Nissan has unveiled EV36Zero, a £1bn flagship electric vehicle (EV) Hub, creating a world-first EV manufacturing ecosystem at the company’s plant in Sunderland. The transformational project has been launched with an initial £1bn investment by Nissan and its partners Envision AESC, a global player in battery technology, and Sunderland City Council. The Nissan EV36Zero hub brings together three interconnected project initiatives: EVs, renewable energy and battery production.

In total, the projects represent 6200 jobs at Nissan and its UK suppliers, including more than 900 new Nissan jobs and 750 new Envision AESC jobs. Notably, Envision AESC, the battery arm of global green tech company Envision Group, will deploy integrated AIoT smart technology to monitor and optimise energy consumption, manufacturing and maintenance at its new gigafactory. The factory will be located on the International Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP) adjacent to Nissan’s Sunderland plant, from where it will provide batteries to power up to 100,000 Nissan EVs a year.

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