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    Mercedes-Benz to invest $1bn in the US for EV production and logistics

    2017-09-27T10:22:09Z

    Mercedes-Benz has announced that most of the $1 billion it plans to invest in the US to expand its industrial footprint is slated for the future production of electric vehicles, alongside an expansion of its logistics activities in the country.The company plans to produce SUV models under its electric vehicle ...

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    Train car carrying used batteries bursts into flames

    2017-04-26T12:12:31Z

    A rail car carrying spent lithium-ion batteries burst into flames in the US city of Houston on Sunday. No one was injured.An official from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) within the Department of Transportation told Automotive Logistics that both it and the Federal Railroad Administration were investigating ...

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    Tesla planning battery ‘gigafactory’ in Europe

    2016-11-16T13:42:31Z

    Following its buyout of Grohmann Engineering last week, electric vehicle maker, Tesla, is looking for a site in Europe to build a lithium-ion battery ‘gigafactory’ similar to the one it is currently building in Nevada, in the US.CEO Elon Musk made the announcement at a press conference in Germany last ...

  • Daimler baut globalen Produktionsverbund für Lithium-Ionen-Batterien auf
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    Daimler to quadruple battery production footprint at Kamenz plant

    2016-10-24T17:00:05Z

    Daimler has started construction of a second lithium-ion battery factory in Kamenz, south-east Germany, which will quadruple the size of the existing production and logistics site to 80,000 sq.m.The €500m ($544m) investment forms part of a €1 billion injection of capital into the carmaker’s overall global battery production compound first ...

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    Samsung SDI starts work on battery plant for EVs in Hungary

    2016-09-07T10:08:47Z

    Battery maker Samsung SDI is building a 400 billion won ($365m) plant in Hungary with an annual capacity of 50,000 batteries for the electric vehicle market in Europe.The firm already supplies batteries to customers including BMW, with which it worked on the development of its battery cell technology, while in ...