Economy
Saturday 05 March 2016
The Californian company Tesla is a pioneer of electromobility. For the E-Mercedes, it provided battery and powertrain. This cooperation is now closing. In the next generation Daimler relies on its own expertise.
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Daimler and the California electric car pioneer Tesla go their separate ways. The Stuttgart carmaker confirmed on the edge of the Geneva Motor Show for the first time officially the final exit. “We have the B-Class Electric Drive an excellent project with Tesla and work very well with the colleagues,” said Daimler manager Harald Kröger, who is leading the development of electric vehicles at Mercedes-Benz, the industry newspaper “Automotive Week”.
“follow-up projects are however not currently planned, because we can provide us in future excellent self.” Accordingly, Daimler is no longer cooperate with the next generation of electric cars of the B-Class from Mercedes with Tesla. Californians deliver for the model to date battery and powertrain.
More aboutDaimler CEO Dieter Zetsche recently announced to invest 500 million euros in Germany in an extension of battery factory in Kamenz, Saxony. The production area will triple. 2018 at the latest will the carmaker bringing new electric models with significantly longer range than previously on the market -. Including about a SUV based on the GLC, which should come 500 km on a single charge
had in October 2014 Tesla already Daimler and Toyota lost as a shareholder. Daimler had acquired around nine percent stake in Tesla of 2009. Five years later, the Stuttgart-based company sold the remaining shares in the then value of 600 million euros.
Source: n-tv.de
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