What_Car_UK_-_August_2020

Thenumber

ofjobsthat

Tesla’selectric

carbattery

‘gigafactory’

couldprovide

in Wales.

17,947

Thenumberof

publicEV

charging

pointsin the

UK,according

toDfTgures.

4.5m

The number of

cars produced

by Toyota at its

Burnaston

plant since it

opened in

1992. 
      

£2bn

The drop in

Jaguar Land

Rover’s

revenue

caused by the

coronavirus

pandemic. The

brand is also

axing 1100

more jobs.

Vaughtons, maker of the badges that

adorn every Aston Martin, has launched

an NHS Rainbow Badge to raise money

for NHS Charities Together. The NHS pin

badges are handmade using traditional

methods, with tooling that has been in use

since the company was first established in

1819. The bright rainbow-coloured enamel

finish is applied by hand.

The badges are available with

gold or nickel plating from

vaughtons.com for £9.99.

Sterling silver and nine-carat

gold will be offered later.

whatcar.com^ August 2020 27

Nissan to close factories,

but Sunderland is safe

NISSANHASCONFIRMEDthat

it willcontinuetobuildcarsin

Sunderland,despitehaving

announceda recoveryplan

thatinvolvesreducingitsglobal

productioncapacityby20%.

Theplancomesnotonlyin

thewakeofthecoronavirus

pandemic,butalsoduring

a yearin whichNissanhas

reporteditsrstannual

operatinglossfor 11 yearsand

itsbiggestfortwodecades.

AlthoughtheJapanese

brandwillclosefactoriesin

SpainandIndonesia,it appears

tohavesecuredthelong-

termfutureofitsSunderland

factory,whichhasaround 6000

employeesandsupports27,000

jobsin thesupplychain.

Thenewswillcomeasa relief

totheGovernment,particularly

afterHonda’sannouncement

lastyearthatit willcloseits

Swindonfactoryin 2021.

Nissanmodelscurrentlybuilt

in Sunderlandincludethe

JukeandQashqaiSUVsand

theLeafelectriccar.

Althoughnotconrmed,

recentreportshavesuggested

thatRenault,whichis alliedwith

Nissan,willbringproductionof

itsCapturandKadjarmodelsto

theSunderlandfactory.

In additiontoreducing

productioncapacity,Nissan’s

recoveryplanis tofocuson

“globallycompetitivemodels”–

specically,familySUVs,large

SUVs,electriccarsandsports

cars.Thelattercategory

includesa successortotoday’s

370Z,tobenamed400Z.Details

arestillscarce,butpowerwill

comefroma twin-turbocharged

3.0-litrepetrolV6.

THE

NEWS

IN

NUMBERS

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