Hyundai invests $4.87 billion, putting Chennai at the center of the growth cycle
At Hyundai Motor India's Sriperumbudur plant near Chennai, technicians are now checking new cars using tablets with the HIDIS 2.0 digital verification system, which allows for real-time defect registration, VIN verification, and final inspections, while AI-powered scanning and digital verification tools instantly identify problems so that cars They met Hyundai's global standards, TIMESOFINDIA reports.
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This digital transformation is at the heart of Hyundai Motor India's next and largest phase of investment: about $4.87 billion will be spent on product development, new technologies, localization and capacity expansion, with more than 20 launches and upgrades planned by fiscal year 2030, including six electric vehicles. In recent years, Hyundai has transformed its Chennai facility, consisting of two production units, into one of the most digital factories in the world, with artificial intelligence-based quality systems, quality control robots, and nearly 200 dashboards tracking production in real time. Robotics and deep learning tools support welding, sealant application, and structural verification at approximately 1,300 measurement points per vehicle body, and employees are being retrained using virtual reality modules as the company transitions to software-defined manufacturing.
Chennai remains a central element of Hyundai's strategy even after production began in Talegaon, Pune in October 2025. About 60 percent of the investment will go to R&D and new products, while 40 percent will go to capital expenditures, localization, and ecosystem development, as Hyundai aims to increase localization from 82 percent to over 90 percent by 2030.