The Japanese carmaker said Tuesday that it would cease production at its Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Japan, at the end of March 2028 and transfer production to facilities run by the company's unit in the southern Japanese prefecture of Fukuoka.

Nissan unveiled plans to end production after almost seven decades at the first car plant in Japan to use robots, just days before a crunch election in the world’s fourth-largest economy. The Japanese carmaker said on Tuesday that it would close the Oppama factory if it failed to find a buyer by the time production ceases in March 2028,