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The Irish Sun
2 days ago
- Automotive
- The Irish Sun
Struggling car maker gets huge new upgrade at UK plant after confirming hundreds of jobs would be axed
A STRUGGLING car maker has been handed a massive new upgrade at a UK plant after it confirmed hundreds of jobs would be lost. Nissan's plant in Advertisement 2 Nissan's plant in Sunderland has now gone live with its new electric truck charging station Credit: Getty At the end of last month, the firm announced the job cuts after it reported The facility, which cost £1.4million, is the first private, shared charging station of its kind in the UK. It is expected to cut carbon emissions by around 1,500 tonnes a year. Michael Simpson, vice president of supply chain management at Nissan AMIEO, said: "It is fantastic for our plant to be leading the charge to an electrified supply chain with this project. Advertisement Read More on Motors "We welcome the support we've received from our partners to bring the charging station to life and we're proud of what we have achieved. "The charging station looks brilliant and is a big step forward in Nissan's EV360 vision, which brings together electric vehicles, zero carbon energy and battery manufacturing." The station is capable of supporting 60 UK eHGV deliveries to the plant every day and marks just the beginning of the plant's move towards electrifying its supply chain. Mr Simpson added: 'We're exploring further opportunities to allow other hauliers to use the charging station as well as looking at other opportunities to maximise its full potential.' Advertisement Most read in Motors The charging station can support a fleet of 25 trucks, with a charging capacity of up to 360kW. The trucks will pick up parts from Nissan's UK supply base, going as far afield as Derby and also delivering finished vehicles to and from the Tyne port. New Nissan Leaf tested - it's bigger, better and goes further That will mean more than 2.4million kilometres will be travelled every years, completely electrified and saving 1,500 tonnes of CO2 each year. The project is part of the Electric Freightway consortium, which involves Nissan, GRIDSERVE, Fergusons, Yusen, and BCA, and is aimed at accelerating the adoption of eHGVs and high-power charging infrastructure, Advertisement UK government minister for the future of roads Lilian Greenwood said: "We're working closely with the road freight sector to slash transport emissions, and our £200million zero emission HGV programme is helping businesses across the country to power the electrification of their fleets. "It's great to see Nissan taking advantage of our scheme which is supporting high paid jobs and putting money in the pockets of working people – all part of delivering our Plan for Change." The charging station forms a key part of Nissan's wider EV36Zero plan, which aims to integrate electric vehicle production, renewable energy, and battery manufacturing. Daniel Kunkel, CEO of GRIDSERVE, said: "The decarbonisation of transport logistics is much stronger and reaches far wider when done in partnership. Advertisement "This is why, as leaders of the Electric Freightway consortium, we are so pleased to support this UK first with Nissan and their haulage partners. "Depot charging is critical for the electrification of HGVs, going hand in hand with future public infrastructure developments. "As a first shared usage site, this location is leading the way in sustainable freight logistics." The news comes after the car manufacturer announced around 250 jobs from its Sunderland factory would be axed. Advertisement The It comes just weeks after the The job losses will hit non-manufacturing positions. Nissan has announced the cuts amid a Advertisement The attempts to save the brand were ramped up after Earlier this year the firm announced 20,000 job losses, seven factory closures and a pause on all post-2026 new car development. The closures of 2 The Japanese firm has warned it will axe around 250 jobs from its Sunderland plant Credit: Alamy Advertisement
Scottish Sun
2 days ago
- Automotive
- Scottish Sun
Struggling car maker gets huge new upgrade at UK plant after confirming hundreds of jobs would be axed
The move is said to save 1,500 tonnes of CO2 each year. ELECTRIC SHOCK Struggling car maker gets huge new upgrade at UK plant after confirming hundreds of jobs would be axed A STRUGGLING car maker has been handed a massive new upgrade at a UK plant after it confirmed hundreds of jobs would be lost. Nissan's plant in Sunderland has now gone live with its new electric truck charging station. 2 Nissan's plant in Sunderland has now gone live with its new electric truck charging station Credit: Getty At the end of last month, the firm announced the job cuts after it reported £4 billion losses in the last financial year. The facility, which cost £1.4million, is the first private, shared charging station of its kind in the UK. It is expected to cut carbon emissions by around 1,500 tonnes a year. Michael Simpson, vice president of supply chain management at Nissan AMIEO, said: "It is fantastic for our plant to be leading the charge to an electrified supply chain with this project. "We welcome the support we've received from our partners to bring the charging station to life and we're proud of what we have achieved. "The charging station looks brilliant and is a big step forward in Nissan's EV360 vision, which brings together electric vehicles, zero carbon energy and battery manufacturing." The station is capable of supporting 60 UK eHGV deliveries to the plant every day and marks just the beginning of the plant's move towards electrifying its supply chain. Mr Simpson added: 'We're exploring further opportunities to allow other hauliers to use the charging station as well as looking at other opportunities to maximise its full potential.' The charging station can support a fleet of 25 trucks, with a charging capacity of up to 360kW. The trucks will pick up parts from Nissan's UK supply base, going as far afield as Derby and also delivering finished vehicles to and from the Tyne port. New Nissan Leaf tested - it's bigger, better and goes further That will mean more than 2.4million kilometres will be travelled every years, completely electrified and saving 1,500 tonnes of CO2 each year. The project is part of the Electric Freightway consortium, which involves Nissan, GRIDSERVE, Fergusons, Yusen, and BCA, and is aimed at accelerating the adoption of eHGVs and high-power charging infrastructure, The Northern Echo reports. UK government minister for the future of roads Lilian Greenwood said: "We're working closely with the road freight sector to slash transport emissions, and our £200million zero emission HGV programme is helping businesses across the country to power the electrification of their fleets. "It's great to see Nissan taking advantage of our scheme which is supporting high paid jobs and putting money in the pockets of working people – all part of delivering our Plan for Change." The charging station forms a key part of Nissan's wider EV36Zero plan, which aims to integrate electric vehicle production, renewable energy, and battery manufacturing. Daniel Kunkel, CEO of GRIDSERVE, said: "The decarbonisation of transport logistics is much stronger and reaches far wider when done in partnership. "This is why, as leaders of the Electric Freightway consortium, we are so pleased to support this UK first with Nissan and their haulage partners. "Depot charging is critical for the electrification of HGVs, going hand in hand with future public infrastructure developments. "As a first shared usage site, this location is leading the way in sustainable freight logistics." The news comes after the car manufacturer announced around 250 jobs from its Sunderland factory would be axed. The jobs will be cut under a "voluntary leave scheme" letting employees choose to leave their roles with support from the company. It comes just weeks after the Japanese firm announced the new Nissan Leaf would be made at the Sunderland site. The job losses will hit non-manufacturing positions. Nissan has announced the cuts amid a desperate bid to balance the books and support a global effort to become a more "resilient business." The attempts to save the brand were ramped up after merger talks with Honda fell through. Earlier this year the firm announced 20,000 job losses, seven factory closures and a pause on all post-2026 new car development. The closures of seven of its factories would see the brand limited to just 10 sites.
Irish Examiner
2 days ago
- Automotive
- Irish Examiner
Hauliers accuse RSA 'of moving deck chairs around Titanic' by switching truck driving testers to car test centres
Road hauliers have accused the Road Safety Authority of 'robbing Peter to pay Paul', claiming it has massaged driving test figures by moving bus and truck testers to car testing to reduce wait times. The Irish Road Haulage Association said the RSA had diverted testing resources from commercial testing into car testing under 'intense political pressure', and it comes at a time when the haulage sector is desperately short on drivers. 'Young Irish drivers who need a license to drive a bus, truck or HGV cannot get licenses because the RSA have all but stopped commercial testing to focus on car testing,' the hauliers group president Ger Hyland said. 'They have pulled the wool over this Government's eyes and instead of dealing with the high demand for testing, they decided to simply move the deck chairs around the Titanic.' During the summer, the RSA has been ramping up its efforts to reduce waiting times for drivers hoping to sit their test, with times of well over six months being reported in some centres earlier this year. This has included dozens of additional testers and the extension of operating hours. Last week, the RSA said the average waiting time for a driving test had reduced to 14.4 weeks from a peak of 27 weeks at the end of April. It said it remained on course to bring average waiting times down to 10 weeks by September. However, hauliers pointed to CSO data which shows a sharp increase in the number of applicants waiting for an articulated truck licence test in recent months, compared to a decrease in the numbers waiting for a car driving test. Furthermore, there was a fall in the number of tests scheduled for category C truck licences compared to an increase for car licence tests. Mr Hyland said: 'One HGV driving instructor in Kerry told us that he didn't have a scheduled commercial driving test in the Tralee centre since May and wasn't expecting one until at least August. He told of the devastating impact this was having on his business and how he had young drivers waiting since January for a commercial driving test to try and get a job. Mr Hyland said his organisation had written to transport ministers Darragh O'Brien and Sean Canney on the issue, giving them a two-week deadline to come back with sustainable proposals to improve driving test wait times in their sector. 'These are the drivers we need to bring tourists around, deliver goods and keep our economy running,' he added. In a statement, the RSA said it was 'fully committed' to delivering fair and timely access to driving tests for all categories. It said 'record levels' of truck and bus tests were delivered in May in preparation of the release of 'our experienced staff from the service to support the training of our new recruits'. 'This resulted in a reduction of testing staff to support the higher licence categories during the training period in June and July,' the RSA said. 'This short-term adjustment is already delivering improvements in overall capacity. Once the new testers are fully deployed from early September, waiting times for all licence categories — including commercial — will stabilise and meet service-level agreements.' It added the 2,738 people awaiting a truck or driving test at the end of June would be issued an invitation in the coming weeks.
The Irish Sun
2 days ago
- Automotive
- The Irish Sun
‘Significant increase' in truck & bus driving test wait times as hauliers accuse RSA of ‘massaging' driver test figures
MORE than a thousand people are waiting to sit their truck and bus driving test according to shock new claims. The Irish Road Haulage Association has accused the Advertisement 2 The RSA has been accused of "massaging" the driving test wait times figures Credit: RSA 2 The waiting times for commercial tests have increased in recent months Credit: Getty Images - Getty The hauliers revealed this was done to reduce the waiting times for car driving tests, while the waiting times for commercial As a result, the waiting lists for car tests fell by 10 per cent between April and June. This has led to a "significant increase" in the waiting times for According to figures provided by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the number of applicants waiting for an articulated truck test rose by 39.6 per cent. Advertisement READ MORE ON RSA And those waiting for a category C truck test increased by 42 per cent, going from 907 people to 1,289 people waiting for the tests. It has also caused a backlog in the testing of bus drivers, describing it as "a crisis in the making for the The figures also show a 12.6 per cent decrease in driving test applications for category C truck licences between April and June 2025. And the applications for category CE articulated truck tests dropped by 8.5 per cent. Advertisement Most read in Motors Additionally, the stats indicate that between April and June 2025, the number of applicants scheduled for driving tests for cars and light vans rose by 49.2 per cent, from 15,287 to 22,810 scheduled tests. And the number of scheduled tests for articulated trucks decreased by 69 per cent from 242 scheduled tests in April 2025 to merely 75 scheduled tests in June 2025. I'm an Irish driving instructor and here is why your friends are failing the test The number of scheduled tests for category C trucks decreased by 61.8 per cent from 356 to 136 tests planned during the same period. The association made their claims in separate letters to Minister for Transport Advertisement They both have a deadline to return in two weeks with "sustainable proposals to improve driving test wait times". Ger Hyland claims that the RSA's actions are hindering He said: "Young Irish drivers who need a license to drive a "They have pulled the wool over this governments eyes and instead of dealing with the high demand for testing, they decided to simply move the deck chairs around the Advertisement 'DEVASTATING IMPACT' Hyland added: "Driving school owners are telling us that commercial driving license testing in Ireland has all but stopped over the last 2 months. That means no new bus drivers, truck drivers, HGV drivers. "We have young Irish people who want to drive for a living but cannot get a license so we are forced to bring in drivers from "One HGV driving instructor in "He told of the devastating impact this was having on his business and how he had young drivers waiting since January for a commercial driving test to try and get a job." Advertisement 'CLEARLY NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE' He continued: "The RSA know that the car testing figures are what will garner more media and political focus. "That is why they moved their resources there, at the expense of the commercial driving sector. "They just moved the driving test crisis from cars to commercial vehicles, leading to severe backlogs in the testing system for bus, HGV and truck drivers. "These are the drivers we need to bring tourists around, deliver goods and keep our Advertisement "The RSA have learned nothing in the past 6 months and have demonstrated that their organisation is clearly not fit for purpose."
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Hilton Grand Vacations to Report Second Quarter 2025 Results
ORLANDO, Fla., July 17, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. (NYSE:HGV) announces it will report financial results for the second quarter of 2025 before the financial markets open on Thursday, July 31, 2025, followed by a teleconference at 11 a.m. (ET). Participants are encouraged to listen to the live webcast by logging onto the HGV Investor Relations website at To access the live teleconference via phone, please dial 1-877-407-0784 in the U.S./Canada (or +1-201-689-8560 internationally) approximately 15 minutes prior to the teleconference's start time. In the event of audio difficulties during the call on the toll-free number, participants are advised that accessing the call using the +1-201-689-8560 dial-in number may bypass the source of audio difficulties. A replay will be available beginning three hours after the teleconference's completion through Aug. 14, 2025. To access the replay, please dial 1-844-512-2921 in the U.S. (+1-412-317-6671 internationally) using ID# 13751067. A webcast replay and transcript will be available within 24 hours after the live event at About Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. (NYSE:HGV) is recognized as a leading global timeshare company and is the exclusive vacation ownership partner of Hilton. With headquarters in Orlando, Florida, Hilton Grand Vacations develops, markets, and operates a system of brand-name, high-quality vacation ownership resorts in select vacation destinations. Hilton Grand Vacations has a reputation for delivering a consistently exceptional standard of service, and unforgettable vacation experiences for guests and nearly 725,000 Club Members. Membership with the Company provides best-in-class programs, exclusive services and maximum flexibility for our Members around the world. For more information, visit Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), Pinterest and YouTube. View source version on Contacts Investor Contact:Mark Media Contact:Lauren Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
