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Nissan in Talks to Boost UK Plant as Renault Haggling Continues

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Newly manufactured automobiles at the Nissan Motor Co. plant in Sunderland.Photographer: Ian Forsyth/Bloomberg
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Nissan Motor Co. is in discussions with the UK government about making additional investments in its plant in Sunderland in a rare potentially positive development for automaking in the country.

The plant has “a lot of good potential,” Chief Executive Officer Makoto Uchida said during a virtual keynote at the FT Future of the Car Summit on Wednesday. Sunderland, the UK’s biggest auto factory which makes the Nissan Qashqai and Juke crossovers, is a key site for Nissan and it’s “in a good position for the future.”