TOKYO -- Nissan Motor plans to scrap a production line at one of its two U.S. auto assembly plants as part of an effort to cut 300 billion yen ($2.79 billion) in annual costs, Nikkei learned Tuesday.
The closure of a line at the factory in Canton, Mississippi, is expected to reduce the Japanese automaker's U.S. production capacity by more than 10% from an estimated at 1.1 million vehicles a year. Work at the facility has been halted since mid-March.
