Nissan has announced a 拢1bn investment in and the creation of 6,200 jobs with plans for a new ‘gigafactory’ alongside its partner Envision AESC, a global player in battery technology, and Sunderland City Council.
Nissan president and CEO Makoto Uchida said: 鈥淭his project comes as part of Nissan’s pioneering efforts to achieve carbon neutrality throughout the entire life cycle of our products.
鈥淭he experience and know-how gained through the project will be shared globally, enhancing Nissan鈥檚 global competitiveness.”
The investment will create more than 900 new Nissan jobs and 750 new Envision AESC jobs at its low-carbon battery plant.
Envision AESC, a producer of for , will use integrated smart technology to monitor and optimise energy consumption, manufacturing and maintenance at its new gigafactory, enabling a production increase and the capability to provide batteries to power up to 100,000 Nissan EVs a year.
in 1986 and since then the plant has grown into the biggest in the history of the , supporting 46,000 UK jobs.
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