Nissan ponders building cars for Chinese rivals at Sunderland plant
Key takeaways
- Nissan is ‘looking at options’ for its Sunderland plant and its 6,000 workers, its chief executive confirmed.
- Prefer the Guardian on GoogleNissan’s chief executive has confirmed he would consider building cars for other manufacturers at the UK’s largest car factory in Sunderland, amid talks with China’s Chery.
- Ivan Espinosa said Nissan was “looking at options” for Sunderland and its 6,000 workers as the struggling Japanese carmaker on Wednesday reported steep losses for the year to March.
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Nissan is ‘looking at options’ for its Sunderland plant and its 6,000 workers, its chief executive confirmed. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian View image in fullscreen Nissan is ‘looking at options’ for its Sunderland plant and its 6,000 workers, its chief executive confirmed. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian Nissan Nissan ponders building cars for Chinese rivals at Sunderland plant CEO admits talks with Chery as other European carmakers discuss plans with Chinese firms to share factory space
Prefer the Guardian on GoogleNissan’s chief executive has confirmed he would consider building cars for other manufacturers at the UK’s largest car factory in Sunderland, amid talks with China’s Chery.
Ivan Espinosa said Nissan was “looking at options” for Sunderland and its 6,000 workers as the struggling Japanese carmaker on Wednesday reported steep losses for the year to March.