On Thursday, Tata Motors announced that the renowned compact SUV had become the first Indian car to be published on the prestigious International Dismantling Information System (IDIS) platform for End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV).

Tata Motors will promote sustainability to its whole product life cycle, including the development of ultra-low/zero-emission vehicles, followed by orderly dismantling and recycling of the vehicle at the final ELV stage. ‘Manufacturer Compiled Information’ has IDIS as its central repository and is utilized by 25+ global manufactures across 40 European and Asian nations.

The publishing of the Tata Nexon ELV process on IDIS further complements the government’s initiative towards Vehicle scrappage policy & Automotive Industry Standards (AIS 129), adding to the protection, preservation and improvement of the quality of the environment and energy conservation.

Tata Motors president and CTO Rajendra Petkar discussed this breakthrough saying, “At Tata Motors, our commitment to following sustainable practices is absolute. Accordingly, all our products are designed from the inception stage itself with high levels of recyclability potential to minimize material waste. Use of hazardous substances is restricted to a bare minimum while manufacturing and now with a defined process to manage ELV; we are laying down the path for responsible dismantling and recycling at the vehicle’s end of life stage.”

He added that they are hopeful on these pioneering activities creating encouragement for all auto industry stakeholders and also customers to consciously consider sustainability and environment safety in their decisions alongside building and purchasing vehicles.