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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 ). The Audi Q3, currently produced in Spain, will be built in Győr (Hungary) in the future. The sporty SUV will fit between the Audi Q7 and the Audi Q5 in the product portfolio. Rupert Stadler.

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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. Mercedes-Benz Cars produced more than 2.4

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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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NIO also confirmed that pre-orders for its EL7, a mid-large smart electric SUV, and the ET5, its mid-size smart electric sedan, are open now, with deliveries set to start in January and March 2023, respectively. 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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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. The Hungary plant will be able to build 150,000 vehicles a year with the ability to double output to 300,000 eventually. Shu explained, “It will be Europe for Europe.”

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New Daimler compact car plant begins production at BBAC in China

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Built from scratch in less than 3 years and stretching at present across about 1.5 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.

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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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With the Concept EQ, Mercedes-Benz Cars presented a new generation of electric vehicles. More than ten new electric passenger cars are scheduled to be launched by 2022 in all segments from smart to large SUVs. The A-Class, B-Class and the compact SUV GLA are manufactured at the location. Earlier post.) Ten billion euros (US$11.2

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BMW Vision Neue Klasse previews next-gen electric cars; 300km EV charge in 10 minutes

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This ancestor of both the 3-Series and 5-Series model lines set BMW on the path to its present-day prosperity. Whatever it’s called, production will start late in 2025 at a plant in Debrecen, Hungary, that BMW says is powered 100 percent by renewable energy. Neue Klasse translates – yes, you guessed it – as New Class.

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