Nissan is making a high-stakes gamble to save its Oppama plant by teaming up with Foxconn, Apple's largest contract manufacturer, as it faces a threat of closure.

Japan's Nissan Motor is in talks to allow Taiwan's Foxconn to use one of the automaker's domestic factories to build electric vehicles, said two people familiar with the matter, a deal that could save the plant from closure.

Nissan is reportedly in talks with Taiwan’s Foxconn to build electric vehicles at its underutilised Oppama plant in Japan. The potential tie-up could protect