Automotive industry in Chennai

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Chennai is nicknamed the "Detroit of Asia"{{Cite web |date=2019-07-26 |title=Japanese companies eye investments in India's 'Detroit of Asia' |url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3020059/japanese-are-coming-indias-tamil-nadu-feels-force-foreign-cash |access-date=2021-08-15 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}} due to the presence of major automobile manufacturing units and allied industries around the city.

A number of big motor companies, including BMW, Ford, Hyundai, Renault-Nissan, Mitsubishi, Caparo Group, Komatsu, Caterpillar, Ashok Leyland, and TVS, have presence along the 60 km Automotive Corridor. Oragadam is regarded as the epicenter of this corridor, which contains the National Automobile Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRIP). This corridor is served by three major ports, Chennai Port, Kattupalli Shipyard and Ennore Port.

The 4-wheeler vehicles in Chennai is the base of 30% of India's automobile industry{{cite journal | last = Sivalingam | first = T | author2 = Bhaskaran, E | title = IT applications in Automotive Industry | journal = GCMM 2004 First International Conference on Manufacturing and Management | page =20 | year = 2004 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=v4Tm1of3UEcC&q=chennai+auto+components+industry&pg=PA20 | access-date =25 December 2015| publisher = Alpha Science International, Limited | isbn = 978-81-7319-677-5}} and 35% of its automobile component industry.{{cite web | title = Automotive Components | publisher = Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India | url = http://dsir.nic.in/reports/ExpTechTNKL/Abs%20new/Automotive_Components.htm | access-date = 2008-04-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080430114520/http://www.dsir.nic.in/reports/ExpTechTNKL/Abs%20new/Automotive_Components.htm | archive-date = 2008-04-30 | url-status = dead }}{{cite web |title= Automobile Industry India |publisher= Imagin Mor |url= http://imaginmor.com/automobileindustryindia.html |access-date= 22 March 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120317004637/http://www.imaginmor.com/automobileindustryindia.html |archive-date= 17 March 2012 |url-status= dead }} Besides the commercial industry, the Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) has been established in Avadi to produce military related vehicles. Avadi also has the Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE), a new engine-testing facilities.