Mercedes-Benz is aligning its international manufacturing community to fabricate its reshaped product portfolio targeted on luxurious electrical automobiles because the model prepares to go all electrical by the top of the last decade—wherever market circumstances permit. The longer term product portfolio will concentrate on three classes: High Finish Luxurious, Core Luxurious and Entry Luxurious as outlined within the firm’s Economics of Need occasion on Might 19.
Following the profitable launches of Mercedes-EQ fashions in current months, we’re taking the subsequent step: To stipulate the plan for our future manufacturing setup. Along with the worker representatives, we’re persistently implementing the Mercedes-Benz technique in the direction of ‘electrical solely’. The worldwide Mercedes Benz manufacturing community is sustainable, digital and versatile. We’re prepared for the fast scaling of electrical automobile volumes—not least because of our extremely certified and motivated staff worldwide. With the brand new manufacturing setup we’re additional rising our flexibility and effectivity and securing the way forward for our places.
—Jörg Burzer, Member of the Board of Administration of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Manufacturing and Provide Chain
The Mercedes-Benz crops in Sindelfingen, Bremen, Rastatt and Kecskemét will begin manufacturing of latest fashions within the High Finish Luxurious, Core Luxurious and Entry Luxurious segments from the center of the last decade.
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High Finish Luxurious: Sindelfingen, the lead Mercedes-Benz plant for prime finish automobiles to provide fashions based mostly on the AMG.EA platform (AMG Electrical Structure) from 2025.
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Core Luxurious: The Mercedes-Benz crops in Bremen, Germany and Kecskemét, Hungary to fabricate automobiles in Europe based mostly on the MB.EA platform (Mercedes-Benz Electrical Structure).
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Entry Luxurious: The Mercedes-Benz crops in Rastatt and Kecskemét to provide the repositioned fashions of the MMA platform (Mercedes Modular Structure) from 2024 in Europe.
Battery techniques will be equipped by the worldwide Mercedes-Benz battery manufacturing community.
As a part of implementing the Mercedes-Benz 2022-2026 Enterprise Plan, the corporate is investing greater than €2 billion into its European manufacturing websites.
The manufacturing portfolio already contains six all-electric Mercedes-EQ fashions. These roll off the manufacturing line at six places on three continents and have been persistently built-in into ongoing sequence manufacturing.
Resulting from early investments into versatile manufacturing and the usage of the state-of-the-art MO360 digital manufacturing system, Mercedes-Benz is already in a position to produce battery-electric automobiles in massive volumes. The batteries for the Mercedes-EQ electrical automobiles are equipped by the worldwide battery manufacturing community with factories on three continents. Native battery manufacturing is a key success issue for Mercedes-Benz’s electrical offensive.
Mercedes-Benz automobile crops persistently implement electrical manufacturing. Resulting from extremely versatile buildings, the crops of Mercedes-Benz AG can produce automobiles with totally different drivetrains on a single manufacturing line. With the strategic purpose of shifting to all electrical, the excessive diploma of flexibility is a decisive benefit. It makes it attainable to regulate manufacturing at brief discover in accordance with market demand.
Sindelfingen. Manufacturing of the all-electric EQS luxurious sedan began final yr at Manufacturing unit 56 on the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen. In Manufacturing unit 56, the S-Class, the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class and the EQS are produced fully flexibly on the identical line.
The Sindelfingen plant can be chargeable for the manufacturing of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class with Sedan, Property and All-Terrain off-road variants, CLS in addition to the Mercedes-AMG GT household and can quickly be including the GLC to its portfolio. Sindelfingen is the lead plant within the High Finish Luxurious section and can produce fashions based mostly on the AMG.EA platform from 2025.
Bremen. The Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen began manufacturing of the all-electric EQE just a few months in the past. Already in Might 2019, the EQC (mixed energy consumption: 21.5 kWh/100 km) was built-in into ongoing sequence manufacturing on the Mercedes-Benz plant in northern Germany. Along with the 2 all-electric fashions, the C-Class with Sedan, Property, Coupe and Cabriolet, the E-Class with Coupe and Cabriolet, the GLC in addition to the GLC Coupe and the AMG SL roll off the manufacturing line in Bremen.
From the center of the last decade, a mannequin based mostly on the MB.EA platform might be built-in into manufacturing.
Rastatt. The Mercedes-Benz Rastatt plant has been producing the all-electric EQA compact mannequin since 2021. The plant can be chargeable for the manufacturing of the compact automobiles A-Class, B-Class and GLA with combustion engine and plug-in hybrid.
From 2024, new fashions based mostly on the MMA platform are to roll off the manufacturing line on the plant. Within the Entry Luxurious section, Mercedes-Benz will scale back the variety of mannequin variants from seven to 4 whereas considerably elevating the technological substance of those merchandise. These adjustments assist to reposition Mercedes-Benz on this section to satisfy the desires of discerning prospects.
Kecskemét. The EQB compact SUV was launched on the Mercedes-Benz Kecskemét plant in 2021 and is the primary purely electrically powered sequence manufacturing automobile from Hungary. The mannequin enhances the portfolio consisting of CLA Coupe and CLA Taking pictures Brake in addition to the A-Class with its typical, plug-in hybrid and AMG variations.
From 2024, new fashions based mostly on the MMA platform in addition to a mannequin based mostly on the MB.EA platform in Kecskemét roll off the manufacturing line.
Beijing.
Beijing Benz Automotive Co. Ltd. (BBAC) has been producing Mercedes-Benz automobiles regionally for the Chinese language market since 2005. A couple of weeks in the past, manufacturing of the all-electric EQE enterprise sedan began on the Shunyi plant. The Mercedes-EQ manufacturing portfolio of the three way partnership consists of 4 fashions: Manufacturing of the EQC began in 2019. Since 2021, the EQA and EQB have been produced regionally. The C-Class (lengthy model), E-Class (lengthy model), A-Class (lengthy model), GLA, GLB, GLC (lengthy model) and the AMG A 35 L are additionally produced regionally throughout the three way partnership.
Tuscaloosa. The Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa, USA, will quickly begin manufacturing of the EQS SUV, with the EQE SUV to comply with later this yr. Each fashions are produced on the identical line along with the SUVs with typical drive. The GLE, GLE Coupe, GLS and Mercedes-Maybach GLS roll off the meeting line in Tuscaloosa at present.
International battery manufacturing community. The batteries for the Mercedes-EQ electrical automobiles are equipped by a world battery manufacturing community comprising factories on three continents. The native manufacturing of battery techniques is a key success issue for the Mercedes-Benz electrical ramp-up and a decisive part in with the ability to meet the worldwide demand for electrical automobiles flexibly and effectively.
Accumotive has been producing battery techniques for hybrids and electrical automobiles in Kamenz, Germany, since 2012. A second battery manufacturing facility on the website commenced operations in 2018 and has been producing the battery techniques for the EQC since 2019 adopted by the batteries for the compact electrical SUVs since 2021. Since Accumotive started manufacturing, a couple of million batteries based mostly on lithium-ion expertise have been produced on the Kamenz website.
Beijing Benz Automotive Co. Ltd. (BBAC) has established a neighborhood battery manufacturing facility on the present website within the Yizhuang Industrial Park in Beijing, China. It provides the automobile crops, which produce for the native market. Manufacturing of battery techniques for the EQC began there in 2019. Manufacturing of battery techniques for the EQE began this yr.
Additionally in 2019, Mercedes-Benz opened a battery manufacturing plant in Bangkok, Thailand, along with its native accomplice Thonburi Automotive Meeting Plant (TAAP). Battery techniques for plug-in hybrids and all-electric automobiles are manufactured there.
The Mercedes-Benz battery manufacturing facility in Jawor, Poland, has been producing plug-in hybrid batteries for the C-, E- and S-Class since 2020. In 2021, the positioning expanded its portfolio to incorporate battery techniques for the compact Mercedes EQA and EQB fashions.
Two factories as elements of the Untertürkheim website in Stuttgart, Germany, produce battery techniques. The Hedelfingen plant has been producing batteries for the EQS and EQE since 2021. A couple of weeks in the past, the manufacturing of plug-in hybrid batteries began within the Brühl plant, which might be used within the new GLC, amongst different issues.
The brand new battery manufacturing facility in Bibb County close to the Mercedes-Benz automobile plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (USA) began operations this yr, producing battery techniques for the all-electric EQS SUV and EQE SUV later this yr.
The Mercedes-Benz battery manufacturing community will even be supplemented by
one other battery manufacturing facility on the Sindelfingen website.
Electrical drive techniques within the international manufacturing community. Mercedes-Benz will deepen the extent of vertical integration in manufacturing and growth, and insource electrical drive expertise. The subsequent era of electrical drive techniques are being developed in home. The manufacturing and meeting of elements of the electrical drive techniques for future fashions of the Mercedes-EQ model will begin on the finish of 2024 on the Untertürkheim plant.
One other necessary step is the acquisition of UK based mostly electrical motor firm YASA. With this deal, Mercedes-Benz features entry to distinctive axial flux motor expertise and experience to develop subsequent era ultra-high efficiency motors. The Mercedes-Benz Berlin plant will increase its manufacturing portfolio with the manufacture and meeting of those ultra-high-performance axial circulate electrical motors sooner or later.
Sustainability in manufacturing.
In comparison with 2020, Mercedes-Benz is pursuing the purpose of not less than halving CO₂ emissions per passenger automotive over all the life cycle by the top of this decade. An important levers for this are the electrification of the automobile fleet, charging with inexperienced electrical energy, the advance of battery expertise and the great use of recycled supplies together with batteries and renewable energies in manufacturing.
Mercedes-Benz has been producing CO2-neutral in all of its personal crops worldwide since this yr and has additionally been buying electrical energy in Germany that comes completely from renewable sources (CO2-free) since this yr. A inexperienced electrical energy provide contract ensures the acquisition of electrical energy from renewable energies always. As well as, the corporate goals to extend the manufacturing of renewable power at its websites. Photo voltaic crops with a capability of greater than 11 MWp are to enter operation by the top of subsequent yr. By 2025, Mercedes-Benz will make investments a three-digit million sum within the set up of photovoltaic techniques. Mercedes-Benz can be planning to spend money on new energy buy agreements for wind generators price €1 billion by the center of the last decade.
By 2030, it’s deliberate to cowl greater than 70% of the power demand in manufacturing from renewable power sources—15 p.c is to be generated by renewable power on the firm’s personal places. That is to be achieved by increasing photo voltaic and wind power at its personal places and by concluding additional corresponding energy buy agreements. Mercedes-Benz can be pursuing the purpose of decreasing water consumption by 35% by 2030.
Within the subsequent step, Mercedes-Benz additionally needs to make logistics CO2-neutral. The rail transport of automobiles and elements equivalent to batteries play an necessary position right here.
