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The Ford Focus is over, and so are thousands of jobs

Baua Electric

BYD was reported to be among the companies interested, but the Chinese automaker has since announced it is opening its first European plant in Hungary. But Ford pulled the plug on European sales in 2017, and 2018 in the US due to weak sales.

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Mercedes-Benz Rastatt plant to produce compact electric EQ vehicles; 3rd center of competence for EQ models in Germany

Green Car Congress

The Mercedes-Benz Rastatt plant is running at high capacity utilization, and currently creating the conditions for the production start of the next compact car generation in 2018. This includes constructing two new body shops on the site, as well as a training center. In 2016, more than 300,000 vehicles rolled off its production lines.

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Mercedes-Benz will be producing 8 all-electric EQ models in 2022

Green Car Congress

Just a few months later the German-Chinese production joint venture, Beijing Benz Automotive Co. EQA production will also follow next year (2021) at BBAC in Beijing for the Chinese market. The second battery factory at the site began operations in 2018 and has been producing the EQC’s battery systems since 2019.

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Mercedes-Benz prepares car production network for new electric portfolio

Green Car Congress

Core Luxury: The Mercedes-Benz plants in Bremen, Germany and Kecskemét, Hungary to manufacture vehicles in Europe based on the MB.EA The EQB compact SUV was launched at the Mercedes-Benz Kecskemét plant in 2021 and is the first purely electrically powered series production vehicle from Hungary. Beijing Benz Automotive Co.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

For example, with increasing evidence of genocidal Chinese government towards Uyghur residents, including forced labor camps, the lack of transparency regarding whether any Chinese EVs benefit from such labor prompts me to deduct 1 production point from China (out of ~25 it had earned). Globally ~14k Ioniq BEVs were sold.

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