New Electric Vehicles for Nissan UK Sunderland Plant

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Sunderland, the UK’s largest car plant, will make all-electric future versions of  the Qashqai, JUKE and LEAF models. Nissan said today that this will comprise three electric vehicles (EVs), three gigafactories and up to £3B in investment.

“Exciting, electric vehicles are at the heart of our plans to achieve carbon neutrality. With electric versions of our core European models on the way, we are accelerating towards a new era for Nissan, for industry and for our customers,” said Nissan President and CEO Makoto Uchida.

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Both vehicle and battery manufacturing will be powered by the EV36Zero Microgrid, which will incorporate the wind and solar farms at Nissan and will have the capability to deliver 100% renewable electricity to Nissan and its neighboring suppliers. Nissan has ~7000 UK employees and says ~30,000 jobs are supported in the UK supply chain, which remains under threat because of the UK Brexit folly, which ignored the auto industry’s ~£71 billion (or more) contribution to the ailing British economy.

Today’s announcement follows Nissan’s confirmation that all its new cars in Europe from now will be fully electric. It expects its passenger car line-up in Europe to be 100% electric by 2030. It also builds on Nissan’s Ambition 2030 vision to become a sustainable company, “driving towards a cleaner, safer, and more inclusive world.”

Further information about the three models, including names, specifications and launch dates, will be released at a later time. They will be “inspired” by Hyper Urban, Hyper Punk and Chill-Out concepts.

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