The United Kingdom will become the third global manufacturing location for Nissan's new dedicated electric vehicle, the Leaf, the automaker has announced.
Production of the Nissan Leaf will begin in Oppama, Japan later this year followed by Smyrna, Tennessee, USA in 2012. The Japanese firm's Sunderland plant in the UK will commence production in 2013 with an initial annual capacity of around 50,000 units.
