- Kia began production at its new plant in Anantapur, India on Thursday.
- After making inroads into the U.S. and China, the carmaker is aiming high in the Indian market.
- With the addition of the new plant, Hyundai, which already has two factories there with a combined production capacity of 700,000 cars, and its affiliate Kia are now able to roll out about 1 million cars annually.