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BMW investing €400M in new vehicle assembly at Munich plant as part of shift to electromobility; engine production being concentrated at Steyr and Hams Hall

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It will ramp up for the first time at our future plant in Debrecen, Hungary, before being rolled out across our global production network in stages. The Chinese plant in Dadong also began producing the BMW iX3 this year. The amount of CO 2 generated per vehicle will be reduced by another 40% from 2019 levels by 2025 and 80% by 2030.

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

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In May 2019 production of the EQC (combined power consumption: 21.5 Just a few months later the German-Chinese production joint venture, Beijing Benz Automotive Co. In May 2019, the EQC 400 4MATIC as a purely electric vehicle, was integrated into the ongoing series production of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen.

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

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The first EQ series model—the EQC—will roll off the line at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen in the year 2019. The new electric vehicles will be produced within the global, highly flexible and efficient production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars with plants on four continents. 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 Already in May 2019, the EQC (combined power consumption: 21.5 BBAC) has been producing Mercedes-Benz vehicles locally for the Chinese market since 2005. platform from 2025.

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White House warns that Chinese EVs could collect your data and send it back to China

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The US has imposed extra tariffs on Chinese EVs since 2019, with US officials having long warned that China poses a threat in data security, and the new measure could have broad implications across a number of industries, the report said. Meanwhile, the Chinese military steers clear of Tesla vehicles for the same reasons.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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Link to the 2019 list (from there you can get to older ones). Including complete tables for Israel in 2019-2020 which I calculated and handed over to Jose! in 2019 to 4% in 2020. Welcome to the 7th Annual Top 10 EV Countries list — my own very personal version of March Madness! It *is* literal madness to keep doing it.

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