Nissan Motor on Thursday said it would start building its zero-emission Leaf electric car at a plant in Britain from 2013, saving more than 2,000 jobs in one of England's most deprived regions. The factory in Sunderland, northeast England, will also make the vehicle's lithium-ion batteries and will be the third earmarked to produce the clean cars ...

Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday it will make its electric vehicle, the Leaf, in England from early 2013 as the automaker gears up for global sales of the zero emission car. Japan's third-largest automaker said it will make about 50,000 Leafs per year at its ...

Nissan Motor on Thursday said it would start building its zero-emission Leaf electric car at a plant in Sunderland from 2013, saving more than 2,000 jobs in one of England's most deprived regions. The factory in Sunderland will also make the vehicle's lithium-ion batteries and will be the third earmarked to produce the clean cars after plants ...