Recent rumors suggested that Nissan would soon provide an update on the British plant in Sunderland . Today, the Japanese brand announced its & quot; EV36Zero & quot; plan which provides for an important investment of 1 billion pounds (about 1.17 billion euros) for this production site which will therefore become; more and more; important for its growth strategy.
This transformation project foresees that the plant becomes a hub for the production of electric cars. In addition, the plan also includes a new battery factory. To all this is added an interesting project for the production of renewable energy. This development plan & egrave; the result of the joint collaboration between Nissan, Envision AESC and the municipality of Sunderland. The initiative will have an important impact also from the point of view of employment as the expansion foresees around 900 new jobs through Nissan and 750 with Envision AESC. To all this we must add the advantages for the related industries. Let's see the main details.
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NEW ELECTRIC MODEL 
As part of this plan, the Japanese builder will invest 423 million pounds (about 493 million euros) to produce a new generation electric crossover inside the plant. There are no specific details about this car except that it will rest; on the CMF-EV platform and that it will result; more Ariya's little one. The capacity productive will be & agrave; up to 100 thousand units per year. Although there is no precise information & egrave; possible that this is the heir to the current Nissan Leaf. There will, however, be time to learn more.
The new plan also provides that Envision AESC already has; deals with producing the batteries for the Leaf in Sunderland, andr & agrave; to invest 450 million pounds (about 524 million euros) to build a Gigafactory in the International Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP) next to the Sunderland plant. A factory that will be powered only by renewable energy. Initially it will have; a capacity equal to 9 GWh which will rise to 25 GWh in 2030. The target is to subsequently reach 35 GWh per year (in the end the investment including Envision AESC will be 1.8 billion pounds or 2.1 billion euros). Thanks to on-site production, battery costs will be reduced and this should make the electric vehicles produced in the factory more efficient. accessible. The cells produced will have a density; 30% higher energy, which will guarantee; greater autonomy.
The municipality of Sunderland with an investment of 80 million pounds (about 93 million euros) will realize; a project that aims to provide a & quot; microgrid & quot; of electricity 100% renewable that will do & agrave; save 55 thousand tons of CO2 per year. The already existing renewable energy sources will be exploited; present at the Sunderland site to which will be added up to 10 new solar parks . On the site will be & agrave; also installed a 1 MW energy storage plant that will use & agrave; the discarded batteries of Nissan's electric vehicles to which it will be; then give it a second life.
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