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DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra has told the government there must be a level playing field between domestic and foreign players and local manufacturing must be promoted, a top executive said, as New Delhi seeks to lure carmakers such as Tesla.

Tata Motors on Friday said it has commenced production at its new production facility at Sanand in Gujarat. Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Ltd, a unit of Tata Motors, had acquired the facility from Ford India for Rs 725.7 crore in January last year. "We have successfully retooled the factory in the shortest span of 12 months, taking it to a new level to accommodate a wide range of existing products and future new models to come," Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles and Tata Passenger Electric Mobility (TPEM) MD Shailesh Chandra said in a statement. The facility will play a pivotal role in steering Tata Motors, especially TPEM, towards achieving newer feats, he added. "With existing capacities near saturation, this new facility will unlock an additional manufacturing capacity of 3 lakh units per annum which is scalable to 4.2 lakh units per annum," Chandra said. The plant, which would be the company's second in Gujarat, would roll out both Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) and electric

US automaker Ford has stopped the production and shipments of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup owing to a battery issue.

Automobile firm is finalising a severance package with 2,000 employees working at the factory

In a statement on Friday, the company said it was 'exploring the possibility of using a plant in India as an export base for EV manufacturing'

We want to show that the company is electrifying all iconic vehicles: Ford

The investment figure is sharply higher than a previously announced target of $4.5 bn by 2020, Ford executives said