Tatas to set up EV battery plant worth ₹42,300 crore in UK
MUMBAI: Tata Sons plans to build a four-billion-pound (about Rs 42,300 crore) electric vehicle battery factory in the UK, which will be its first gigafactory outside India. Last month, it announced plans to establish a Rs 13,000-crore battery manufacturing facility in Gujarat.
The UK plant, which will cater to the requirements of Tata Group company Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), will create up to 4,000 jobs and have an annual output of 40 gigawatt hours. Production at the gigafactory will start in 2026. The factory is expected to be set up in Somerset, South West England, while JLR’s UK plants are near Birmingham, in central England, reflecting the need for batteries to be established near their manufacturing facilities.
