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Mercedes-Benz is exclusively producing the all-electric EQS SUV at its North American passenger vehicle plant. These vehicles rolling off the line is a key step in Mercedes-Benz Cars’ global initiative to produce eight all-electric vehicles at seven sites on three continents this year. The full-size EQS SUV is integrated in series production at the Mercedes-Benz Tuscaloosa plant in Alabama, which has been the production site for large SUVs bearing the three-pointed star since 1997. Tuscaloosa serves as a key production location for Mercedes-EQ luxury electric SUVs: the EQS SUV and EQE SUV, which goes into production later this year.The Tuscaloosa plant uses state-of-the-art digital, sustainable, efficient and flexible production methods and follows the blueprint of the company`s Factory 56 in Sindelfingen, Germany, which symbolizes the future of automotive production of Mercedes-Benz. Thanks to early investments into flexible production and the use of the state-of-the-art MO360 digital production ecosystem, Mercedes-Benz is already able to produce battery-electric vehicles in large volumes.
A Silicon Valley based firm called Lucid Motors unveiled their high-end electric vehicle prototype dubbed Lucid Air, in Fremont, California, on Wednesday. The new company hopes to tap into the growing popularity of electric cars and aims to challenge Elon Musk's automaker Tesla for electric vehicle customers. Lucid Motors claim that their Air prototype electric car has a range of over 400 miles on a single charge and can go from 0 to 60 in 2.5 second. A 100 kilowatt engine will generate up to 1,000 horsepower. Loaded with options, the Lucid Air is expected to hit the market sometime in 2018 at a luxury price point of around $100,000.
Production Cars BMW 1 Series M Coupe E82 2011
Production Cars BMW 1 Series M Coupe E82 2011
A next-generation automotive company fulfilling its sustainability pledges, Renault Group is radically revamping its vehicles’ design – starting at the drawing board. In an exclusive series of Design Talks, Gilles VIdal, the VP Design Renault, talks to guests about inspiration, emotion, design today and how all that is shaping Renault vehicles. Our designer’s first guest is Cléa Martinet, Renault Group’s VP Sustainable Development. They spoke about design as a catalyst for sustainability and about that point where electric vehicle desirability and the future of mobility converge. Read on for more about this exciting conversation about eco-design, featuring Renault’s All-new Scenic E-Tech electric.