The Nissan Leaf has overtaken manufacturing of the Bluebird on the firm’s plant in Sunderland.
To this point, 195,380 Leaf EVs have been manufactured, in comparison with 187,178 Bluebirds (the primary automotive constructed on the plant) between 1986-1990.
Again within the day it took 22 hours to construct a Bluebird to be construct. Now, 35 years later, the excellent enchancment in manufacturing expertise has diminished the manufacturing time to 10 hours for the Leaf.
“Bluebird was an iconic mannequin for the plant and evokes fond reminiscences amongst all Nissan lovers,” stated Alan Johnson, Vice President Manufacturing, at Nissan Sunderland Plant.
“Leaf volumes overtaking Bluebird exhibits how dramatically our manufacturing innovation, abilities and processes have advanced as we drive in the direction of electrification.
“Leaf overtaking Bluebird is a landmark – however there are a lot of extra to return for our staff on the plant as our electrified line up grows.”
Switching from wheel nuts and carburettors to electrical structure and cyber safety, Nissan’s unrelenting dedication to high quality has not modified.
The variety of employees employed on the Sunderland plant has grown from 430 in 1986 to six,000, with 19 employees who began in ‘86 nonetheless working as we speak on Nissan Leaf.
The primary automotive off the road, Bluebird Job 1, is the centrepiece of a neighborhood museum show commemorating the importance of that first car.
Nissan LEAF has already written its identify into the historical past books with the five hundred,000th LEAF lately produced in Sunderland.
Over the previous decade the automotive has gained accolades world wide together with Automobile of the Yr 2011 in Europe, World Automobile of the Yr 2011 and Automobile of the Yr Japan in 2011 and 2012. There at the moment are over half one million Leaf on the street world wide.
Nissan has set itself the objective to attain carbon neutrality throughout the corporate’s operations and the life cycle of its merchandise by 2050. As a part of this effort, by the early 2030s each all-new Nissan car providing in key markets can be electrified, in addition to introducing improvements in electrification and manufacturing expertise.
The corporate lately introduced plans for a serious enlargement to renewable power era at its record-breaking plant in Sunderland, UK with a proposed 20MW photo voltaic farm extension.
If permitted, the 37,000-panel extension would lead to 20% of the plant’s power coming from all onsite renewables, sufficient to construct each single zero-emission Nissan Leaf offered in Europe.
The Leaf is considered one of three autos at the moment produced on the Sunderland plant, alongside the Qashqai and the Juke.
