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Two additional projects are due to enter production by 2030: a second Envision plant in Sunderland in partnership with Nissan and Tata Motors facility in Bridgewater, Somerset, taking the UK’s total production capacity to up to 70 gigawatt-hours (GWh) by the end of the decade.",{"type":583,"attrs":647,"content":648},{"textAlign":49},[649],{"type":650,"attrs":651},"image",{"id":49,"alt":652,"src":653,"title":49,"source":49,"copyright":49,"meta_data":654},"","https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/143174eaf6/bm-image-64.png",{},{"type":583,"attrs":656,"content":657},{"textAlign":49},[658],{"text":659,"type":588},"Yet, this will not be sufficient to meet the demand from the domestic automotive industry. 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