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Mercedes starts production of the new EQS SUV in Alabama, US.
Mercedes is sourcing the battery for the EQS SUV from its new battery factory in Bibb County, Alabama.
Mercedes has started the production of the all-electric EQS SUV at its North American passenger vehicle plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. This is the first EQ model that Mercedes is building in the US. Mercedes will also produce the EQE SUV in the same plant.
The Tuscaloosa plant uses state-of-the-art digital, sustainable, efficient, and flexible production methods and follows the blueprint of the company`s Factory 56 in Sindelfingen, Germany, which symbolizes the future of automotive production of Mercedes-Benz.
The use of the state-of-the-art MO360 digital production ecosystem and early investments into flexible production has helped Mercedes-Benz to produce battery-electric vehicles in large volumes.
Mercedes is sourcing the battery for the EQS SUV from its new battery factory in Bibb County, Alabama. The battery plant produces the battery systems for the EQS SUV on an approximately 300-meter or 985 feet-long production line with more than 70 workstations.
The battery for the EQS SUV is based on a modular architecture that is also used in the EQS and EQE Sedans. With the new plant, Bibb County is now a part of the global Mercedes-Benz battery production network, which comprises of factories on three different continents.
Mercedes launched the EQS SUV in April this year. It is the third model in the EQ series after the EQS Sedan and EQE. It has a battery capacity of 107.8 kWh that provides a range of up to 410 miles (660km).
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Jörg Burzer, Member of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Production and Supply Chain: “Our production network is very well positioned for the sustainable and rapid scaling of electric vehicle volumes. With the new EQS SUV joining our production portfolio of all-electric Mercedes-EQ models, we reached another important milestone in our strategy to go all-electric by the end of the decade – wherever market conditions allow. I am absolutely sure that our great Tuscaloosa team will make the electric SUV another global success.”
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