Nissan drives deeper into last resort China with 30% capacity rise

Automaker to dispatch engineers from Japan as it goes all-in on electrics

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A Nissan Altima at a dealership in Beijing: The Japanese automaker has little choice but to rely on China's growing market. © Reuters

HIROYUKI KOIZUMI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Nissan Motor plans to raise production capacity in China by around 30% and send in vehicle development teams from Japan, keeping focused on a growth market even as the automaker retreats from the pursuit of scale under former boss Carlos Ghosn.

The Japanese automaker wants all of the new cars it releases in China to be electrics, in line with Beijing's support for low-emission vehicles.

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