Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeNissan is reportedly in talks to build a brand new giga-factory in Sunderland in a move that will bring thousands of new jobs into the community. The new factory will join its existing Sunderland plant and would produce 200,000 battery cars a year as well as thousands of jobs, according to FT sources. It’s part of a wider plan to make Britain the company’s largest electric car production hub outside Japan. Nissan wants the UK, where it first opened its plant in 1986, to be the dominant electric car production centre after its Tochigi plant in Japan. “Having established EV and battery production in the UK in 2013 for the Nissan LEAF, our Sunderland plant has played a pioneering role in developing the electric vehicle market.

Source: Daily Mirror May 26, 2021 12:44 UTC