Daimler subsidiary Deutsche Accumotive intends to double the quantity of staff to roughly 1,000 by the top of 2018, gearing-up for the launch of the second battery pack manufacturing manufacturing facility in Kamenz, Germany.
The primary facility already produced greater than 200,000 packs for BEVs, PHEVs, HEVs and power storage techniques and from Spring 2019 on, the second manufacturing facility will start quantity manufacturing of all-new battery packs for the Mercedes-Benz EQC.
The EQC itself will enter manufacturing in mid-2019, as batteries first must be shipped to the Bremen plant (additionally in Germany). The primary all-electric SUV from Daimler has been within the pre-production stage since summer time of this 12 months.
Daimler is investing some €500 million in Kamenz and in whole €10 billion globally to have greater than 130 electrified fashions by the top of 2022, together with greater than 10 all-electric automobiles.
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