Nissan's JATCO scraps £48.7m EV powertrain plan in Sunderland Nissan's transmission-making subsidiary has abandoned a major electric vehicle powertrain investment in Sunderland, as sluggish European demand and a sweeping restructuring of Nissan's global plant network rewrite the economics of electrification. Ilkhan Ozsevim
Nissan retools Sunderland for next-generation Leaf Nissan has launched production of the third-generation Leaf at its Sunderland plant. New EV platforms, reconfigured factory processes and the EV36Zero framework are shaping how the site scales electric vehicle manufacturing and industrial flexibility. Timo Gilgen