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Mercedes-Benz to invest ~€500M to produce electric compact EQ model at Hambach plant

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In Germany the smart brand is the market leader among all-electric vehicles in the first quarter of 2018. Two electric vehicles, the smart EQ fortwo coupé and the smart EQ fortwo cabrio, are currently being produced there. —Markus Schäfer, Member of the Divisional Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Production and Supply Chain.

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COVID-19 Forced Us All to Experiment. What Have We Learned?

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For example, when China entered world markets as a major exporter of industrial products, production from less productive firms in Mexico was reduced or ceased altogether, thus diverting resources to more productive uses. Resources then move from the weaker to stronger entities, and average productivity increases.

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

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Data is weighted to match the profile of the population. Weighting was then employed to balance demographics to ensure that the sample’s composition reflects that of the adult population according to Census data and to provide results intended to approximate the sample universe.