Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK will cut hundreds of jobs at its plant in Sunderland due to a collapse in sales of diesel cars, the Financial Times reported on 20 April.
The report said the plant, which employs 7,000 people, had seen sales of diesel cars fall as a result of increased taxes on diesel fuel and confusion over possible future government bans of such cars.
A Nissan spokesman nevertheless was quoted as saying that the firm expected production volumes to increase.