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Hyundai Motor India marks 30 years with future mobility push
Carmaker crosses 13.5 million customers, plans Rs 45,000 crore push.
MUMBAI: Three decades, millions of engines, and one long road that still seems to be accelerating. Hyundai Motor India Limited marked its 30th Foundation Day on 6 May, celebrating a journey that began in 1996 with a single manufacturing vision and has since evolved into one of India’s biggest automotive success stories. From the first shovel in Sriperumbudur to nearly 10 lakh units of annual production capacity today, Hyundai’s India playbook has steadily shifted gears from affordable mobility to electrification, exports and future-ready manufacturing.
The company said it has served over 13.5 million customers since inception, including 9.6 million in India and 3.9 million exports across 150 countries. Hyundai’s made-in-India vehicles now travel roads from Saudi Arabia and South Africa to Mexico, Chile and Peru, reinforcing India’s role as a global manufacturing hub within the automaker’s ecosystem.
“HMIL’s 30-year journey is defined by trust earned over time and the pride of our teams delivering consistently for customers across India,” said Hyundai Motor India MD and CEO Tarun Garg.
The company has invested Rs 40,700 crore in India since inception and now plans another Rs 45,000 crore investment between FY26 and FY30, focused on manufacturing expansion, electrification and next-generation mobility solutions. Hyundai also reiterated plans to launch 26 new products and variants by FY2030.
Its footprint has expanded well beyond factories. Hyundai now operates more than 1,500 sales outlets across 1,100-plus cities, covering 78 per cent of Indian districts. On the service side, the company has built 1,675 touchpoints and 162 mobile service vans across 1,025 cities, supported by over 50,000 dealership professionals.
The numbers stretch into sustainability too. Hyundai said all its offices and plants in India are now powered by 100 per cent renewable energy under its RE100 initiative. The company has completed more than 350 energy-efficiency projects in five years and reused treated wastewater across key facilities to maintain zero liquid discharge operations.
Its Chennai plant alone meets 80 per cent of its water needs through rainwater harvesting and recycling systems.
On the social impact front, Hyundai Motor India Foundation has invested over Rs 803 crore in CSR initiatives since 2014, impacting an average of 2.2 million lives annually across 28 states and five Union Territories. The initiatives span healthcare, education, skill development and environmental restoration.
The automaker has also emerged as a major employment engine, generating between 15,000 and 18,000 direct jobs and supporting up to 450,000 indirect employment opportunities through suppliers, dealers and ecosystem partners.
Yet, even at 30, Hyundai appears less interested in nostalgia and more focused on the next lap. Between expanding EV ambitions, scaling exports and deepening localisation which now averages 82 per cent, the company is positioning India not just as a market, but as a strategic nerve centre in its global mobility ambitions.
For Hyundai, the milestone isn’t simply about how far the wheels have rolled. It’s about how much road still lies ahead.
