(01 Jul 2021, 8:34 am)Michael wrote Nissan has announced details of a new battery "gigafactory" that will enable its Sunderland car plant to massively increase production of electric vehicles.
The Japanese manufacturer said the £1bn battery plant, built in partnership with Chinese manufacturer Envision, will create 900 jobs at Nissan plus 750 at Envision - and an overall 6,200 when the impact on suppliers is included.
Britishvolt intends to build a plant on the former Blyth power station site in Northumberland promising 3,000 jobs and batteries for 300,000 vehicles a year.
https://news.sky.com/story/nissan-to-unv...n-12345950
https://uk.nissannews.com/en-GB/releases...neutrality
Really good news for Sunderland and the North East.
Now if only they could transport vehicles by electric train, rather than diesel HGVs...