by Tyler Durden
Gigafactories
aren t just for Tesla anymore.
Perhaps a sign of how far the rest of the EV market has come or perhaps just trying to keep up with legacy automakers like Ford (who announced yesterday they were tackling EVs head on), Nissan has announced it is in talks with the U.K. government to build its own Gigafactory in Sunderland.
The new factory would go at the company s existing site in Sunderland, FT wrote this week, and would be run by Nissan’s Chinese battery supplier Envision AESC. Nissan already makes batteries for its Nissan Leaf at a facility run by Envision near the proposed Sunderland site.
Number of cars built last month shows signs of a post-lockdown rebound but industry faces recovery hurdles - including chip shortage that could delay deliveries of new models
Some 68,306 cars were built by UK factories last month - a 34,500% increase on the 197 produced in April 2020 as businesses were forced to shut
The output was just 3.5% down on 2019 manufacturing figures
SMMT say production is down 42.9% last month and by almost a third for January to April when compared to a five-year average
Despite the signs of recover, the trade body warns the computer chip shortage could strangle assembly lines
LONDON (dpa-AFX) - UK car production increased sharply in April compared to the pandemic hit month in 2020 but remained below its 2019 level, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, or