{"id":28655,"date":"2026-04-24T12:37:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=28655"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:37:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:37:51","slug":"stellantis-india-marks-50000-smartcar-rollout-strengthens-tamil-nadus-auto-manufacturing-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=28655","title":{"rendered":"Stellantis India Marks 50,000 Smartcar Rollout, Strengthens Tamil Nadu\u2019s Auto Manufacturing Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Stellantis India Marks 50,000 Smartcar Rollout, Strengthens Tamil Nadu\u2019s Auto Manufacturing Hub<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Chennai:<\/p>\n

Stellantis India today announced the rollout of its 50,000th vehicle from its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Thiruvallur, marking a significant milestone in the company\u2019s growth journey in India. The achievement reflects the success of Stellantis\u2019 Smart Car platform, developed in India for India and rest of the world by R&D teams in India leading the programme\u2019s development and industrialisation. The platform is widely deployed in vehicle development across continents\u2014Europe, South America, and Asia, underscoring India\u2019s growing role as a centre of engineering excellence within Stellantis\u2019 global ecosystem.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Vehicles built on the Smart Car platform at the Thiruvallur plant cater to both the Indian market and select international regions, including Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa, reinforcing Tamil Nadu\u2019s position as a competitive, export-ready automotive manufacturing hub. The milestone highlights the plant\u2019s operational excellence, manufacturing agility, and increasing contribution to Stellantis\u2019 global supply chain.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Since the commencement of its operations, the Thiruvallur facility has generated significant economic value for the region, creating over 1,100 direct employment opportunities and supporting several thousand indirect jobs across suppliers, logistics partners, and ancillary industries in and around Chennai. It has also played a key role in nurturing a robust local vendor ecosystem, aligned with the Government of Tamil Nadu\u2019s vision to strengthen industrial infrastructure and employment generation.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The plant consistently delivers high standards of quality and efficiency, driven by strong localisation under Make in India and the integration of advanced, sustainable manufacturing practices.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Commenting on the milestone, Shailesh Hazela, CEO & Managing Director, Stellantis India, said: \u201cThis 50,000-unit rollout marks an important step in Stellantis India\u2019s manufacturing journey and reflects the strength of our teams, supplier partners, dealers and customer trust. Tamil Nadu\u2019s progressive industrial policies and skilled talent have been central to our growth, and we will continue to invest in the region as we scale our operations sustainably.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Building on this milestone, Stellantis India continues to focus on scaling up production capabilities, enhancing export volumes, and introducing globally competitive products from its Indian facilities. The Thiruvallur plant will remain central to these ambitions, supporting both current and future mobility solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stellantis India Marks 50,000 Smartcar Rollout, Strengthens Tamil Nadu\u2019s Auto Manufacturing Hub Chennai: Stellantis India today announced the rollout of its 50,000th vehicle from its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Thiruvallur, marking a significant milestone in the company\u2019s growth journey in India. The achievement reflects the success of Stellantis\u2019 Smart Car platform, developed in India for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,29,10,25,11,27,34,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-classifieds","category-corporate","category-entertainment","category-new-hopes","category-news","category-technology","category-value-added-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28655"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28658,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28655\/revisions\/28658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}