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.

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