General Motors is on the increased phase of its production at Talegaon facility by making the second shift effective. This will double the production of 200 cars a day to 400 cars of Chevrolet Spark and Beat. The company’s VP for Corporate Affairs indicated that the volume will be 8000 units from this month; the existing capacity at the Talegaon unit is 140000 units on three shifts at an investment of Rs1400crore.
The next phase of investment will see the volume to increase 3 lakh units including passenger cars under the SIAC-GM JV. However, the LCVs under the JV will set off from the Halol plant. The engine plant at Talegaon at Rs900 crore has commenced and will have an annual capacity of 160000 engines, to be commissioned by this year end. Under the CNG versions are Aveo, Chevrolet Cruze automatic in addition to the electric Spark to be ready for launch this year end.