Tata Motors is building the new auto plant as a greenfield facility in Panapakkam, a town in the Ranipet district of the southern state of Tamil Nadu. “We are pleased to make Panapakkam as the home of our next generation of cars and SUVs, including electric and luxury vehicles,” Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran commented on the groundbreaking ceremony. Building the Tamil Nadu plant involves a significant investment of approximately 90,000 million rupees (around 968,000 euros).
Tata Motors plans to start manufacturing in phases and achieve an annual production capacity of more than 250,000 vehicles over the next five to seven years. However, the company has not yet announced the start of production (SOP) timeline. According to a report from , the homegrown automaker could commence operations by late 2025 or early 2026.
JLR, which is owned by Indian Tata Motors, initially in the coming years. , the carmaker stepped on the brakes, saying it would focus more on plug-in hybrids and that the demand for pure EVs had cooled down. However, the company would still launch four BEVs by 2026.
An report earlier said Tata Motors will likely utilise 75% of the capacity for JLR models and export most of the output. According to this article, JLR will develop these models on the Electrified Modular Architecture (EMA), an upcoming dedicated EV platform. That Tata and JLR want to build EVs in India has been known .
Tata Motors Electric Mobility Limited (TPEML), a subsidiary of Tata Motors.