NASHVILLE (AP) — Nissan is adding 900 jobs to start making the Rogue crossover SUV at its Tennessee plant, the Japanese automaker announced Thursday.The new jobs are in addition to 800 positions added at the Smyrna plant last year, and will bring total employment at the suburban Nashville facility to more than 7,000. Hiring is already under way, and Rogue production is scheduled to begin this fall.Building the Rogue in the United States for the first time is part of the Japanese automaker’s plan to have 85 percent of vehicles sold in the U.S. produced in North America.Bill Krueger, Nissan’s senior vice president of manufacturing, said in a news release the new production “underscores Nissan’s longtime commitment to our employees and expanding operations around the country.”This month marks the 30th anniversary of Nissan producing vehicles in the U.S. The plant in Smyrna plant built its first pickup truck in June 1983. It now makes Nissan’s most popular car, the midsize Altima sedan, and the all-electric Leaf.