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Daimler picks France for full-scale all-electric smart ed prodution in 2012

Full-scale production of the all-electric smart ed will kick off in Hambach, France in 2012, the same place where small series production will start next month. Daimler announced today that it would invest "a double-digit million euro amount" into the Hambach plant so that the smart ed can "be offered to customers through the smart sales network." The announcement came as French President Nicolas Sarkozy paid the plant an official visit today and said that the French government will chip in about 15 percent of the cost of upgrading the ... Read more →

To fund electric vehicles, Daimler sells $2.7b of shares to Abu Dhabi gov't Sebastian Blanco

Daimler picks France for full-scale all-electric smart ed prodution in 2012 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

To fund electric vehicles, Daimler sells $2.7b of shares to Abu Dhabi gov't 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Daimler is casting a wide net to make progress on the 10,000 electric vehicles it wants to sell by 2012. The company partners with Evonik for the development and manufacturing of automotive lithium ion batteries and is looking for another partner to join that project. Daimler is also working with ...

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