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Nissan to make electic car batteries at Sunderland plant

Green Cars News

The new rechargeable lithium-ion battery plant to based within Nissan’s established plant on Washington Road will be Nissan’s European Centre of Excellence for Battery Manufacturing. In Portugal, several possible sites for the battery plant have been identified and the final selection will be announced at a later date.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Charged EVs

Now nominally retired and living in Portugal, he remains active in the infrastructure space as a consultant, and closely follows the development of the EV charging ecosystem. If we’re going to hit the numbers we need to hit for fleet adoption, we need as many places for those vehicles to recharge as possible.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The two companies have made a series of deals across the world supplying carsfor the electrification programmes of cities and whole countries – Denmark,Israel and Portugal among them. Witha 60-mile range, most felt the need to recharge after 30 miles or so. 1 Newcastle The 10 dumbest money savings tips - no.