Hyundai's Pune plant gears up for multi-model exports

Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) will initially produce two car models at its Talegaon plant and prepare the facility to make vehicles for export to emerging markets, as the company marks its largest capacity addition in seven years.

- Ayaan Kartik

Hyundai's Talegaon plant near Pune begins production, will initially roll out the recently facelifted Venue.

Two people in the know said the 170,000-units-per-annum plant will first produce the facelift of its compact sports utility vehicle, Hyundai Venue and another model, which is likely to be a new launch.

According to the company’s presentation to investors last month in New York as part of Investor Day 2025, the Talegaon plant will focus on India-centric products, exports for emerging markets and have a multi-model assembly capability, allowing it to produce all types of vehicles, including electric and internal combustion vehicles. Current capacity will gradually be increased to 250,000 units within 3 years, as plant operations scale up with new vehicles, taking its India production capacity to nearly 1 million units annually.