LONDON: Japanese auto giant Nissan will commit on Friday to building electric models of two best-selling cars in Sunderland, northeastern England, in an investment of more than £1.0 billion, the Financial Times reported.

The business daily, citing people briefed on the plans, said that Nissan's decision to produce electric versions of its Qashqai and Juke vehicles in Sunderland has been aided by UK government financial support that could total hundreds of millions of pounds.

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