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

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The first Audi Q8 e-tron drove off the production line at the Brussels plant yesterday, 14 December, marking the beginning of an era for the new top model in Audi’s electric SUV range. Around 160,000 units of Audi’s first electric model have been delivered since 2018. 2018 saw the birth of the Audi e-tron.

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Audi developing modular assembly principle as successor to production line; Gy?r testing for 2018 e-tron electric motor production

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While development of the principle is ongoing, Audi has begun to use modular assembly in developing the production process for the electric motor for the 2018 e-tron SUV (C-BEV) ( earlier post ). For Audi, these are the driverless transport systems (DTS), which began testing at Ingolstadt in 2015. Earlier post.

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Mercedes-Benz prepares car production network for new electric portfolio

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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. Tuscaloosa.

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