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By Dawn Azok
Made in Alabama
Alabama’s Mercedes-Benz plant will begin producing luxury electric SUVs in 2022, part of a major rollout of new vehicle technology and manufacturing coordination at the automaker’s facilities around the world.
The company on Monday revealed new details of its “Electric First” strategy, which keeps it on the path to CO2 neutrality and includes six new Mercedes-EQ model launches over the next two years.
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International in Tuscaloosa County – which three years ago announced a $1 billion investment to prepare for the initiative – is slated to begin building the EQE and EQS SUVs in 2022, alongside SUVs with conventional and plug-in hybrid drives.
Mercedes to launch production of electric vehicles in Alabama in 2022
By Dawn Azok December 16, 2020
A concept of a Mercedes Vision EQ sedan. The company plans to roll out six new electric vehicle models over the next two years and will begin producing EVs in Alabama in 2022, it announced Monday. (Mercedes-Benz)
Alabama’s Mercedes-Benz plant will begin producing luxury electric SUVs in 2022, part of a major rollout of new vehicle technology and manufacturing coordination at the automaker’s facilities around the world.
The company on Monday revealed new details of its “Electric First” strategy, which keeps it on the path to CO2 neutrality and includes six new Mercedes-EQ model launches over the next two years.