The eATS is the engine unit of electric vehicles. The eATS consists essentially of the three subsystems: an electric motor, its power electronics and the transmission part for power-transmission.

The cell technology center at the Mercedes-Benz Drive Systems Campus Untertürkheim

The Mercedes-Benz battery factory in Untertürkheim - plant annex Hedelfingen – will produce battery systems for the Mercedes-EQ model EQS from 2021

In just a few months, battery systems for the Mercedes-Benz EQS - the all-electric member of the next S-Class family - will roll off the assembly line at the Hedelfingen battery factory, which will be manufactured at Factory 56 in Sindelfingen some 20 km away. The battery factory relies on state-of-the-art systems and uses a wide range of Industry 4.0 technologies. The extensive production tests are already in full swing.

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Mercedes-Benz Drive Systems Campus, Stuttgart-Untertürkheim

Mercedes-Benz Drive Systems Campus, Stuttgart-Untertürkheim

Mercedes-EQ: Global production network - vehicle factories

Mercedes-Benz Vitoria plant, Spain: In 2020 production of the EQV premium electric MPV (combined power consumption: 26.4-26.3 kWh/100 km; combined CO2 emissions: 0 g/km) started in Vitoria, northern Spain.

Mercedes-Benz plant in Rastatt in Germany: Production of the EQA started at the end of 2020.

Mercedes-Benz Jawor plant, Poland: This year, the battery factory in Jawor, Poland, started producing plug-in hybrid batteries for the C, E and S class. Next year, the location will expand its portfolio with battery systems for the compact Mercedes-EQ models, the EQA and EQB. Four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines are also produced at the site.

Mercedes-Benz battery factory Tuscaloosa, USA: A battery plant is currently being built in the immediate vicinity of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa (USA) and will supply highly efficient battery systems for the EQS and EQE SUV models, starting in 2022.

Flexible, digital, efficient and sustainable: Factory 56 at the Sindelfingen plant embodies the future of production at Mercedes-Benz and sets new standards for the automotive industry. Jörg Burzer, member of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz AG for Production and Supply Chain: "Factory 56 is our world's most modern automotive production facility – flexible, digital, efficient and sustainable. Everything here places people at the centre of things. It is already making the Mercedes-Benz factory of the future a reality. Thanks to our comprehensive, digital ecosystem MO360, we are making production processes in Factory 56 even more transparent and setting milestones in digital production. With Factory 56, Mercedes-Benz is showing how the sustainable and efficient automotive production of tomorrow and the day after will proceed. We will gradually transfer the findings we obtain here to our worldwide plants. The potential is enormous."

Flexible, digital, efficient and sustainable: Factory 56 at the Sindelfingen plant embodies the future of production at Mercedes-Benz and sets new standards for the automotive industry. Facts & figures about Factory 56 Construction: 2½ years Overall ground area 220,000 m2, corresponding to 30 football pitches Excavated earth: approx. 700,000 m3 Steel used during construction: approx. 6400 tonnes, almost as much as the Eiffel Tower in Paris Volume of concrete used: approx. 66,300 m3, corresponding to around 150 family houses Recycled concrete was used for the main building More than 12,000 photovoltaic modules with an output of more than 5000 MWp (megawatts peak) Energy bank from Mercedes-Benz Energy GmbH with 1400 kWh capacity Length of rain retention channel almost 1 km, max. depth 17 m, diameter 3 m High-performance WLAN and 5G mobile radio network as the basis for full digitisation of Factory 56

Battery production at Mercedes-Benz subsidiary Accumotive in Kamenz: Production of battery systems for the Mercedes-Benz EQC (combined power comsumption: 21.3-20.2 kWh/100 km; combined CO2 emissions: 0 g/km*). The battery factory relies on state-of-the-art systems and uses a wide range of Industry 4.0 technologies to manufacture drive batteries for models from the product and technology brand EQ.

Battery production at Mercedes-Benz subsidiary Accumotive in Kamenz: Production of battery systems of Mercedes-Benz plug-in hybrids. The battery factory relies on state-of-the-art systems and uses a wide range of Industry 4.0 technologies to manufacture drive batteries for models from the product and technology brand EQ.

Battery production at Mercedes-Benz subsidiary Accumotive in Kamenz: Production of battery systems for the Mercedes-Benz EQC (combined power comsumption: 21.3-20.2 kWh/100 km; combined CO2 emissions: 0 g/km*). The battery factory relies on state-of-the-art systems and uses a wide range of Industry 4.0 technologies to manufacture drive batteries for models from the product and technology brand EQ.

Battery production at Mercedes-Benz subsidiary Accumotive in Kamenz: The plant has two battery factories and a total production and logistics area of 80,000 square meters. Accumotive relies on state-of-the-art systems and uses a wide range of Industry 4.0 technologies to manufacture drive batteries for models from the product and technology brand EQ. The second battery factory, which opened in 2018 was designed as a CO2-neutral factory right from the beginning.