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Daimler Outlines EV Battery Production Plan for U.S.
Daimler AG says it will build capacity in Alabama to assemble enough batteries to deliver at least 10 gigawatt-hours of energy for its electric vehicles per year.
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Daimler AG says it will build capacity in Alabama to assemble enough batteries to deliver at least 10 gigawatt-hours of energy for its electric vehicles per year.
The company intends to spend $1 billion to equip its factory in Vance, Ala., to make Mercedes-Benz EVs and have the capacity for “double-digit gigawatt” battery production, Mercedes production chief Markus Schaefer tells Automotive News Europe.
The output will be used in both all-electric and plug-in hybrid systems. The volume Schaefer describes would be enough to power roughly 100,000 pure EVs annually.
Daimler hasn’t revealed the exact capacity for the U.S. factory. But it also plans to build two similar plants in Germany and China. Schaefer says additional capacity will be necessary as the company adds more electrified models.
Daimler has said it will roll out more than 50 cars and crossovers with plug-in hybrid and/or all-electric powertrains by 2022. The first model will be the German-made electric EQC crossover vehicle, which is due in 2019.
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