant, a sports complex where water sports and an aquarium depth of about 10 meters.

Perhaps the most impressive is the huge 60-meter glass structure designed to simulate the effect of a waterfall, while the cliffs on either side will be designed for bungee jumping and rock climbing.

The project is truly colossal, as the cost: at the moment stands at $ 555 million, but given the ambition, and will rise by much. At the moment we know that the opening is planned between 2014 and 2015 with a cost of about $ 320 per night: to know how we will have a little 'patience.

Usain Bolt to enter to play cricket:

It is reported reliably that these days the London Olympic Games 2012 most popular participant Usain Bolt is preparing himself to play in 20/20 cricket.
Do you aware that he was a crazy cricket lover from his younger days?
Bolts country of origin is located close to a number of West Indian Islands from where several cricketing legends had emerged. It is Jamaica located in the midst of these Caribbean islands.
His father had played the game of cricket and had thought from his younger days the finer points of the game of Cricket. The other day Shane Warne having come to know that Usain Bolt is keen on cricket and could play the game had invited him to play in his 20/20 ‘Big Bash’ League tournament to be held in Australia.
In the year 2009 Usain Bolt had shown successfully his cricketing prowess when he represented a team led by Chris Gayle in a charity 20/20 match as a fast bowler.Recently Bolt has had an interview with an Australian television channel in which he had shown his interest in the proposed 20/20 league tournament. What he had stated was as follows:
“I like the 20/20 game, it’s format and it’s concept. It ends rather quickly. One could see some huge hits. While batting by hitting huge sixes the batsmen could arose the anger of the bowlers of the opposition. It is not like sprinting. It gives immense pleasure to the players as well as to the spectators.”
In the meantime during the tenure of the Olympic Games 2012, the Manager of the Manchester United football team has had discussions with Bolt requesting him to join his English League football team’




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There are reports that Jamaican Olympic sprinter, Yohan Blake, could be fined by the International Olympic Committee for wearing a watch which contravenes branding guidelines.

Blake wore the watch in the 200m semi-final race.

The custom-made Richard Mille tourbillon watch is valued at US$500,000 (J$44,000,000).

But according to the British-based TNT Magazine, it may be in contravention of strict London 2012 Olympics branding rules.

Athletes are not permitted to promote brands which do not represent sponsors of the London 2012 Olympic sponsors.

TNT says if athletes want to wear a watch to compete, they are expected to choose Omega, official ‘timepiece’ who are sponsors of the London Games.

The magazine reports that the IOC is now looking into the matter and Blake could face disciplinary action.

The custom-made Richard Mille tourbillon watch, is made in the colours of the Jamaican flag.

Miss World 2012 is Wenxia YU from The Peoples Republic of China.

In a glittering ceremony held at the Dongsheng Stadium Wenxia YU won the title of Miss World 2012. In a record breaking year 116 contestants represented their countries on the world stage in what was a celebration of Ordos and a gathering of friends from around the world.

It was said that the dead student’s right leg had been injured and not the left leg:

The leg had not been amputated:


Many photos of the school had been taken several times and such a photo with a ghost had not been found amongst them:
We have published a post of a picture of a ghost of a student from a Girls’ school in Kandy. We have now received the original photo.
There had been many rumours after the publication of the incident as the viewers doubted that the photo could be a fake one. Thus we would like to present the original photo so that it can be checked to see whether it had been an edited version.
The photo had been taken from a SONY DSC W520 camera on the 29th of June 2012 at 9.39p.m.
Viewers who would like to check the photo for its originality could download the photo of which the size 4.9MB from below:
What is published below is the photograph of which only the size had been edited.

According to the letter published in ‘Lankadeepa’(news paper)   on Sunday:
The student who had passed away last year owing to a train accident in Alawwa, had been first admitted to Peradeniya Teaching Hospital. Later on, she had been admitted to a Private hospital in Colombo and she had passed away while she had been under treatment.
One of her legs had been severely injured due to the accident. Her ghost is said to be moving around the school. It has been reported that not only the school students but also their parents had been terrified by this incident.
An occasion organized by the nurses from a Nursing School  had been taken place at the school auditorium to celebrate the passing out of a nursing batch. Thus the auditorium had been decorated the day before the event.  After the decorations, one nurse had taken photos from her digital camera and she had got this photograph.
Since this story had spread Island wide making it to be the rumour of the time, Dr. Janaka JayasuSriya, a medical officer at Galagedara Central hospital had come forward to make an investigation about the case.
“First of all in order to get to know more information, I gave a call to the school. My call was answered by the Vice principal of that school.
“A student who was learning in our school passed away a long time ago. I too hear that a photograph taken by a nurse had captured the’ghost’ of that student.
In order to investigate on this incident, I arranged to take photographs of that building in the mid night. We checked those photographs, but we found no evidence of a ‘ghost’. The students were terrified after the rumours of this story.” Said the Vice Principal.”
She also mentioned that things have been come back to normal and that it is calmed down now.
“Then in order to find more details, I went to that particular Nursing School. One of the senior officers, who had taken the data into a computer, showed me the photograph. I checked the photograph well.
I noticed that the photograph of the ‘ghost’ captured by the nurse showed that the right leg of the student was missing. The nurse told me that the photograph which was taken before this photograph had been blotted as the camera had been moved. So she had taken another instead and in that she had seen that ‘ghost’. This student who had been injured by the accident had first taken treatments at the ward 16 in Peradeniya Teaching Hospital.  I went to the hospital to speak to the nurses about this case and found out that the girl’s left leg had been severely injured. I was told that her right leg was not injured at all.
Even though the doctor’s have decided to amputate the left leg, the operation had not been performed as the parents had objected to their decision. Thus, the parents had taken her to a private hospital in Colombo and she had passed away there. I was told that her leg was not amputated at that hospital either.
The student, who had been injured by the train accident, had got her left leg injured but it had not been amputated. Yet the photograph shows of a student whose right leg is not seen.
I have carried out many investigations at places where ‘ghosts’ were said to be, but I haven’t seen a ‘ghost’ yet.” Said Dr. Janaka Jayasuriya

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A ghost picture of a Kandy School girl who had one leg amputated after an accident captured on cameras

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