Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast Auto is evaluating potential sites for its planned manufacturing facility and has already reviewed two locations in Tamil Nadu, people aware of the developments told ET.
Touted as a rival to iconic EV maker Tesla, the auto company has been shown land in the Manalur region north of Chennai as well as in one of the state’s southernmost districts Tuticorin, according to sources who said that VinFast was also set to evaluate plots in Gujarat shortly.