Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles on Monday rolled out the first JLR car – Range Rover Evoque model – from the Tata Motors – JLR factory in Panapakkam, Ranipet factory, 90 km west of Chennai.
Chief Minister MK Stalin inaugurated the Completely Knocked Down (CKD) vehicle plant in the industrial area, and drove the first car for a short distance inside the factory.
Tata-JLR becomes the sixth auto major after Hyundai, Renault, Nissan, BMW and VinFast to manufacture their cars in the State.
Tata Motors has committed an investment of ₹9,000 crore for the project, which will be implemented over several years.
At present, the company has all its CKD operations in Pune. Over time, it plans to migrate them to the Tamil Nadu plant, a senior company official told mediapersons last year.
In September 2024, Tata Motors broke ground for a new vehicle manufacturing facility at Panapakkam in Ranipet District, Tamil Nadu.
#WATCH | Ranipet, Tamil Nadu: Chief Minister MK Stalin inaugurates the new Tata Motors passenger vehicles and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) manufacturing facility in Panapakkam, Ranipet district today at the SIPCOT complex.
Chairperson of the Tata Group, Natarajan Chandrasekaran also… pic.twitter.com/6rjJLB3i9o
— ANI (@ANI) February 9, 2026
The facility is expected to have an annual production capacity exceeding 2.5 lakh units, with production ramping up in phases to achieve this target over the next 5 to 7 years.
Nearly 1,300 components are used to manufacture the vehicle. In the first phase, an investment of ₹900 crore had been spent the plant produce 20,000 Range Rover vehicles.
Published on February 9, 2026
