Nissan electric car factory in the studied River

Sao Paulo-the World President of Renault/Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, signs on Tuesday, 17, with the Government of Rio de Janeiro a memorandum of understanding for the feasibility study of a factory of electric cars in the State.
If confirmed the project, the model tipped to be developed in the new plant is the Nissan Leaf, which has some units circulating as experimental way taxi in the city of São Paulo.
The Group shall assess the necessary infrastructure for the production site is formed by the company, by the State Government, Petrobras, Light, spacious and the investment promotion Agency of Rio de Janeiro (Rio).
According to Government sources, the investment in a unit would be at the home of r $ 400 million. The group already is building a factory in Resende with a capacity of 200 thousand units per year of the Japanese brand Nissan models. The investment is of r $ 2.6 billion.
On Monday, 17, Ghosn met with a group of businessmen at the Federation of industries of the State of Paraná (Fiep) and did not want to comment on the signing of the Protocol, which has already been confirmed by the State Government of Rio de Janeiro.
The denial of Ghosn contradicts a government publication fluminense which cites the creation of GT group electric vehicles, which assesses a propitious area for factory installation, in addition to the information disseminated by the Secretariat. Investments in the future unit should turn around r $ 400 million.