Nissan to accelerate EV skills with new centre of excellence

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Joint venture with Gateshead College aims to turn the region into "the epicentre of electric vehicle expertise in Europe"

Nissan is set to develop a centre of excellence for electric vehicles in the North-East to link up with the company's Sunderland plant, where all-electric LEAF models will start to roll off the production...

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