Nissan unveils UK battery gigafactory as electric drive accelerates

Sunderland, United Kingdom (AFP) July 1, 2021

Nissan launched plans Thursday for a vast battery gigafactory in northeastern England, where it will manufacture a new electric vehicle as companies and governments accelerate away from fossil-fuel cars. Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed the post-Brexit investment totalling Pounds 1.0 billion ($1.4 billion, 1.2 billion euros) that is set to create an additional 6,200 jobs at Nissan's largest Eur