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New Daimler compact car plant begins production at BBAC in China

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million square meters, the Beijing-compact car site complements the current Mercedes-Benz’ compact model plants in Rastatt (Germany) and Kecskemet (Hungary) as well as the Valmet Automotive plant in Finland. Built from scratch in less than 3 years and stretching at present across about 1.5

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China’s battery supply chain tops BNEF ranking for third consecutive time; Canada close 2nd, US drops to 3rd

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Most European countries declined in their overall performance this year with Finland and Czechia being the only exceptions. Finland placed the highest in Europe and was ranked fourth in the overall rankings. —Yayoi Sekine, head of energy storage at BNEF. US cell production capacity surpassed Japan in 2014 and South Korea in 2016.

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