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Audi switching from truck to rail for battery delivery

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Components for the production of batteries at Audi’s Brussels plant will no longer be delivered by truck from Hungary, but by rail with DB Cargo. Brussels plays a pioneering role, but we developed this sustainable logistics concept for battery modules and cells in Audi’s entire production network.

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Schaeffler opens new dedicated e-mobility plant in Hungary; expects €2-3B in annual e-mobility orders from 2022 on

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Automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler has opened a new production facility at its Szombathely location in the west of Hungary. Construction work on Szombathely II, the Schaeffler Group’s second plant in western Hungary, started in 2020. Jochen Schröder, President of the E-Mobility division of Schaeffler AG.

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BMW begins EV battery buildout ahead of next-gen Neue Klasse EVs

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BMW has begun production of a battery-assembly facility at its San Luis Potosí, Mexico, plant in anticipation of production of its next-generation Neue Klasse EVs. BMW cylindrical battery cells BMW announced that it would build Neue Klasse EVs in Mexico , as well as two European production sites, in February 2023.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars invests €1B in new “Full-Flex” car plant in Hungary; Factory 56 applied to full plant

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Mercedes-Benz Cars is starting construction of its first “Full-Flex Plant“ in Kecskemét, Hungary, about 90 km in the south of Budapest. With an investment of one billion euros, we are building in Hungary the first ‘Full-Flex Plant’ in the global production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars. Modern logistics concepts are also integrated.

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BMW taps electric hypercar specialist Rimac for high-performance EV batteries

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For its next-gen models, BMW is turning to Croatian electric hypercar specialist Rimac for EV batteries. Rimac’s tech division will supply batteries for BMW’s future electric cars. Rimac to supply BMW with EV batteries The collaboration is Rimac Tech’s “largest and most ambitious project” the company has undertaken.

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Brussels plant kicks off production for the new Audi Q8 e-tron

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Chassis, high-voltage battery, and electric all-wheel drive are assembled. As the next step, we will leverage this experience to ramp up battery production in Ingolstadt. The battery assembly facility in Brussels is playing a groundbreaking role for the entire Group. Brussels is a model for some areas of this plant concept.

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Audi Brussels to produce exclusively e-tron quattro SUV, battery packs; A1 production moving to Spain

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As of 2018, Audi Brussels will produce exclusively the commercial version of Audi’s e-tron quattro battery-electric SUV ( earlier post ). The plant will also produce its own battery packs. The Audi Q3, currently produced in Spain, will be built in Győr (Hungary) in the future. Rupert Stadler.

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