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Japanese car giant Nissan has invested $1.4 billion in an EV hub in the UK, to supercharge its European electric future and give a massive boost to the British automotive industry. The companyannouncedtoday its plan to build a huge battery plant in Sunderland that is said to produce 10,000 vehicles per year, including a new-generation electric crossover. Who and how Nissan has partnered up with the Chinese battery tech company Envision AESC and Sunderland City Council on the project....

UK to spend $27M on EV chargers… but is it enough? Petrol and diesel ban The announcement comes almost three months after the governmentpledged to ban salesof new petrol and diesel cars from 2030, but doubts linger over whether the pace of charging rollout will meet expected demand. Electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles accounted for more than 10% of all new car registrations in 2020, more than a threefold increase from 2019....

The UK government is retooling a National Health Service app as avaccine passportfor international travel, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced this morning. The app will provide proof that people have been vaccinated or received a negative test for the virus. Shappstold Sky Newsthat the system is already being developed: In terms of vaccine certification, I can confirm we are working on an NHS application — actually it will be the NHS app that is used for people when they book appointments with the NHS and so on — to be able to show you’ve had a vaccine or you’ve had testing....

ITV, a UK commercial TV network, has launched its ITV Player for Android 2.2 devices and above, and will be available for both phone and tablet devices. ITV Player is available todownloadfor free from Android Market, although it hasn’t completely ruled out introducing some form of payment structure in the future. Viewers will be able to catch up on programmes from ITV1, ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 for up to seven days after initial broadcast....

First, UK TV-on-demand website SeeSaw was set toclose. Then we reported that it had astay-of-executionon June 20th, the day it was supposed to close. Now it has been confirmed that SeeSaw has definitely been saved from extinction, the Guardianreportstoday. As we reported last month, the takeover was led byCriterion Capital Partners, the same group that bought Bebo from AOL for $10m two years after AOL itself had acquired it for well over $800m....