Financial Times: Nissan has held talks with China’s Chery about building cars at the Japanese group’s Sunderland plant, in the latest effort by legacy carmakers to partner with rivals to safeguard the future of European and UK factories.
…Other carmakers including Ford, Stellantis and Volkswagen have also had discussions over the past year with Chinese groups such as Geely and BYD regarding the use of idle capacity at European plants, as they wrestle with sluggish demand and high production costs…