Mahindra Unveils New Mfg, Battery Assembly Facility

Pune: Automaker Mahindra on Wednesday unveiled its new manufacturing and battery assembly facility at its Chakan plant, a fully integrated ecosystem dedicated to producing electric SUVs.

To boost EV manufacturing, Mahindra has allocated Rs4,500 crores out of the total Rs16,000 crore planned in the F22–F27 investment cycle - which includes power train development, two product top hats including software and tech and manufacturing capacity.

The company said the new EV manufacturing hub is a fully integrated, highly automated manufacturing ecosystem that leverages over 1,000 robots and multiple automated transfer systems. The EV facility also targets a 25 per cent gender diversity ratio, reinforcing the plant’s inclusive and future-ready work culture.

“Driven by this foundation, Mahindra is now charged up to roll out next-generation Electric Origin SUVs,” the automaker said in a statement. The facility deploys over 500 robots and fully automated transfer systems in body shop, all monitored via an IoT-based “Nerve Center” for real-time process insights and end to end traceability.

The facility is located within the company’s 2.83 km Chakan manufacturing hub — one of India’s largest greenfield projects, a water-positive facility- and 100 per cent reliant on renewable energy. According to the company’s Chairman Anand Mahindra, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) is the 11th most valuable automobile manufacturer in the world, leaping over many competitors and erstwhile technology collaborators.