Mercedes-Benz wants to produce electric vans in Poland. He wants to allocate more than 24 billion crowns for the construction of the factory. One of the conditions for this investment is the approval of Polish state aid. At the same time, the company admitted to suspending the project for the development and production of electric vans in cooperation with Rivian.
The division of the German automaker Mercedes-Benz Vans has officially admitted that the cooperation with the young American automaker Rivian is over before it even started. “The option to expand the planned European factory through the establishment of a new joint venture with Rivian to produce large all-electric vans is on hold due to Rivian’s ongoing shift in project priorities,” the automaker said in a statement. Press release.
The memorandum with Rivian was signed in September this year. The companies wanted to share costs and expand production. RJ Scaringe, CEO of Rivian, confirmed the termination of the partnership in his statement. He stated itand it will be better for the company to focus on its current business activities.
The German automaker has outlined its next plans for the gradual electrification of commercial vehicles. Mercedes-Benz intends to invest more than one billion euros (over 24 billion Czech crowns) in a new plant for the production of electric vans in the Polish city of Jawor. However, the company stressed that one of the conditions for this investment is the approval of state aid.
The division for the production of vans Mercedes-Benz Van has already signed a preliminary agreement with the Polish government and other partners, according to which the new plant should become part of the company in Jawor, where internal combustion engines and batteries for Mercedes-Benz passenger cars are now produced.
Automaker Mercedes-Benz has announced plans to invest in a new plant in a press release Message and at a press conference in Warsaw. According to the DPA news agency, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki was also present.
“As we flexibly produce internal combustion and electric vans across our existing plants, we will build our first all-electric plant in Jawor. We are setting new standards and moving forward on our journey towards sustainable, all-electric mobility,” he said. said Mathias Geisen, director of the Mercedes-Benz Vans division.
Jawor is located about 50 kilometers west of Wroclaw. The new plant will be Mercedes-Benz’s fourth van production facility in Europe. It operates two in Germany, namely in Düsseldorf and Ludwigsfeld, where large vans (Sprinter and eSprinter) are built, and another one in Vitoria, Spain, where smaller types are assembled, i.e. V-Class, EQV, (e) Vito and (and) Vito Tourer.
