Down the coast in Sunderland, Nissan is developing electric cars with the help of public money.

在桑德兰沿海岸而下，在公款的帮助下日产正在研发电动汽车。

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Nissan is to build its new electric car at its Sunderland plant, the Japanese company has announced.

日本尼桑宣布，将在英国桑德兰的工厂生产新式电动轿车。

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It will initially supply seating foam to support vehicle production at Sunderland's Nissan plant.

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According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, a sister company of The Economist, Nissan Sunderland has the highest productivity of any car plant outside Asia.

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Nissan's Sunderland factory, the biggest in Britain, making more than 330, 000 cars a year, is reckoned to be the most efficient in Europe.

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