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BMW Group investing €800M in Plant San Luis Potosí in Mexico for NEUE KLASSE and battery assembly

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The BMW Group is investing €800 million in Plant San Luis Potosí in Mexico for integration of fully-electric models of NEUE KLASSE and construction of local high-voltage battery assembly. More than 500 additional employees will work there, producing next-generation batteries for fully-electric vehicles.

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BMW Group announces local production of NEUE KLASSE in China from 2026, new gen 6 battery plant

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BBA currently produces seven model ranges, with fully-electric, plug-in hybrid and internal combustion engines. The BMW Group’s next model generation, the NEUE KLASSE, will embody all three pillars of future mobility: electric, digital and circular. These batteries will be used in the models of the NEUE KLASSE.

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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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By the end of 2022, each of our German plants will be producing at least one fully electric vehicle. The future assembly and its production processes will be designed for a new cluster architecture geared towards electric drive trains. Rendering of the new assembly hall. —Milan Nedeljkovi?, —Milan Nedeljkovi?.

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Mercedes-Benz to invest ~€500M to produce electric compact EQ model at Hambach plant

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Mercedes-Benz Cars is expanding its production capacities for electric cars in Europe. The Hambach plant in France, which currently produces smart brand electric vehicles, will produce a compact electric car of the new product and technology brand EQ. From 2020, the brand smart will only offer electric vehicles.

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

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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. Compact car class customers can look forward to two fully electric compact SUVs in the EQA and EQB in 2021. solutions.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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New plants in Germany and Europe are planned with a CO 2 -neutral energy supply from the start: Already, the entire electricity demand of the smart plant in Hambach (France) is obtained from renewable energy sources. In Kecskemét (Hungary), a second plant under construction will be CO 2 -neutral. The plant will start operating in 2019.

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Audi is the latest automaker to reveal plans for a lower-cost EV

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“Despite the recent public debate, there is no doubt the future of the car is electric,” Audi’s boss explained. “At At Audi, we will electrify all core segments by 2027 and have defined a fully electric target portfolio.” BYD will start building EVs and batteries in Hungary in 2026, enabling faster deliveries at a lower cost.

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