5.4.2019 Stuttgart. With the symbolic laying of the Foundation stone for the first battery factory, the Mercedes-Benz plant drives Untertürkheim its Transformation to a High-Tech location for electro-mobility.
The new battery factory in the factory part of Brühl is another important component in the global battery production network in the production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars, with a total of nine battery factories in seven locations on three continents. At the end of the decade Mercedes will produce-Benz Cars in the factory and the part of Brühl near Esslingen to 12,000 m2 in a newly built, CO2-neutral battery factory high-efficient traction batteries for future Mercedes – Benz electric vehicles product and technology-brand EQ.
At the Ceremony for the laying of the Foundation stone: Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Daimler AG and head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Winfried Kretschmann, Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg, Wolfgang Reimer, President of the government of the district of Stuttgart, and Dr. Jürgen Zieger, mayor of Esslingen, Frank Deiß, head of Powertrain production Mercedes-Benz Cars and site Manager of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untertürkheim and Michael Häberle, Chairman of the works Council of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untertürkheim.
“The laying of the Foundation stone for the battery factory in the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untertürkheim is a good Signal for the sustainability of the mobility and a commitment to the location. The battery factory in the factory part of Brühl stands for our promise to make our cars as well as production still green. We will assemble in the future the battery as the heart of the electric car itself,“ said Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Daimler AG and head of Mercedes-Benz Cars.
The battery is a key component of the electric mobility and an integral part of the vehicle architecture. The intelligence of the battery is in a total package of hardware and Software. Development, manufacturing and Integration of complex battery systems are among the core competencies of Mercedes-Benz Cars.
“For our clear objective ,zero-emission’ transport, we have done a lot in recent years. And with the laying of the Foundation stone of this battery factory, we come closer to this goal one step further. Emission-free, networked and Autonomous should be the new mobility. And Daimler is a critical designer. With a large electric-Offensive as well as with emission-free products and methods of production, Daimler is on the Gas in the direction of sustainable mobility. The battery factories in Sindelfingen and strengthen Baden-württemberg’s role as a leading provider of sustainable mobility and contribute to a secure value creation and jobs in the long term,“ said Minister President Winfried Kretschmann. “But if we want to be of the automobile to the mobility region no. 1 in the world, then not enough tents for innovation. Then we need a whole firework of innovations. That’s why I initiated two years ago a new Format, which brings policy, business, academia and civil society to the table: the strategy dialogue, the automotive industry of Baden-Württemberg. A Format of a new type for a historical upheaval of a new type. And Daimler has been here from the start, very strong,“ said Winfried Kretschmann, Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg.
Overall, Mercedes-Benz Cars invested more than a billion euros in a global battery production network within the global production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars. Currently, the battery-production network consists of nine factories in seven locations on three continents. The local manufacturing of batteries is a key factor of success in the electric offensive of Mercedes-Benz Cars and is the crucial building block is to serve the global demand for electric vehicles, flexible and efficient. The global battery production network ensures the competitiveness of Mercedes-Benz Cars and provides the specific locations on a competitive Basis. The battery cells to buy Daimler on the world market. In the battery factories of the cell blocks are a ready-to-install battery system is mounted, including housing, control unit and function monitoring.
“We are with the Powertrain production network in the middle of the Transformation. With battery production at the Untertürkheim plant, we drive the change to a high-tech location for the components of the electric mobility. At the same time, we continue to produce large numbers of conventional engines, axles, transmissions, and components. This flexibility of the team makes us strong,“ said Frank Deiß, site Manager of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untertürkheim and head of Powertrain production Mercedes-Benz Cars. With the factory for traction batteries – the first in the valley of the Neckar – from the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untertürkheim even more on electric mobility.
In the case of the battery-production of the highest precision and expertise is necessary. All of the employees that work in the future on the Assembly line in the factory part, Brühl will be trained in the area of high-voltage technology. In addition, you qualify in a start-up factory for batteries at the site in Untertürkheim.
“With the construction of the new battery factory in the framework of the electric-Offensive of Daimler is in Brühl, the next milestone on the path of Migration from the internal combustion engine to electric mobility. As a University city with more than 100 years of Tradition in the area of mechanical and electrical engineering, Esslingen those young professionals, the industries that are driving the current structural change in the automobile and implement. The investment in the tradition of the factory here in the Neckar valley in the heart of the group is, therefore, a special commitment to the city of Esslingen,“ said Dr. Jürgen Zieger, mayor of Esslingen.
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- E-projects at the site in Untertürkheim
- About the battery-production network
- About the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untertürkheim
E-projects at the site in Untertürkheim
In the context of the negotiations on the future images of the last few years, a “project house eATS” in order to build Expertise for the next Generation of an electronic Drivetrain (eATS), as well as to the “E-pilot”, in which, among other things, prototypes for the electric drive to be built since the fall of 2018 at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untertürkheim. In addition, the Untertürkheim plant is responsible for since the beginning of the year 2019, the battery-start-up factory plant. It forms the bridge between development and series production. Here, the energy storage will be tested on a production-oriented product design and optimized to the world’s battery factories, an efficient large-scale production. In addition to the structure of the batteries in the start-up factory employees for the future of the series Assembly, in the parts of Brühl and Stuttgart-Hedelfingen be qualified. The Mercedes-Benz plant in Untertürkheim, the bundles in order of important skills as a start-up factory, in particular for the battery production. In the year 2018, it was announced that the capacity will be doubled in the previous year, with the works Council agreed battery production. It was also agreed that the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untertürkheim at the Hedelfingen sub-Plant, a battery factory.
Michael Häberle, Chairman of the works Council of the Mercedes plant-Benz in Untertürkheim: “Many colleagues in the gasoline and diesel production have to be qualified for the new, alternative drive systems and, more specifically, in the battery factory for work on high voltage systems. We have agreed with the company a guarantee of employment until the end of 2029. The location must be invested, therefore, in subjects with a long-term perspective. Today’s laying of the Foundation stone of the battery factory is one of them.“ In the framework of the planned realignment “project future,” agreed the group management and the works Council on an extension of the securing the future until the end of 2029. Until then, operations are excluded reasons. The regulation will apply to Start in the new structure, expected to be available from the autumn of 2019.
About the battery-production network
Daimler invested more than a billion euros in a global battery production network within the global production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars with nine battery factories in seven locations on three continents: In Kamenz produced, the Daimler-subsidiary Accumotive already since 2012, batteries for Hybrid and electric vehicles, and is building currently a second battery factory, which combines in the year 2019 the volume of production of propulsion batteries for the Mercedes-Benz EQC (power consumption: 22,2 kWh/100 km; CO2 emissions combined: 0 g/km-provisional figures)[1] starts. In the Metropolitan area of Stuttgart, Daimler built three battery factories In the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untertürkheim in the parts of Brühl and Stuttgart-Hedelfingen, as well as in the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen. In China, Daimler and Joint-Venture Partner BAIC is currently building together a battery factory at its existing site in the Yizhuang Industrial Park in Beijing. So, in the USA, the battery is in the vicinity of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa factory in the building. Together with the local Partner Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant (TAAP), built Mercedes-Benz Cars, a battery of production in Bangkok (Thailand). In the Polish Jawor, where Mercedes-Benz Cars built in a engine production, is currently being built in addition to a battery factory.
About the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untertürkheim
The Mercedes-Benz plant in Untertürkheim has a 115-year-old Tradition, is the largest site in the global Powertrain production system, and the seat of the Daimler group headquarters. With over 19,000 employees, the factory engines, axles, transmissions, and components produced. The traditional factory is a high-tech location and centre of competence for high-efficiency engines, hybrid drives and the production of fuel-cell systems. This is also the area of research and development with a test track for vehicle testing. The work consists of a total of six. While in Untertürkheim and Bad Cannstatt engines are manufactured and so the forge is located, the transmission production in Stuttgart-Hedelfingen. In Mettingen the axis of production, as well as the foundry. The training is based in Brühl, the flexible production is in Esslingen at the Sirnauer bridge.
[1] according to the power consumption and the CO2-emissions are preliminary and have been determined by the Technical service. The specifications for the range are, therefore, provisional. To EC type-approval and certificate of conformity with the official values are not yet available. Deviations between the data and the official values are possible.
Mercedes-Benz Cars the Untertürkheim the groundwork for a battery factory in the Neckar valley: the Outlook for a possible appearance (top center) of the new battery factory in the factory part of Brühl of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untertürkheim.
