Tata Motors to Invest Rs 9,000 Crore in Tamil Nadu For Vehicle Manufacturing Plant

Tata Motors recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu government. The automaker will invest over Rs 9,000 crore in the state to set up a vehicle production facility. This large investment is planned to be made over five years, creating job opportunities for around 5,000 people, either directly or indirectly. The MoU was inked in the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, V Vishnu, IAS, Managing Director & CEO, Guidance, and PB Balaji, Tata Motors' Group CFO. While the carmaker has revealed its significant investment ambitions, it hasn't provided exact specifics about the new facility in Tamil Nadu. Thus, it's unknown at this moment if the new plant will produce passenger or commercial vehicles. More information on this topic is expected to become available as the factory nears completion.

It is important to note that this represents the second major contribution from a carmaker in Tamil Nadu this year. VinFast Auto Ltd., a Vietnam-based EV manufacturer, began construction of its integrated electric vehicle manufacturing facility in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, last month. The corporation intends to invest Rs 4000 crore in over five years. Let's take a closer look at a few other major developments of the homegrown automaker. 

Tata Motors Other Highlights 

Tata Motors recently said that it had produced 10 lakh units, a noteworthy production milestone, at its Sanand factory in Gujarat. The milestone car was the Tata Tiago, which has a starting price of Rs 5.65 lakh in India

The domestic automaker established the Sanand factory in 2010. Over 1,100 acres make up the site, of which 741 acres are devoted to TML and 359 acres to Vendor Park. It directly and indirectly employs about 6000 people. The Tiago, the Tiago AMT, Tthe Tiago.ev, the Tiago iCNG, the Tigor, the Tigor AMT, the Tigor EV, the Tigor iCNG, and the XPRES-T EV (for fleet operators) are presently produced at this facility. Tata Motors asserts that it has successfully transformed a single-model factory into a multi-model plant capable of producing three models with flawless asset management and utilisation.

In related developments, Tata Motors recently declared its plans to split into two separate publicly traded companies. The first will focus on passenger cars, and the second on commercial vehicles.