Tata Group to set up £4 billion EV cell plant in the UK — India next, maybe?

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India's Tata Group yesterday announced it will set invest more than £4 billion ($5.2 billion) to set up an electric battery cell manufacturing plant in the UK. The Gigafactory, as these plants are popularly called, will have a capacity of 40GW a year, and it is expected to start production in 2026. Forbes India's Manu Balachandran joins us on ToThePoint today, to discuss the significance of this investment — the Tata Group's first cell factory overseas and one of the largest automotive investments into Britain. We also ask why India didn't make the cut as a location