Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Ltd. (TPEM), a subsidiary of Tata Motors, India’s homegrown automaker has announced to start the production of passenger vehicles from its new factory in Sanand, Gujarat. This plant was taken over from Ford, after the American automaker’s exit from India. Tata Motors also rolled out first EV in the form of Tata Nexon.ev from the facility.
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Tata Motors will be making all its electric cars at the Sanand facility, including Tata Tiago.ev, Tata Tigor.ev, Tata Nexon.ev and soon to be launched Tata Punch.ev. The plant is situated in the industrial hub, GIDC Sanand and was acquired from Ford India, on January 10, 2023.
Spread across 460 acres, it will be Tata Motors’ second plant in Gujarat to manufacture ICE and EV models. The plant houses four main shops – Stamping, Body construction, Paint and Final assembly shop and they are equipped with high level of automation and latest technology, to ensure precision manufacturing.
Major retooling and tech upgrades include:
• Press shop – New dies for stamping critical skin panels
• Weld shop – Modification of all lines with additional robots, new grippers and fixtures have been added
• Paint shop – Modification of handling systems, external robot programming, internal robotic painting and waxing set up
• Assembly shop – Modification of handling systems and end of line system
The plant currently has more than 1000 employees (includes staff and technicians) and will create 1000 additional jobs in the next 3 to 4 months in the region. Tata Motors has invested in upskilling its workforce by providing them with Diploma, Bachelor of Engineering and Master’s Degree, as applicable.
Shailesh Chandra, Managing Director, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited & Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Limited said, “Witnessing the first car roll out of the new TPEM facility in Sanand is a proud moment for us. We have successfully retooled the factory in the shortest span of 12 months, taking it to new level to accommodate a wide range of existing products and future new models to come.
Tata Motors Passenger & Electric Vehicles business has delivered market beating growth over the last few years. We have strong plans to sustain this momentum, with our robust pipeline of future ready “New Forever” products and proactive investments in electric vehicles. With existing capacities near saturation, this new facility will unlock an additional state-of-the-art manufacturing capacity of 300,000 units per annum which is scalable to 420,000 units per annum.”
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