Tata taps China's Chery for premium EV push
Tata Motors is partnering with China's Chery to license an automaking platform for its premium electric vehicles (EVs). This collaboration aims to accelerate Tata's EV development after previous plans were delayed. The first model under this partnership is expected to launch in 2027, with additional models planned for the future.
- ▪Tata Motors plans to use Chery's Freelander platform for its premium EVs.
- ▪The first Avinya model is set to launch in 2027, with a second model in 2029.
- ▪Tata aims to increase its electric vehicle sales from 14% to 30% by 2030.
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Tata Motors plans to license an automaking platform from China’s Chery, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the car company seeks to get its delayed premium EVs back on track.Tata told Reuters in a statement that it will leverage the Freelander platform produced in a joint venture between Chery and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) in China, with the cars being manufactured at its newly opened factory in Tamil Nadu in southern India.While Chinese carmakers remain largely shut out of the world’s third-largest auto market, their technology is quietly becoming hard to avoid, as local manufacturers lean on it to stay competitive in the global EV race.
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