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.
日产(Nissan)已与中国奇瑞(Chery)就于这家日本集团的桑德兰(Sunderland)工厂生产汽车进行谈判。这是老牌汽车制造商为了捍卫欧洲和英国工厂的未来，与竞争对手合作的最新举措。
According to four people with knowledge of the talks, Nissan has recently discussed a partnership with Chery to boost the utilisation rate of its Sunderland factory, which is operating at about 50 per cent. The site has separate production lines in different buildings, making it easier to share with other carmakers.
据四位知情人士透露，日产最近与奇瑞探讨了合作事宜，以提高其桑德兰工厂的产能利用率，该工厂目前的开工率约为50%。该厂区在不同的建筑内设有独立的生产线，使其更容易与其他汽车制造商共享。
The Japanese group, however, has held talks with numerous other companies about using Sunderland and discussions with the Chinese state-owned carmaker may not materialise in a deal, two of the people cautioned.
然而，其中两名知情人士警告称，这家日本集团已与多家其他公司就使用桑德兰工厂进行了谈判，因此与这家中国国有汽车制造商的商谈未必能产生协议。