Japanese carmaker understood to be preparing to build 200,000 batteries for electric vehicles every year in the UK
Japanese carmaker Nissan is set to confirm plans to build a battery “gigafactory” in Sunderland this week, handing a significant post-Brexit jobs and investment boost to the UK’s under-pressure automotive sector.
Nissan is expected to promise to build as many as 200,000 batteries for electric vehicles every year in the UK, in partnership with Chinese specialist Envision AESC.