Mercedes begins manufacturing of the Mercedes EQS SUV at its plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, which goes to provide additionally the Mercedes EQE SUV , which is able to enter manufacturing by the top of this 12 months.
Mercedes’ technique is to provide the equal electrical fashions in the identical plant the place standard fashions are produced though they use completely different platforms.
Thus, the Mercedes EQS is produced in Sindelfingen alongside the Mercedes S-Class though they use completely different platforms.
That’s why the Mercedes EQS SUV can be produced in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the place the world’s largest Mercedes SUV plant is positioned and the place the Mercedes GLE and GLS are presently produced. Mercedes has been producing SUVs in Tuscaloosa since 1997, beginning with the Mercedes ML.
4 million autos have rolled off the Tuscaloosa plant’s manufacturing line since 1997 and 260,000 models have been produced in 2021 alone. Two-thirds of Tuscaloosa manufacturing is exported, with Mercedes-Benz US Worldwide being one of many largest exporters within the US. There are 4,500 individuals working right here, plus one other 11,000 in horizontal business.
To be able to help the manufacturing of the brand new electrical fashions, Mercedes has began constructing battery vegetation everywhere in the world the place it has main vegetation. Thus, very near Tuscaloosa, in Bibb County, Mercedes constructed a battery plant to serve the manufacturing of the Mercedes EQS SUV and EQE SUV.
Opening in March 2022, the Bibb County plant produces batteries on a 300-meter (985 toes) lengthy manufacturing line that features 70 workstations. In step with Mercedes’ technique to be CO2 impartial, the Bibb County plant will use solely renewable vitality from 2024.
Mercedes just isn’t disclosing the manufacturing capability for the Mercedes EQS SUV as a result of demand is tough to estimate right now.
However there’s a trace, as a result of the brand new Mercedes EQS limousine just isn’t promoting in addition to its standard Mercedes S-Class counterpart. Within the first 3 months of 2022, 3,483 S-Class have been bought in Europe and 4,817 within the US versus solely 2,213 EQS in Europe and a pair of,091 within the US.