Mercedes-Benz foresees EV-only production lines

Berlin, Feb. 22 (BUS): Mercedes-Benz expects to have factories producing exclusively electric cars by the second half of the decade, but it will move away from building factories only for electric cars, and instead keep its production lines flexible in line with the market. the demand.

Head of production Joerg Poerser said the automaker expects some in-plant production lines to switch entirely to electric sooner.

“Building an entirely new factory for electric cars and battery takes time. We’ve taken another approach,” Brazer said.

Mercedes is betting on the model, an electric adaptation of the E-Class with a peak range of 660 km, to boost sales of the electric vehicle unit as investment has shifted away from internal combustion vehicles and towards electric-only production platforms.

Reuters reported that only 2.3% of Mercedes-Benz car sales last year were battery-electric cars, rising to 11% including plug-in hybrid cars, which have an engine and battery.

As of 2025, you expect electric and hybrid vehicles to make up 50% of sales, with fully electric vehicles expected to account for most of that.

All current models are manufactured in factories that also produce internal combustion engine vehicles, with the batteries transported by rail from the main plant in Sindelfingen to factories in Germany and Hungary.

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