A major supplier of Nissan has invested nearly £50m to open a new factory in Sunderland, creating 183 high-skilled jobs for the local region. Jatco, a Japanese firm which makes gearboxes for global ...

Plans for a new electric vehicle battery gigafactory have taken a step closer to becoming a reality, following a decision by ...

Later this week, Japanese manufacturer Nissan is expected to announce plans for a new so-called Gigafactory to build batteries at its manufacturing base in Sunderland. Mr Hawes said that under ...

The Gigafactory is planned to produce 35GWh of cells and 50GWh of packs per year by 2020. Tesla projects that the Gigafactory will employ about 6,500 people by 2020. Panasonic ...

JATCO, a Japanese firm which makes gearboxes for global automakers, will build electrified powertrains for Nissan's nearby gigafactory. A major supplier of Nissan has invested nearly £50m to open a ...