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.

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