Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Ok Stalin on Monday inaugurated Tata Motors’ new passenger car and Jaguar Land Rover manufacturing facility at Panapakkam in Ranipet district, formally marking the beginning of operations on the greenfield plant contained in the SIPCOT industrial advanced.

The Rs 9,000 crore facility started operations on February 9, 2026. The primary car rolled out from the plant was the Vary Rover Evoque, which will probably be regionally assembled as a totally knocked-down unit for Jaguar Land Rover.

Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran attended the inauguration together with state ministers, senior officers, and executives from Tata Motors and JLR.

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Inaugurated the Tata Jaguar Land Rover Luxurious ICE and EV manufacturing facility at SIPCOT Panapakkam, Ranipet.

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The Panapakkam unit will assemble JLR fashions and add capability for Tata Motors’ personal passenger car portfolio. It’s going to complement JLR CKD meeting at present undertaken at Tata Motors’ Chakan plant close to Pune.

The power represents the primary part of a bigger greenfield undertaking designed to supply next-generation autos, together with electrical autos, for each Tata Motors and JLR manufacturers. Manufacturing will probably be scaled over the subsequent 5 to seven years to achieve a designed annual capability of as much as 250,000 autos for home and worldwide markets.

The undertaking is predicted to generate greater than 5,000 direct and oblique jobs and help the regional provider ecosystem. The corporate mentioned the plant will function fully on renewable vitality and be water optimistic, aligned with international environmental requirements. Its proximity to Tamil Nadu’s ports helps each home distribution and exports, together with electrical autos.

Talking on the occasion, Stalin mentioned, “Today, when the Tata Group’s manufacturing facility has been inaugurated, is a golden day for Tamil Nadu.” He added that when Tamil Nadu provides a assure, it delivers with “certainty and international high quality”. Chandrasekaran mentioned the ability displays the Tata Group’s deal with sustainable, technology-driven manufacturing in India.