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Livestream of Nissan announcement taking place at Sunderland, United Kingdom.



Is this just battery manufacturer - or something else as the news channels have been speculating?

Well they're late starting! It's now 7.23am... EDIT - WHOOPS - I'd paused it!

Gloucester, could this be what the announcement is about ? - Dave

Nissan today unveils Nissan EV36Zero, a £1 billion flagship Electric Vehicle (EV) Hub creating a world-first EV manufacturing ecosystem.

Centred around the record-breaking plant in Sunderland, UK, Nissan EV36Zero will supercharge the company's drive to carbon neutrality and establish a new 360-degree solution for zero-emission motoring.
Nissan unveils EV36Zero – a £1bn Electric Vehicle (EV) Hub to accelerate the journey to carbon neutrality : https://uk.nissannews.com/en-GB/release ... neutrality

First a bit of history...

Now the talking - they have their corporate jackets on!

100% electrified line-up on all European vehicles by 2023

Announcing "Nissan EV36 ZERO":

Three aspects:

1. Battery production - new "gigafactory".

2. 100% renewable electricity microgrid for Nissan and its suppliers. Includes energy storage with recycled repurposed electric car batteries. Joint venture with Envision AESC and the City of Sunderland

... and they painted the first eye of the "doll" to symbolise the beginning of this project:
[ still waiting for the third... ]

The subtitles can't cope with his accent:
They couldn't even cope with the local man...
"I'm" = "in"

Now the third part:

3. New Nissan electric crossover to be built in the UK

This seems to be the car after the Ariya:
So it's possibly the Juke replacement? As Ariya is, in a sense, the replacement for the Qashqai?

"Nissan dares to do what others don't"

We'll see...