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Hyundai (picture from Hyundai)
Hyundai Motor India (HMI) has announced that it would invest Rs 20000 crore over a period of 10 years to develop an electric vehicles ecosystem in the state.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was exchanged between Unsoo Kim, MD & CEO, Hyundai Motor India Limited and V Vishnu, MD & CEO, Guidance Tamil Nadu in the presence of Chief Minister MK Stalin, Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu and Industries Minister TRB Rajaa.
Over the next five years, HMI plans to set up a battery pack assembly unit with an annual capacity of 1,78,000 units and 100 charging stations on major highways of the state.
The announcement by Hyundai comes a day after US technology major Cisco said that it is looking to set up a manufacturing plant in the state.
On 9 May, Mitsubishi Electric exchanged an MoU with the Tamil Nadu government to set up an AC and compressor manufacturing plant near Gummidipoondi.