Nissan chooses Japan over UK to build new X-Trail car

What part(s) are you disputing ?

• That Nissan had previously indicated that they would build the new XTrail in the UK
• That they have decided instead to build it in Japan
• That the UK leaving the EU was a factor in that decision

 

I've not said it's smoke and mirrors

Xtrails will still be built - just not in the UK

Both have a place in modern electricity generation and both are useless as the sole source of electricity generation (nuclear power generation is inherently inflexible it responds very poorly to changes in demand and a complete unit shutdown is a complex and time-consuming process.

Wind power isn't as unreliable as you imply.

 

I don't know which "fact" are you alluding to...the only fact that I can define is that the Entrail's future demand is not what Nissan expected and that they don't require additional production capacity over that which already exists. That seems to be the only fact so far!

 

they never were built here?

its not very reliable when its not windy...?

 

You seemed to dispute my statement.

 

Never claimed that they were.

The thing is that experience has shown that it's almost always windy enough somewhere in the UK for wind power to make a significant contribution to UK electrical power generation.

 

quite right its your statement..does it make it fact...??

 

so to put it in a nutshell then - there is all this bruhaha about something which didn't happen in the first place about something which isn't needed anyway.....that about sum it up?

 

somewhere isn't exactly useful when it comes to bulk transmission lines and grid demand

 

Yes it is, it's not like the wind farms move around.

There is a need to balance load within the grid, but wind power makes a significant contribution to UK power generation - and an even greater contribution in other countries.

 

What parts of my statement are you claiming are factually inaccurate ?

 

oh please mate...a fact has actual existence...the Entrail in Sunderland does not... this isn't an exercise in phenomenology; its existence is non-existent...it may have been it might have been but it ain't - why because Nissan didn't think they could sell them...is it a fact that could they have sold them they would have built them in Sunderland?

 

There's no evidence to support your final assertion.

Nissan had a choice where to make the XTrail. Instead of making it in the UK as they originally indicated, they have instead chosen to make it in Japan. They have quoted Brexit as a significant (though not sole) factor in that decision.

 

They probably got fed up waiting 2 years for a definitive answer. There's nothing industrialists like less than governmental indecision and the associated market uncertainties.