Nissan announces major UK electric car expansion - a podcast by BBC World Service

Carmaker Nissan has announced plans for a $1.4bn investment in the northeast of England. The new plant will produce electric car batteries and a new car model, and the BBC's Theo Leggett tells us how electric vehicle production is shaping up across Europe.
Also in the programme, satellite broadband provider OneWeb has now launched enough satellites to start a commercial service. The company faces stiff competition from the likes of Elon Musk's Starlink and Amazon's Kuiper, and Neil Masterson, chief executive of OneWeb, talks us through his ambitions for the company.
Plus, the entire western region of the United States has been experiencing an abnormally hot early summer. Christine Gemperle farms 135 acres of almonds in California, and discusses the impact on her business. And Jeanine Jones, interstate resources manager at California's Department of Water Resources, explains the impact of water shortages on the state's dams, which provide electricity.

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