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Daimler battery subsidiary Accumotive doubles the amount of employees to approximately 1,000

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More than ten will be fully electric passenger cars—throughout all segments, from the smart to the large SUV. The first Mercedes-Benz of the new product- and technology-brand EQ will be the EQC, which will be ramped-up in spring 2019 in the Mercedes-Benz Bremen plant and then will reach the market in mid-2019.

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BMW boosts CATL battery order to €7.3B, signs €2.9B battery order with Samsung SDI

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The BMW Group has also localized battery production in Thailand and is working with the Dräxlmaier Group in this area. The basis for this is created by flexible vehicle architectures for fully-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and models with combustion engines that enable the company to respond quickly to changing conditions.

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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 In 2020 production of the EQV premium electric MPV (combined power consumption: 26.4 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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BMW Group enters long-term €2B supply contract with Northvolt for battery cells from Europe

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The BMW Group has also localized battery production in Thailand, where it is working with the Dräxlmaier Group. The basis for this is provided by flexible vehicle architectures for fully-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and models with combustion engines that allow the company to respond quickly to changing conditions.

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BMW Group sources sustainable cobalt worth around €100M from Morocco for fifth-gen batteries

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The two companies already signed a memorandum of understanding on the direct purchase of cobalt from Morocco in Marrakesh in January 2019. By 2023, we aim to have 25 electrified models in our line-up—more than half of them fully-electric. Cobalt is an important raw material for electromobility. —Andreas Wendt.

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