Nissan has scrapped the $1bn sale of its rechargeable battery business to GSR Capital after the Chinese private equity group failed to come up with the funds to close the deal.
The last-minute collapse of the deal may force the Japanese carmaker and its battery partner NEC to search for a new buyer, following an initial long sale process that attracted several players betting on an electric vehicle boom in China.
Nissan, the producer of the all-electric Leaf, had hoped the sale would give it flexibility to procure lithium-ion batteries from other suppliers in China and South Korea to boost its cost competitiveness.
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