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Here are a few articles on Nissan Sunderland - Production Line Stoppages / Battery Production / Commitments to Sunderland / Possibility of New Models - might be interesting Dave 😏

Nissan is pausing one of its two lines in Sunderland from Friday because shipping routes and ports are under pressure and have disrupted supplies due to the coronavirus crisis. This will affect the line which produces the Qashqai and Leaf, but work will resume next week.

BBC News: Coronavirus: Nissan Sunderland plant pauses Line One production : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-55760281

The Sunderland plant is secure for the long term as a result of the trade deal reached between the UK and the EU.
It said it will move additional battery production close to the plant where it has 6,000 direct employees and supports nearly 70,000 jobs in the supply chain.

BBC News: Brexit: Nissan commits to keep making cars in Sunderland : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55757930

Batteries for the top-rung 62kWh version of the Leaf electric hatchback are currently produced in the USA and imported to the UK, while lower-capacity 40kWh units are built at Sunderland by Chinese firm Envision Group, which will also handle production of the larger units.

Nissan will build batteries in UK to sustain Sunderland plant | Autocar : https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/indu ... land-plant

Nissan could also bring new models to Sunderland. Citing "people familiar with the company's planning," reports are that Sunderland is currently running at just over half its potential capacity and names the new X-Trail and Ariya EV as models that could be produced locally. Nissan previously scrapped plans to build the X-Trail in the UK in 2019, blaming a drop in demand for diesel and pre-Brexit uncertainty. The company has now said it's "satisfied" with the terms of the deal, and plans to expand its UK output could reverse the decision on the X-Trail.
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