Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Charged EVs | Nissan begins manufacturing of third-generation LEAF at English EV plant

Nissan has began manufacturing of the third era of its LEAF EV at its plant in Sunderland, England.

The brand new LEAF contains a 75 kWh battery pack, and boasts a variety of as much as 386 miles per cost. The UK authorities has confirmed that the Leaf will qualify for the total £3,750 electrical automotive grant.

Nissan’s Sunderland plant is Britain’s greatest automotive manufacturing facility—it has 6,000 staff and a theoretical capability of 600,000 vehicles a 12 months (the manufacturing facility solely made 284,000 in 2024). Nissan has constructed 282,704 items of the LEAF on the Sunderland plant since starting manufacturing there in 2012.

Nissan says it has invested greater than £450 million in manufacturing the brand new LEAF, together with £300 million within the firm’s UK operations.

In 2023, Nissan stated it was contemplating constructing two extra EV fashions in Sunderland—maybe replacements for the petrol Qashqai and Juke, that are made there. The Guardian reviews that “Nissan has not but made a closing funding resolution,” and that “gross sales of the brand new LEAF shall be vital in securing the way forward for manufacturing throughout the remainder of the plant (and shall be) very important for the way forward for a next-door battery manufacturing facility run by the (Chinese language) producer AESC.”

Naturally, we want Nissan the perfect of luck (and so do the corporate’s UK staff and native boosters), however the firm shall be dealing with some stiff headwinds. Nissan is “going by the painful technique of shutting seven factories and slicing 20,000 jobs worldwide,” reviews the Guardian (the Sunderland plant is not going to be affected by the closures). In the meantime, the UK shall be introducing a per-mile tax on plug-in automobiles in 2028, and EV advocates and auto trade commerce teams concern that this might considerably reduce into demand.

Sources: The Guardian, BBC, Reuters


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