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Audi Brussels to produce exclusively e-tron quattro SUV, battery packs; A1 production moving to Spain

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As of 2018, Audi Brussels will produce exclusively the commercial version of Audi’s e-tron quattro battery-electric SUV ( earlier post ). Audi will transfer production of the Audi A1 from Brussels to Martorell in Spain; in 2014, Audi Brussels produced 115,378 Audi A1 models. The plant will also produce its own battery packs.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars invests €1B in new “Full-Flex” car plant in Hungary; Factory 56 applied to full plant

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Mercedes-Benz Cars is starting construction of its first “Full-Flex Plant“ in Kecskemét, Hungary, about 90 km in the south of Budapest. With an investment of one billion euros, we are building in Hungary the first ‘Full-Flex Plant’ in the global production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars.

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New Daimler compact car plant begins production at BBAC in China

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Mercedes-Benz’ new compact car plant in China, housed at the company’s local production joint venture Beijing Benz Automotive Corporation (BBAC), has begun production with the German car maker’s first locally build compact car: the GLA. Built from scratch in less than 3 years and stretching at present across about 1.5

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NIO’s expansion into German, Dutch, Danish and Swedish markets coming with buildout of battery swap stations

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China-based smart electric vehicle company NIO unveiled details of its products and services for Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden at a European launch event in Berlin. In September, the first Power Swap Station manufactured in NIO Power Europe Plant located in Hungary rolled off the production line.

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BYD is ‘just getting started’ in Europe with plans to triple its EV market share

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In a new interview with Automotive News Europe , Shu said BYD is discovering “how Europeans respond” to the brand’s tech, products, and services. BYD aims for a 5% share of EV sales in Europe, even before production begins in Hungary. The facility will build electric cars with battery packs built in Hungary.

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Mercedes-Benz Rastatt plant to produce compact electric EQ vehicles; 3rd center of competence for EQ models in Germany

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Mercedes-Benz announced that its Rastatt plant—the company’s lead plant in global production of compact cars—will produce compact-class electric EQ models in the future. Future EQ models can be integrated in the series production of existing Mercedes-Benz plants on four continents. Earlier post.) Ten billion euros (US$11.2

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Mercedes brings five new EVs to IAA Mobility

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With the Concept EQS, Mercedes-Maybach is providing a clear preview of the first fully electric series-production model for the luxury brand. A further all-electric model is also set to appear on this basis, the EQS SUV, which will go into series production in 2022, even before the Maybach. kWh/100 km) with 215 kW. to WLTP: 19.3-15.7

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