Mumbai, Sept. 10 -- Bengaluru-based electric vehicle maker Ultraviolette Automotive has announced plans to establish a new manufacturing facility - the BIGGA Factory - in Hosur, Tamil Nadu. The plant will manufacture the Tesseract electric scooter and support the company's future product portfolio across sports, crossover, cruiser and street motorcycle segments.

The facility, located at the SIPCOT Industrial Park in Shoolagiri, will feature an initial production capacity of 250,000 units per year, which can be scaled up to 500,000 vehicles annually.

The site will complement Ultraviolette's existing plant in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The project is expected to generate approximately 2,000 jobs during its first phase.

The manufacturing setup...