Tata Motors will use an automaking platform from Chery to locally build electric cars under its premium Avinya brand, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
The Indian carmaker told Reuters it will leverage the Freelander platform produced in a joint venture between Chery and Jaguar Land Rover in China, with the cars being manufactured at its newly opened factory in Tamil Nadu in southern India.
The first Avinya model on Chery's platform is due in 2027 and will be shipped from China as a kit and assembled in India, two people familiar with the matter said, with efforts to source localized components already underway.
A second EV is due for launch in 2029, with scope for two more vehicles beyond that, one of them said.
The strategy marks a pivot from Tata's original plan to use JLR's electrified modular architecture for Avinya models targeted for 2025.
