2018 Cars Global Hungary 
Green Car Congress
JUNE 6, 2018
Mercedes-Benz Cars is starting construction of its first “Full-Flex Plant“ in Kecskemét, Hungary, about 90 km in the south of Budapest. Overall, the company is investing €1 billion in the new car plant and creating more than 2,500 jobs. This includes passenger cars with a wide variety of body and drive variants.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
The European car market remained stable during 2018, as 15.6 Throughout 2018 we continued to see the effects of the diesel crisis, as announcements of policy changes by governments led to confusion and panic among consumers. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. million registrations. market share. In total, 5.4
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 1, 2018
The European car market recorded its best H1 performance of the century, with 8.6 million car registrations between January and June—a year-on-year increase of 2.7%. The growth is also a result of car makers continuing to launch new models, giving consumers more choice than ever before. However, AFVs only made up 3.4%
Green Car Congress
MAY 18, 2018
Mercedes-Benz Cars is expanding its production capacities for electric cars in Europe. The Hambach plant in France, which currently produces smart brand electric vehicles, will produce a compact electric car of the new product and technology brand EQ. In the next few years, Mercedes-Benz Cars will invest €10 billion (US$11.8
Green Car Congress
MARCH 26, 2018
European car registrations increased by 4.2% million cars were registered, as well as constituting the highest YTD volume since 2008, with 2.44 million units registered in Europe in 2018 so far, according to figures from JATO Dynamics. million units registered in Europe in 2018 so far, according to figures from JATO Dynamics.
Green Car Congress
MAY 29, 2017
Mercedes-Benz announced that its Rastatt plant—the company’s lead plant in global production of compact cars—will produce compact-class electric EQ models in the future. All three German Mercedes-Benz car plants—Rastatt, Bremen and Sindelfingen—will now produce EQ-brand EVs. Earlier post.)
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 15, 2020
In 2022, Mercedes-Benz’ global portfolio will include eight all-electric Mercedes-EQ models. The global Mercedes-Benz production network is ready for the company’s electric product offensive and is integrating its Mercedes-EQ models into series production in its existing plants. The smart EQ fortwo (combined power consumption: 16.5
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