Nissan Agrees to Consider Building Electric-Vehicle Plant in Guangzhou, China

Nissan Motor Co. said it will weigh plans to make all-electric cars in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, as the Japanese automaker steps up its electric-vehicle activity in China’s fast-growing car market.
A senior Nissan executive disclosed the possible factory plans Sunday at a ceremony in which Nissan and its Chinese joint-venture partner Dongfeng Motor Co. signed an agreement with the Guangzhou government to set up an electric-car program – part of Nissan’s global effort to help accelerate use of all-electric cars.
Under that agreement, Nissan’s second with a Chinese city, the Japanese company will work with the city government to study ways to promote “zero-emission” cars such as the Leaf, which Nissan plans to start test-marketing in the U.S. and Japan late next year and in China in 2011.
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