Nissan Motor Co. says it will produce its electric vehicle, the Leaf, in England from early 2013.
Japan's third largest automaker said Thursday it plans to make around 50,000 of the zero-emission vehicles per year at its plant in Sunderland, northern England.
The British plant will become Nissan's third production site for the Leaf, which has a range of 100 miles (160 kilometers) on a single battery charge.
Apart from the British plant, Nissan will make the Leaf in Japan later this year and the United States in 2012.
