UK battery ‘Gigafactory’ plans huge expansion as electric car demand soars
Envision’s Sunderland plant produces batteries for the Nissan Leaf and other electric vehicles. The Chinese owner of the UK’s only large-scale battery factory has revealed plans for a big expansion that will put the plant in Sunderland among the biggest electric vehicle facilities in Europe. Envision said annual capacity at the plant would eventually rise
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Electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid car sales soar in Europe as petrol and diesel demand drops
The sale of electric vehicles (EVs) and fossil-fuel alternatives is soaring in Europe as the bloc seeks to combat global warming. Almost one in five vehicles sold in the European Union was an electric model during the third quarter, new data showed on Friday. The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, or ACEA, said registrations of hybrid
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Mid-size and compact EVs ‘more affordable’ than ICE vehicles
LeasePlan UK says that mid-size and compact electric vehicles (EVs) are now more affordable than petrol and diesel cars in the UK. The findings from LeasePlan’s annual Car Cost Index, which analyses of the cost of owning a car – including fuel, depreciation, taxes, insurance and maintenance in 22 European countries including the UK, improves on
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