Mercedes-Benz has announced that its latest electric vehicle, the Mercedes EQS SUV, has started production in the United States.
It is Mercedes-Benz’s first all-electric vehicle manufactured in the United States and is currently in production at its plant in Alabama.
Mercedes-Benz produces the all-electric EQS exclusively at its passenger car plants in North America. The line-off of these vehicles is an important step in Mercedes-Benz Cars’ global initiative to produce eight of his fully electric vehicles at his seven sites on three continents this year. His full-size EQS SUV is going into series production at the Mercedes-Benz Tuscaloosa plant in Alabama. Since 1997, the plant has been the production site for large SUVs bearing the three-pointed star. Tuscaloosa serves as a key production site for the Mercedes EQ. Luxury electric SUV: EQS SUV and EQE SUV. Production will begin later this year.
Jörg Burzer, Member of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, responsible for production and supply chain, said: The addition of his new EQS SUV to our production portfolio of all-electric Mercedes EQ models marks another important mile for him in our strategy to go all-electric by the end of 2010, market conditions permitting. Stone reached. We are confident that a great team in Tuscaloosa will lead the electric SUV to global success. ”
For more information on the new Mercedes EQS, visit Mercedes-Benz at the link below.
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