According to CleanTechnica, Mercedes-Benz recently announced its plans for the EQ series of new vehicles. By the end of 2022, Mercedes-Benz will launch six new electric vehicle models: EQA, EQB, EQS, EQE, EQS SUV, and EQE SUV.
Mercedes-Benz is upgrading and transforming six factories worldwide and investing in battery plants near vehicle plants to support the EQ series production plan. Currently, the EQC SUV and EQV electric van have started production and sales in the EQ series.
Markus Schäfer, a member of the Mercedes-Benz board of directors, emphasized Mercedes-Benz’s “Electric First” strategy in an interview with the media this week. He said, “Mercedes-Benz has always been committed to achieving carbon neutrality and has invested heavily in transformation. As Mercedes-Benz’s product portfolio shifts to electrification, our global production chains, vehicle, and battery plants have also been adjusted. To take a leading position in the field of electric vehicles and focus on developing battery technology, we will focus on research and development, production, and strategic cooperation.”
(EQA, source: Mercedes-Benz)
(EQB, source: Mercedes-Benz)
As planned, EQA will share the same production line with GLA and will be released in January next year and be available globally in 2021. EQA will be produced in Rastatt, Germany, and Beijing, China, along with GLA. EQB is expected to be produced in Kecskemét, Hungary, and Beijing later next year.
(EQS, source: Mercedes-Benz)
EQS is planned to be produced at the 56th factory in Sindelfingen, Germany, in the first half of 2021. EQS SUV will be produced at the Sindelfingen plant in Germany and the Tuscaloosa, Alabama plant in the United States in 2022.
(EQE, source: Mercedes-Benz)
EQE SUV is expected to be produced in Bremen, Germany, in the second half of 2021 and in Alabama, USA, in 2022. This model also plans to be produced at Mercedes-Benz’s Beijing plant.On the battery front, in addition to the battery factory co-operated with BAIC, a battery factory located in Jawor, Poland, started producing hybrid batteries for various Mercedes models this year, and will expand production next year to meet the battery demand of EQA and EQB.
Mercedes has also built two new battery factories in Hedelfingen and Brühl, Germany, which will provide batteries for EQS, EQE, and hybrid models starting in 2022. Another battery factory is being built near the Tuscaloosa factory, which will provide batteries for EQS and EQE SUVs manufactured at US factory.
🔗Source: CleanTechnica
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