Ultraviolette to Invest INR 779 Crore in Tamil Nadu EV Manufacturing Plant

Ultraviolette Automotive, an electric motorcycle manufacturer based in India, intends to construct a new BIGGA (Big Global Ambition) Factory in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, with an investment of INR 779 crore ($81.93 million). This change will help the company increase its production capacity and break into the mass market.

In India, the desire for electric two-wheelers is being propelled by concerns over the compatibility of older petrol vehicles with E20 gasoline. The sales of electric vehicles surpassed 1.03 million units in the first eight months of 2026, according to official statistics.

Offerings of Ultraviolette’s Hosur Plant

At launch, the Hosur plant will be able to handle 250,000 automobiles per year. The owners of the startup, who have Qualcomm and TVS Motor backing, informed a media agency that the capacity may be raised to 500,000 units as demand rises. The business already has a plant close to Bengaluru that can produce up to 50,000 units per year, this new plant will supplement that.

By fiscal year 2030, the consulting firm McKinsey predicts that electric two-wheeler adoption would reach 40% to 45%. In August 2026, their percentage of total two-wheeler sales surpassed 10% for the very first time.  The present facility cannot meet the demand that Ultraviolette has generated for its products, including the upcoming Tesseract and Shockwave, according to CEO and co-founder Narayan Subramaniam. Shockwave, an electric motorcycle from Ultraviolette known for high-end models like the F77 and X47, will retail for less than INR 2,000,000. Tesseract, a scooter, will be available for less than INR 1,50,000.

Future Plans of Ultraviolette

Subramaniam stated that the business anticipates monthly underlying demand for its scooters of 10,000 units. This could position it to compete with larger electric two-wheeler manufacturers such as Ola Electric and Ather Energy. According to CTO Niraj Rajmohan, the investment will be paid for over the next five years using a combination of internal funds, stock, and projected cash flows, with very little debt.

Rajmohan stated that Hosur's accessibility to an automotive supply chain and its closeness to Ultraviolette's Bengaluru R&D centre were factors in the location's selection. In comparison to Zero Motorcycles' 1,756 units and Harley-LiveWire Davidson's 300 units, Ultraviolette sold almost 3,000 electric motorcycles worldwide in the first half of the year, according to the company. Subramaniam claims that exports to Latin America and Europe currently make up around 15% of sales and have the potential to reach 25% in the next five years. Approximately 2,000 new jobs will be created by the new factory. As manufacturing grows, this figure is anticipated to rise in the coming five years.