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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
Business
Tom Keighley

Nissan and North East suppliers create seats for Royal Navy submarine

Seats used in two of Nissan's newly electrified cars will also find a home aboard one of the Royal Navy's newest nuclear submarines.

The manufacturer's Sunderland plant has worked with nearby tier one suppliers Lear and Adient to supply the Ministry of Defence with the seats, which are found in the Juke Hybrid and Qashqai e-POWER models. HMS Anson's submarine commander and senior engineer will use the seats, which have been designed to reduce fatigue encourage the NASA-measured neutral posture.

Keith Chambers, production control director at Nissan Sunderland, said: "We are extremely proud to provide two of our specially designed Zero Gravity car seats for the Royal Navy’s new submarine HMS Anson. The seats are from our newly electrified Juke Hybrid and Qashqai e-POWER models.

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