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All-electric member of new Mercedes S-Class on market next year: EQS based on new electric architecture

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In the compact class, production of the EQA, the fully electric brother of the GLA, will start later this year, followed by the EQB in 2021. The new generation of electric vehicles in the luxury and executive segment is based on a custom-developed architecture, which is scalable in every aspect and can be used across model series.

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Mercedes-Benz realigning global production organization for passenger cars; organizing by product architecture

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Further investment also goes to the Rastatt compact car plant, where the fully-electric B-Class electric drive has been seamlessly integrated into series product. Mercedes-Benz sales top one million mark in August. Mercedes-Benz sold more vehicles worldwide last month than in any previous August: 118,887 units (+9.7%).

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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The southwest province of Yunnan derives about 70 percent of its electricity from hydropower, slightly more than the percentage in Washington state, while Shandong, a coastal province in the east, derives about 90 percent of its electricity from coal, similar to West Virginia. Of course, meeting the more ambitious 1.5 °C