Outside Germany

  • Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Aug 25, 2022 - 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.
  • Farmington Hills, Michigan, Jul 1, 2022 - Following the name change of Daimler AG to Mercedes-Benz Group AG on February 1, 2022, [which was announced at https://group.mercedes-benz.com/company/news/daimler-becomes-mercedes-benz-group.html] U.S. car entities previously branded under the “Daimler” name in the United States will become Mercedes-Benz branded entities on July 1, 2022.
  • Bibb County/Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Mar 15, 2022 - Mercedes-Benz opens a new battery plant in Bibb County, Alabama, a few months ahead of the start of production of all-electric Mercedes-EQ vehicles in the United States (U.S.). The world’s most valuable luxury automotive brand is getting ready to go all electric by ramping up production of electric cars on three continents.
  • Stuttgart/Peking, Oct 20, 2021 - Today, Daimler officially started operations of its new “R&D Tech Center China” in Beijing. With an investment of 1.1 billion RMB, the company is further strengthening its R&D footprint and technological capabilities in the world’s biggest car market.
  • Buenos Aires, Sep 10, 2021 - During seven decades, Mercedes-Benz produced various models of cars, vans, buses, trucks in Argentina. Today the Mercedes-Benz factory in Buenos Aires is the only one in the world that produces vans, trucks and buses at the same site.
  • Charleston, SC, USA , Aug 5, 2021 - More than 200,000 Sprinter and Metris vans have been assembled in North Charleston and delivered to destinations in the U.S. since June 2006. At that time, the small Charleston plant was performing semi-knockdown (SKD) assembly and was better known as DaimlerChrysler Manufacturing International (DCMI) with a team of 100 employees.
  • Stuttgart, Dec 8, 2020 - On the road to CO2 neutrality, Mercedes-Benz AG is investing heavily in the transformation of the company. In the context of increasing efficiency, this also includes the structural adjustment and realignment of production capacity and volume within the Mercedes-Benz Cars global production network.
  • Stuttgart, Dec 17, 2019 - Five years ago, the Mercedes-Benz V-Class set a new standard in the people mover segment with its design, its quality, its comfort and its safety and assistance systems and has since become a true success story. Now the 222,222nd V-Class produced in Vitoria has left the plant.
  • Bangkok, Dec 4, 2019 - The global battery production network within the Mercedes-Benz Cars production network has put the third production facility into operation: A factory for plug-in hybrid batteries has been opened in the Bangkok region in Thailand.
  • Stuttgart/Pune, Nov 26, 2019 - As the country’s largest luxury car manufacturer, Mercedes-Benz looks back on a 25 year long history in India with a local assembly site and its local entity Mercedes-Benz India. In 1994, Mercedes-Benz Cars started assembling cars locally.
  • Stuttgart, Jun 24, 2019 - Mercedes-Benz Cars and the Egyptian government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for local assembly of Mercedes-Benz passenger cars in Egypt.
  • Moscow, Apr 3, 2019 - Mercedes-Benz Cars is starting production for the local market in the new passenger car plant Moscovia with the Mercedes-Benz E-Class Sedan. SUV models will follow the E-Class. Mercedes-Benz Cars is investing more than 250 million euros in the plant in the Moscow region. Over 1,000 employees will work in production and administration.
  • Stuttgart/Graz, Feb 25, 2019 - On 22 February the ceremonial ground-breaking on the former Nittner aerodrome in Kalsdorf, around 15 kilometres to the south of Graz, marked the official start of construction work for a new G-Class Experience Center.
  • Stuttgart, Germany/Kecskemét, Hungary , Feb 21, 2019 - The Hungarian Mercedes-Benz plant in Kecskemét remains the birthplace of the CLA: Following the sales success of the CLA Coupé, launched in 2013, the production of the second generation of this compact model - like its predecessor - now starts exclusively in Kecskemét.
  • Stuttgart, Germany / Jawor, Poland, Jan 22, 2019 - In the course of the electric initiative Mercedes-Benz Cars will build a battery factory at the polish site in Jawor and thus extend the global battery production network of up to nine factories.
  • Stuttgart, Germany / Cairo, Egypt, Jan 18, 2019 - Mercedes-Benz Cars has plans to start a new assembly plant in Egypt. “Egypt is an attractive and competitive location for production and supporting logistics.
  • Stuttgart/Beijing, Nov 21, 2018 - The ramp-up cascade of the new A-Class has reached its next step in Beijing: With the start of production of the long wheelbase version at Beijing-Benz Automotive Co. Ltd (BBAC) in China Mercedes Benz Cars continues its worldwide production of the new A Class.
  • Beijing, Nov 14, 2018 - Daimler announced plans today to build a Research and Development Tech Center China with a total investment of over 1.1 billion RMB (approximately 145 million EUR).
  • Tuscaloosa, AL/USA, Oct 5, 2018 - The investment of billions of US-Dollars in theU.S. car production of Mercedes-Benz is paying off: The first all new Mercedes-Benz GLE which is based on a completely new SUV platform, left the production lines today bringing a new driver experience to our customers worldwide.
  • Beijing, Sep 14, 2018 - Daimler and Bosch have announced the successful premiere of their joint Automated Valet Parking pilot in Beijing. The technology, which debuted in the parking garage at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart in 2017, symbolizes a pioneering effort in infrastructure-supported driverless parking and marks the first pilot of its kind in China.
  • Jul 17, 2018 - Daimler AG is expanding its global innovation network. Lab1886's new location in Atlanta (Georgia, USA) was officially opened yesterday. Guests at the event included Nathan Deal, Governor of Georgia, as well as Silicon Valley icon and investor Guy Kawasaki.
  • Stuttgart, Germany / Uusikaupunki, Finland, Jul 10, 2018 - The ramp-up for the new A-Class has reached Finland: it began in April at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Rastatt, Germany and was followed by the Mercedes-Benz plant in Kecskemét, Hungary in May.
  • Stuttgart/East-London, Jun 26, 2018 - Mercedes-Benz Cars will also produce the next generation of the C-Class in East London (South Africa) and expands the plant with an investment of 600 Million Euro.
  • Stuttgart / Jawor, Jun 22, 2018 - Mercedes-Benz Cars has nearly completed construction work on its high-tech engine plant in Jawor, Poland - the basic structure of the new engine factory is in place. With this plant, the company is increasing capacities within the global production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars.
  • Pune/Stuttgart, Jun 21, 2018 - Mercedes-Benz Cars has taken the next step for a sustainable raw material supply chain. The company exemplarily examined the entire supply chain for mica - from the mine to the painting of vehicles in the plant.
  • Birmingham, Alabama (USA), Jun 11, 2018 - Purchasing- and operation leaders of Mercedes-Benz Cars and Mercedes-Benz U.S. International (MBUSI) met with representatives from 240 suppliers at the company’s annual Supplier Forum in June.
  • Stuttgart/Kecskemét, Jun 5, 2018 - Mercedes-Benz Cars is starting construction of its first “Full-Flex Plant“ in Kecskemét, Hungary, about 90 km in the south of Budapest. Overall, the company is investing one billion euros in the new car plant and creating over 2,500 jobs.
  • Stuttgart/Hambach, May 18, 2018 - Mercedes-Benz Cars is expanding its capacities for electric cars in Europe. The Hambach plant in France will produce a compact electric car of the new product and technology brand EQ.
  • Stuttgart / Graz, May 17, 2018 - In Graz (Austria) the production of the new Mercedes-Benz G-Class started. Ola Källenius, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG responsible for Group Research and Mercedes-Benz Cars Development, visited the plant in Austria to mark the start of series production.
    Fuel consumption combined: 13.1 l/100 km; CO2 emissions combined: 299 g/km*
  • Kecskemét, May 14, 2018 - The Mercedes-Benz Kecskemét plant has started production of the new A-Class. This makes the Hungarian plant, about 90 km in the south of Budapest, the second location worldwide to produce the new compact model.
  • Stuttgart / Shenzhen, Mar 26, 2018 - Daimler and BYD Automotive Industry Co., Ltd. today launched the new DENZA 500 battery electric vehicle from their joint venture, Shenzhen DENZA New Energy Automotive Co., Ltd.
  • Stuttgart/Bangkok, Mar 14, 2018 - With a strategic decision Mercedes-Benz Cars is enhancing the manufacturing footprint in South-East Asia addressing growing demand for electric mobility in the region.
  • Stuttgart / Beijing, Feb 26, 2018 - Seeing further growth potential in the Chinese automotive market, Daimler and BAIC today announced plans to further expand local production for the Mercedes-Benz brand at their joint venture, Beijing Benz Automotive Co. Ltd. (BBAC).
  • Stuttgart / Moscow, Nov 10, 2017 - Mercedes-Benz intends to expand its existing supplier network with a supplier forum in Moscow to strengthen Daimler´s industrial commitment in Russia.
  • Seoul, Oct 18, 2017 - As first OEM with own presence at the fair Korea Electronics Show (KES), supplier scouts were establishing direct contact with trendsetters in consumer electronics.
  • Tuscaloosa, AL/USA, Sep 21, 2017 - As part of its ongoing commitment to engineer and manufacture the world’s most attractive vehicles, Mercedes-Benz will set up electric vehicle production in the United States. The company plans to produce EQ-branded SUV models at MBUSI (Mercedes-Benz U.S. International), its Tuscaloosa, Alabama facility.
  • Stuttgart / Graz, Austria, Jul 19, 2017 - The 300,000th vehicle of the legendary G-Class has rolled off the production line at Magna Steyr in Graz, 200 km in the south of the Austrian capital Vienna.
    Fuel consumption combined: 12.3 l/100 km; combined CO2 emissions: 289 g/km*
  • Stuttgart / Beijing, Jul 5, 2017 - Daimler is consistently pursuing its electric offensive and is creating the necessary conditions for the local production of electric vehicles with the construction of a battery factory in China.
  • Berlin / Beijing, Jul 5, 2017 - Daimler and BAIC are strongly committed to the development of electric mobility in China. In the presence of German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel and Chinese President Xi Jinping, both company partners announced today a framework agreement to further deepen cooperation at their Sino-German production joint venture Beijing Benz Automotive Co., Ltd. (BBAC).
  • Stuttgart / Moscow, Jun 20, 2017 - Mercedes-Benz is starting construction work for a new fully flexible passenger car plant, thereby strengthening Daimler’s industrial commitment in Russia, which so far has concentrated on commercial vehicle production.
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