AESC Sunderland battery gigafactory
AESC’s second Sunderland battery factory at the International Advanced Manufacturing Park supplies electric-vehicle batteries for Nissan.[1][2]
Current position
The government confirmed on 16 December 2025 that the new gigafactory had opened to supply Nissan’s Sunderland plant.
Manufacturing capacity
- The plant is designed to produce 15.8 GWh of batteries a year. Its facilities include manufacturing, storage, dispatch and research and development areas.
- AESC projected more than 1,000 jobs at the new plant.