• Nissan doubles down on Sunderland investment

    • 27 July 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Nissan has confirmed it is hiring another 400 people at its Sunderland plant as it ramps up production of its Qashqai, Juke and Leaf models This comes after the announcement that a £1bn investment would see the development of EV battery Gigafactory alongside its Sunderland plant, creating upwards of 1,600 more [...]
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  • Nissan confirms Sunderland EV expansion

    • 1 July 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Nissan has confirmed it will develop a new electric vehicle Gigafactory in Sunderland, while also manufacturing a new all-electric model at the site The £1bn expansion, hoped to be completed by 2024, will create 1,650 new jobs as well as nearly 5,000 supply chain jobs The Gigafactory will be developed by Nissan [...]
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  • Nissan to develop Sunderland Gigafactory

    • 29 June 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Nissan is expected to announce plans to build the UKs first battery Gigafactory in Sunderland, creating thousands of new jobs in the area Supported by investment from the government, the site could open in 2024 and produce batteries for about 200,000 cars every year It’s also been reported the company may [...]
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  • Nissan begins Sunderland production

    • 16 June 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Nissan has begun production of its new hybrid Qashqai at its Sunderland plant The decision to manufacture the vehicle in the UK will support 7,000 jobs, create up to 24,000 new jobs across the supply chain as well as 5,000 dealership roles Meanwhile, to mark the start of production Nissan is introducing new [...]
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  • Salaries fall behind car price inflation

    • 10 June 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A new study has found that the price of cars is rising faster than salaries The research, carried out by Moneybarn, looked at the increase in prices of more than 80 popular models over the past decade, and compared it to the rise in average salaries in that time It found that average salaries rose from £21,100 [...]
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  • Nissan planning huge Sunderland investment

    • 27 May 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Nissan is expected to confirm that it will build a huge electric car battery plant in Sunderland, creating upwards of 7,000 jobs The proposed factory would be built on the existing Sunderland site, producing 200,000 batteries a year Reports suggest the plant, which would make the site Nissan’s largest [...]
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  • Nissan posts 40% rise in profits

    • 2 November 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Nissan Motor Corporation, Japan’s second biggest carmaker, has posted a rise of 374% in net income for the six months ending in September The firm also revised its full-year to March 2016 forecast for global car sales to 55 million vehicles, an increase of 34% from the previous year Net income for the September [...]
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  • Nissan reveal IDS concept at Tokyo

    • 28 October 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Today at the Tokyo Motor Show 2015, Nissan unveiled a concept vehicle that is said to embody the firm’s vision of the future of autonomous driving and zero emission EVs: the Nissan IDS Concept Presenting at the show, Nissan president and CEO Carlos Ghosn said, ‘Nissan’s forthcoming technologies will [...]
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  • Renault-Nissan partner with The Floow

    • 16 September 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Renault-Nissan Alliance has announced a new partnership with The Floow, making it the first motor manufacturer to monetize ‘OEM’ data through The Floow Insurance Telematics scoring platform The initiative will offer insurers scores through data originating directly from the vehicle architecture removing the [...]
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  • Nissan invests £100m in UK car plant

    • 3 September 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Five years after inventing the small crossover, Nissan today announces a new generation Nissan Juke is slated for production in the UK The estimated £100m investment is a further endorsement of the quality of output from the Sunderland plant, and a statement of Nissan’s intention to remain the undisputed [...]
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