Nissan investing over £13billion in UK, meanwhile over in Germany Tesla struggling to build their gigafactory in the face of Red tape and Germanys favourite word, regulations... ( bureaucracy )... bet Musk wishes he had chosen UK
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/nissan-stresses-importance-uk-plant-112027109.html
Please actually READ the article you yourself posted. It says Nissan announces a £13 billion investment in EVs GLOBALLY over the next 5 years. NOT solely in the UK.
Instead, the EV36zero build hub (
https://global.nissannews.com/en/releases/210701-03-e ) totals £1 billion in UK investment of which £423 million will be set aside to produce a new-generation crossover, with the remainder being the Envision AESC battery Gigafactory. Here's a big infographic if that makes it easier to understand:
http://articles.nissannews.com/hidden_posts/EV36Zero_Infographic.pdfMeanwhile, the somewhat larger Tesla investment (ranging from $4 billion - $6.9 billion, depending upon whether you believe Wikipedia or Reuters) is nearing completion.
As the site partly overlaps a drinking water protection zone and borders on a nature reserve, there have certainly been objections from locals and environmentalists, of which the final round was heard on November 22nd.
So, currently the site has preliminary construction permits, but can only open after receiving its final production permits (expected December or January 2022).
Therefore, when you say "struggling to build", that's not entirely true...
Largely piping remains to be completed (as objections centred around waste from the plant).
As for German bureaucracy, yes, you can certainly cite the new Berlin Airport as a prime example! But equally the words HS2 are an equivalent example in the UK. Maybe I could also throw Crossrail 2 into the mix...
Presumably along with your thoughts on Covid, you are also a Brexiteer. I respect your views on both. However, the problem with Brexit success stories so far is that they're hard to find. Seemingly to the point that you're re-writing articles to claim some sort of UK victory over the nasty Germans.
However, the feeling in Europe is that Brexit is done, the UK made a choice and that's fine - whichever way. But we'll adjust accordingly and ignore / bypass the UK where necessary (neatly summed up by the following):
https://theloadstar.com/brexit-proves-to-be-a-boon-for-ireland-europe-direct-services/