The prime minister met Nissan’s CEO, Carlos Ghosn, with the aim of keeping the car maker in post-Brexit Britain David Parry/PADowning Street has offered Britain’s roads to Nissan as a test track for driverless cars in an effort to persuade the Japanese automotive giant not to quit the UK after Brexit. The car maker is due to decide within weeks whether to build its newest version of the best-selling Qashqai sports utility vehicle in Sunderland, or move it to the Continent. The decision is the first big test for the industry since June’s vote to leave the European Union. NewmanTheresa May met Nissan’s chief executive, Carlos Ghosn, on Friday to persuade him that the car maker would remain competitive in…

Source: The Times October 15, 2016 23:03 UTC