Tamil Nadu Chief minister M K Stalin will lay the foundation stone for the JLR and Tata Motors manufacturing facility in Ranipet district next month.

JLR, the marquee brand owned by Tata Motors, will produce only electric vehicles. On the other, Tata Motors will manufacture a wider range of vehicles from its stable in the nearly 500-acre Sipcot facility, officials said.

The Rs 9,000 crore facility in Tamil Nadu will be the first in India to manufacture the luxury models of JLR."Until now, models sold in India were either imported as fully manufactured vehicles from its plant in Britain or assembled in Pune. In this plant, they will manufacture these cars from scratch," an official said.

Tata Motors, meanwhile, will roll out a wider range of vehicles and is considering hybrid ones too. "Several factors are driving the growth of the hybrid car market, including rising fuel prices, stricter emission regulations, and government incentives for eco-friendly vehicles.