UK NISSAN PLANT’S CONSTRUCTION KICK STARTS PROCESS OF EV BATTERY HARMONIZATION
April 1st, 2010
BY DEIRDRE MASON
STANDARDIZATION for electric vehicles and, crucially, the batteries that power them has taken a key step forward with the official topping out ceremony [NOTE: US STYLE MIGHT USE 'GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY' - IT'S THE CEREMONY WHERE SOMEONE TURNS THE FIRST SPADEFUL AT THE VERY START OF CONSTRUCTION.] on April 27 this year of Nissan Motor Co Ltd's new lithium-ion battery production venture at its manufacturing site in Sunderland, northern England.
Backed with a hefty Euro 220 million loan from the European Investment
Bank (EIB), Nissan has now laid ...
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