# Mercedes Building EV Battery Plant Gone Alabama

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2018/10/mercedes-building-ev-battery-plant-gone-alabama/
- Published: 2018-10-21T23:36:05-04:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

The EV battery plant – [like its after-sales North American hub and a new global logistics center ](https://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2017/09/21/mercedes-launching-electric-vehicle-production.html)–
will be located in Bibb County. Thereby firmly entrenching the automaker’s presence
in metro Birmingham. It will fuel the automaker’s plan to produce electric SUV at
a plant in Vance.  Seems to be one of the state’s largest employers.  The new [EV battery plant](https://www.daimler.com/company/locations/tuscaloosa/)/
facility, near the Tuscaloosa plant is part of a [global battery production](https://greenlivingguy.com/2011/05/berkeley-ev-battery-lab-transforming-battery-technology/)
network. That total network is of in total eight EV battery plants aka factories.
There are in Kamenz, (Germany), Stuttgart-Untertürkheim (Germany), Sindelfingen (
Germany), Beijing (China), Bangkok (Thailand) and Tuscaloosa (USA). The worldwide
network of EV battery plants / factories allows Mercedes-Benz to react flexibly 
and efficiently. That’s both to market demands and requirements. The different sites
supply local vehicle production and are ready to export batteries. Most noteworthy
and if required, Mercedes-Benz Cars will offer at least one electrified vehicle 
in each model series by 2022. That will be totaling up to more than 130 models. 
Mercedes-Benz is about to start the production of electric passenger cars as part
of its worldwide electric initiative. This includes the production of an all-electric
SUV in the U.S.

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Source Daimler

 Furthermore and according to my best friends at PR Newswire, the investment of 
billions of US-Dollars in the U.S. car production of Mercedes-Benz is paying off.
The electric initiative of an EV battery plant by Mercedes-Benz Cars in the U.S.
is well on track. A groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of construction on
the new EV battery plant. The factory will be built near the vehicle production 
site in Tuscaloosa providing batteries under the product and technology brand EQ.
In conclusion, the groundbreaking ceremony took place in the presence of Jason Hoff,
President and CEO of Mercedes-Benz U.S International. Also, the Governor of Alabama
Kay Ivey and other distinguished regional and international guests at its location
in Bibb County, Alabama. The new production site for batteries is located seven 
miles from the Mercedes-Benz Cars vehicle production site in Tuscaloosa. The Consolidation
Center, also announced as part of the 2017 investment announcement, will consist
of three major areas. That’s including the body parts preparation area, the assembly
parts preparation area and the empties storage. Finally, it is expected to be operational
in 2019.

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