Nissan invest £26.5m in North East manufacturing

Posted on 22 Jan 2016 by Fred Tongue

Nissan has announced it will produce batteries at the firms Sunderland plant.

Nissan will produce a future generation of electric vehicle (EV) batteries at its flagship manufacturing base in Sunderland. The announcement represents a £26.5m investment in Nissan’s manufacturing operations in the UK and will safeguard 300 jobs in manufacturing, maintenance and engineering at the firms lithium-ion plant, the largest in Europe. The investment in the plant…

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