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The Pune facility is expected to add 150,000 vehicles of annual capacity at full operationalization: capacity is planned to rise from 170,000 units currently to 320,000 units by 2030. This is a derived increase of 320,000 minus 170,000 units. ^[1]

HMIL has allocated up to Rs 11,000 Crores for the Pune facility, to be invested in phases. ^[1] However, the acquisition consideration paid for the Talegaon facility is not separately quantified in the cited disclosure; therefore, Rs 11,000 Crores should be treated as the announced Pune investment envelope rather than a separately verified sum of acquisition price plus expansion spend.

For comparison, the FY26 results communication referred to a capex plan of approximately Rs 7,500 Crores. ^[2] Against that figure, the Rs 11,000 Crores Pune investment is:

• Rs 3,500 Crores higher
• Approximately 46.67% above the Rs 7,500 Crores plan, calculated as Rs 3,500 Crores divided by Rs 7,500 Crores

The cited material does not identify the Rs 7,500 Crores figure specifically as the capex guidance disclosed in the RHP. Accordingly, the numerical comparison is valid against the disclosed FY26 capex plan, but an exact RHP-versus-Pune-investment variance cannot be established without the RHP’s precise capex figure and scope.

The regulatory disclosure gives only two firm capacity points for Pune: 170,000 units annually at commissioning, rising in phases to 320,000 units by 2030. It does not provide dated interim milestones between those two points. ^[3]

A contemporaneous media report provides a more granular, but not regulatory-filing-level, roadmap: approximately 120,000 units under two-shift operations, 170,000 units after a third shift scheduled for October 2026, approximately 250,000 units by 2028, and approximately 300,000 units by 2030. ^[4] This differs from Hyundai’s formal disclosure, which specifies 320,000 units by 2030; the regulatory figure should therefore be treated as the company’s authoritative peak-capacity target.

Alignment with the 1-million-unit objective: the Pune ramp is intended to lift HMIL’s three-plant Indian manufacturing footprint from roughly 1 million units currently to approximately 1.14 million units annually by 2030. The near-1-million figure is reported for the two Chennai plants plus Pune at the facility’s initial 170,000-unit capacity. ^[5] The company’s formal longer-term disclosure uses the higher and more precise 1.14-million-unit target, combining Chennai operations with Pune’s phased expansion. ^[6]

The implication is that Pune is not required to reach 320,000 units for HMIL to approach 1 million units across India; that threshold is broadly supported by the existing Chennai base plus Pune’s initial capacity. Pune’s subsequent ramp to 320,000 units is the incremental capacity that takes the network beyond 1 million, toward 1.14 million by 2030.

Pune is designed as a dual-powertrain facility, with the flexibility to manufacture EVs and ICE vehicles on the same production lines. The cited plant description does not establish that the existing Chennai plant is ICE-only; therefore, the precise Pune-versus-Chennai capability differential cannot be stated conclusively from the available RHP extract. ^[7]

What is clear about Pune

• Pune is described as a flexible facility capable of producing both ICE vehicles and EVs on the same production lines, allowing HMIL to adjust the mix as demand evolves. ^[7]
• The formal plant announcement is more conservative, explicitly referring to production systems supporting multiple ICE and hybrid models; it does not provide an EV-specific capacity figure. ^[3]
• Pune has current installed capacity of 170,000 vehicles annually, planned to expand in phases to 320,000 units by 2030. ^[3]

EV versus ICE allocation

The RHP does not appear to earmark the new Pune capacity into a fixed EV-versus-ICE split in the cited material. It indicates production flexibility rather than dedicated capacity allocation: the same lines can be deployed toward EV or ICE models depending on product plans and market demand. The Pune engine shop's stated capacity of 150,000 engines annually supports ICE production, but it should not be interpreted as a 150,000-unit allocation of the vehicle plant's total capacity to ICE models. ^[3]

Implication: Pune adds powertrain optionality, not a disclosed EV capacity commitment. The facility can support HMIL's EV portfolio, but the RHP evidence cited here does not quantify how much of the 170,000-unit initial capacity—or the 320,000-unit 2030 target—will be dedicated to EVs versus ICE models.