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Nissan of Japan said that in a seemingly change of direction, the British Brexit deal will be a total benefit for their local factory in Sunderland which could double production to up to 700,000 cars and SUVs each year, and he was a great inspiration to his electric vehicles.
Major British carmakers currently also include Toyota, Honda, Tata Motors of Jaguar Land Rover from India, BMW’s Mini and Stellantis’s Vauxhall. After Britain left the European Union there has been a question mark over the future of the car industry. Honda has already decided to close the British factory. The EU’s free trade agreement with Japan suggested the likes of Toyota and Nissan may not need factories in Europe. Nissan was thought to be particularly considering Honda out of the country.
There was news from Tokyo that Nissan now had positive thoughts about the future of its British factory as a change of heart, especially with the emphasis on the future of electric vehicles.
It remains to be seen if other manufacturers will see the future in the same way.
“Brexit for Nissan is positive. We will take this opportunity to redefine the UK car industry, ”said Nissan chief operating officer Ashwani Gupta, according to the British Daily Telegraph.
“In some cases, our competitiveness has improved (with Brexit). For some cases it is par. It depends on which car, but competition is definitely improved in electric vehicles, ”said Gupta.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomed the news.
Gupta said the Sunderland plant could nearly double production from its pre-Covid levels of 320,000 to 350,000 cars and SUVs.
Gupta said proposals that new border controls could pose a major obstacle to imports and exports.
“There is nothing to fill out a form at the end. People are ready for it, ”said Gupta.
After Brexit, many experts were skeptical about the future of major British auto industry carmakers, saying they needed to change direction to lower output with higher value. They had to move upwards because other global manufacturers would be more efficient in large market vehicles.
Friday ‘s news could lead to a new direction, although not everyone believes that.
Professor Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer, director of the Center for Vehicle Research in Duisburg, Germany has predicted the decline of Britain’s long-term industry, and has not changed its mind.
“It’s more like optimistic thinking than reality. What we are seeing is that Sunderland and other car manufacturing sites will be at risk from higher logistic costs and problems. And just to focus on the UK car market will not be enough for economies of scale in car manufacturing. Maybe it’s going more to CKD (making cars with components donated by others) and other things. So Brexit is a real lie for the British car industry and also for Nissan in my opinion, ”said Dudenhoeffer.