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1. The Leaf EV was unveiled to the motoring press in 2009

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2. Around 2,250 jobs will be protected by EV production at Nissan’s Sunderland plant

3. Trevor Mann, Nissan Europe’s senior vice- president, manufacturing, purchasing and supply- chain management

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has partnered with Nissan to examine the feasibility of a zero-emission mobility programme in the UK

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sales were worth £49.2m in 2010 compared to just £20.3m in 2009

4. Sevcon employs 70 people to manufacture EV parts

5. Sunderland City Council’s Paul Watson supports the EV hub in the region

6. The Switch EV project has used the Nissan Leaf to trial usage in the northeast

7. The Sunderland plant will produce the Leaf from 2013

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8. Advanced Industrial Solutions trains Nissan’s maintenance engineers

9. Since 1986, more than 12,000 jobs have been created in the auto sector

10. Nissan’s plant will produce 50,000 EV cars each year

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