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july 15, 2021 - Mercedes-Benz Trucks

Future-proof, sustainable and flexible: Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth sets course for future series production of battery-electric and fuel-cell trucks

  • Management and Works Council agree on future orientation of the Wörth plant.
  • Daimler #truck is clearly committed to Wörth, which will play an important role in the company in the long term with a view to the transformation to CO2-neutral transport. The company will continue to invest in the location in the coming years; however, the upcoming transformation also requires support from the public sector.
  • The cornerstones of the agreement include the sustainable series production of battery-electric and fuel-cell trucks at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth, the further development and qualification of the workforce within this transformation, and the further expansion of digitalization at the site.
  • Highly flexible production will ensure the efficient production of both conventional and locally CO2-neutral trucks at the Wörth plant in the coming years.
  • Daimler #truck is thus consistently taking the next step into the direction of CO2-neutral transport: the series-production of the eActros for urban distribution will already start in October this year in Wörth. The battery-electric eActros LongHaul for long-distance transport is scheduled to be ready for series production in 2024, and the first series-produced trucks with hydrogen-powered fuel-cell drive could be handed over to customers starting in 2027.

Stuttgart / Wörth am Rhein - Sustainable, highly flexible and ideally positioned for the future of transport: The Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth is becoming the center for emission-free transport within the Mercedes-Benz #truck production network. Management and works council have agreed on a corresponding target picture for the site. Both parties agreed on key points for the future development and safeguarding of the future of Mercedes-Benz Trucks' largest location. Among other things, this includes the decision to locate the production of further trucks with CO2-neutral drive systems at the Wörth location. In addition to the Mercedes-Benz eActros, which will already go into series production there in October 2021, the production of further Mercedes-Benz zero-emission trucks, such as the eEconic and eActros LongHaul, is also planned for Wörth in the future. Accordingly, Daimler #truck will continue to invest substantially in the location in the coming years - a clear commitment to Germany as a business location and to the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth.

"Today we are laying the foundation for the future of the Mercedes-Benz #truck production. The technology shift in our industry towards locally emission-free trucks also implies an immense transition for our locations and production. With the new target picture for the Wörth plant, we are securing the competitiveness and thus the long-term future of the location: In the future, we want to greatly expand the series production of our electric trucks here and are already creating the conditions for this," says Sven Gräble, Head of #mercedesbenztrucks Operations, responsible for the global production network of #mercedesbenztrucks.

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