Tata Motors & JLR To Make EVs In India For Global Markets

Tata Motors and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will manufacture electric vehicles in India for international markets, Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran announced, highlighting the group's strategy to capitalise on India's "cost attitude" and the sophistication of the two brands. This marks a significant step forward in the companies' long-standing exploration of synergies.

In a recent interview with Autocar, Chandrasekaran confirmed that the two automakers had finalised plans to produce EVs in India. He revealed that two distinct models, built on JLR's Electrified Modular Architecture (EMA) platform, would be manufactured—one each from Tata Motors and JLR. He added that the vehicles would be exported globally from the Sanand facility in Gujarat.

While specific details of these plans were not disclosed, Chandrasekaran indicated that Tata Motors has broader aspirations and that more information on exports would be forthcoming within a year.

Sanand, where Tata Motors has taken over Ford Motors' former facility, is expected to be the production site for the first vehicle based on the EMA platform, potentially named Avinya. This vehicle will serve both domestic and international markets.

JLR, which has manufacturing operations in the UK, Europe, and China, has laid out a roadmap for its transition to electric vehicles. According to Tata Motors' FY24 annual report, the EMA platform and Jaguar Electrified Architecture will debut in 2025 as part of a move towards making all the company's brands fully electric by 2030. This will involve reconfiguring several global manufacturing plants, starting with Merseyside in the UK, which will become the company's first all-electric manufacturing facility.

Solihull will follow with electric Jaguar production, and JLR's Nitra plant in Slovakia will be updated to support electric vehicle production by 2030.

JLR is also collaborating with partners and suppliers to cut emissions across its operations, aiming for a 46 percent reduction in its activities and a 54 percent cut per vehicle across its value chain.