Chairman of Tata Sons N Chandrasekaran said the business plans to produce electric vehicles in India for export through Tata Motors and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) using the “cost attitude” and sophistication of the brands to reach a “sweet spot.”
He said that Tata Motors and JLR had completed plans to develop EVs in India and had been exploring synergies for years in an interview that was recently published on the ‘Autocar’ website.
Two versions of JLR’s electrified modular architecture (EMA) platform—one from each of the two manufacturers will be offered in India, according to Chandrasekaran. “JLR vehicles will be exported from Sanand, Gujarat as well.”
Without giving any further details Chandrasekaran said that the two companies have “bigger aspirations” and that Tata Motors will talk about its exports in a year.
Tata Motors recently acquired the former Ford Motors plant in Sanand, which is likely to be the site of the production of the first vehicle constructed on the EMA platform. It is expected that the Avinya car would be made for export markets in addition to India.
JLR maintains plants in China, Europe, and the United Kingdom (UK) and has developed an electrification plan. Tata Motors is moving toward an electric-first business strategy with all of its brands offering entirely electric options by 2030.According to the company’s FY24 annual report beginning in 2025, the Jaguar Electrified Architecture and the new EMA will be available. The corporation is reorganizing its global operations such that Merseyside, UK, will become the first all-electric production center and Solihull will start producing electric Jaguars. JLR’s Nitra, Slovakia, plant will be updated by 2030 to produce electric vehicles.
In order to reduce emissions inside its own operations by 46% and by 54% per car across its whole fleet JLR is working with partners and suppliers.
