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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sean O'Grady

Nissan puts spark into an electric future for cars

The Nissan Leaf is set to be manufactured in Sunderland - (Supplied)

To the futuristic strains of The Human League’s “Electric Dreams”, the first of a new generation of Nissan electric cars is revealed to the world’s media on Line 2 of the company’s huge Sunderland plant.

A teal blue third-generation Nissan Leaf is to be built in significant numbers for British and European markets, with the only other production centre being at Tochigi, Japan which supply Asian, American and other markets.

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