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Start of Production for the new EQS SUV at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama

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These vehicles rolling off the line is a key step in Mercedes-Benz Cars’ global initiative to produce eight all-electric vehicles at seven sites on three continents this year. Tuscaloosa serves as a key production location for Mercedes-EQ luxury electric SUVs: the EQS SUV and EQE SUV, which goes into production later this year.

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Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV enters serial production at Alabama plant

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These vehicles rolling off the line is a key step in Mercedes-Benz Cars’ global initiative to produce eight all-electric vehicles at seven sites on three continents this year.

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DOE, GM, Mathworks launch EcoCAR Electric Vehicle Challenge; 15 universities selected

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GM will provide student teams across 15 academic institutions with a Cadillac LYRIQ, the brand’s first all-electric vehicle, to develop and to demonstrate technology that utilizes automation and vehicle-to-everything connectivity. University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL). McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada).

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Alabama Will Get A Li-Cycle Battery Recycling Facility

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Li-Cycle has announced plans to build a new lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Alabama. This will be its fourth commercial lithium-ion battery recycling facility and will be located in Tuscaloosa, AL. Previously, the company had a base plan for three North American facilities, or Spokes.

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Mercedes to Move EQS SUV Production to Make Room for GLC EV in Alabama

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The automaker is eying plans to move production of the flagship EQS electric SUV to Germany to make room at its Alabama facility for a higher-volume EV. Mercedes could reach 50,000 vehicles in the first year of manufacturing the GLC EV, and the EQS’ move to Germany will add 20,000 vehicles to the Bremen factory.

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Deep Red Alabama Dives Headlong Into Green Energy

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Alabama is poised to kick its solar output into high gear, and the global auto maker Mercedes-Benz can take part of the credit.

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Toyota investing $383M in US engine production

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Toyota will invest $383 million in four of its US manufacturing plants—in Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee—to support the production of four-cylinder engines, including options for hybrid electric vehicles. Toyota customers want vehicles that are fuel-efficient and electrified. 222 million.

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