With an investment of around €500 million, Daimler has laid the foundation of its second battery factory through its subsidiary ACCUMOTIVE in Kamenz. The factory will produce Li-ion batteries. According to Markus Schäfer, Member of the Divisional Board of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Production and Supply Chain,” With the second battery plant in Kamenz, we are giving the initial start for the development of the first premium eBattery factory. The local production of batteries is an important success factor in our electric offensive and a crucial element in order to flexibly and efficiently serve the global demand for electric vehicles. This makes our production network very well positioned for future mobility.” Designed to be a CO2-neutral factory and Daimler’s integrated approach to electric mobility and importance to sustainable development, the factory will have an energy balance of zero. The new factory will be situated approximately 50 kilometers from Dresden, will start operations in mid-2018 and will be supplied with energy from a combined heat and power plant and PV plant in combination with stationary battery storage units. ACCUMOTIVE will also produce batteries for Mercedes-Benz energy storage units and 48- volt-systems.
The foundation cermony took place in the presence of Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel, Stanislaw Tillich (Minister President of Saxony), who, together with Dieter Zetsche (Chairman of the Board of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars), Schäfer, Frank Deiss (Head of Powertrain Production and Site Manager Mercedes-Benz Plant Untertürkheim) and Frank Blome (Managing Director Deutsche Accumotive GmbH & Co. KG). Dieter Zetsche said,” The automotive industry is facing a fundamental transformation and we see ourselves as the driving force behind this change. The battery factory in Kamenz is an important component in the implementation of our electric offensive. By 2022, we will have more than ten purely electric passenger cars in series. We also continue to drive forward the hybridization of our fleet. Under the EQ brand, we are creating a holistic ecosystem for e-mobility.”
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