Nissan Motor is expected to confirm this week its decision to build a new gigafactory for electric vehicle (EVs) batteries in Sunderland, near its exiting car plant in the UK, according to UK-based broadcaster Sky News.
Sky’s city editor Mark Kleinman posted on Twitter: “I understand Nissan will confirm as soon as this week details of its EV strategy for the UK, including the construction of a battery gigafactory in Sunderland, paving the way for thousands of the Japanese company’s electric cars to be built in Britain every year”.
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Reports in Japan last month suggested Nissan was looking to strengthen its partnership with EV battery manufacturer Envision AESC group to source lithium-ion batteries for its forthcoming UK and Japanese-made EVs.
Envision AESC, owned by China’s Envision Group, is based in Japan where it operates an EV battery plant in Kanagawa prefecture near Tokyo. It also has a plant in Tennessee and one in Sunderland, UK, which it acquired from Nissan Motor in 2018.
According to reports, Envision AESC’s new EV battery plant in Sunderland is scheduled to open in 2024 with an initial annual capacity of 6GWh.
The company said it is also building a new production and R&D centre in China’s Wuxi province, with a production capacity of 20GWh.
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