Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will begin completely knocked down (CKD) vehicle operations from its Ranipet plant in Tamil Nadu from early 2026. The Ranipet facility, located at Panapakkam, was approved in September 2024, and will have an annual capacity exceeding 2.5 lakh units.

Tata Motors has committed an investment of Rs 9,000 crore for this project. “On the demand side we should be able to mitigate some aspect of the demand stress,” Group CFO, Tata Motors, PB Balaji explained, referring to intensified market activation and rerouting demand to stable markets such as the UK and Europe.

JLR intends to leverage the Chennai plant’s industrialisation timeline to optimise costs and capacity effectively before 2030. Group CFO of Tata Motors, PB Balaji noted the phased migration of CKD operations from Pune to Ranipet.