Kuwonetsa kuzama kwake za tsogolo lamagetsi, Mercedes-Benz ikukonzekera kuyika $ 1 biliyoni ku Alabama kuti apange magalimoto amagetsi.

Ndalamazi zithandizira kukulitsa malo opangira makina apamwamba aku Germany omwe alipo pafupi ndi Tuscaloosa komanso kumanga fakitale yatsopano ya mabatire a 1 miliyoni square-foot.

Ngakhale kugulitsa magalimoto amagetsi kwakhala kovutirapo, Mercedes adawona Tesla akudumphira wakhala wosewera wochititsa chidwi kwambiri mugawo lapamwamba kwambiri ndi magetsi a Model S sedan ndi Model X crossover. Tsopano Tesla akuwopseza gawo lotsika, lolowera pamsika wapamwamba wokhala ndi mtengo wotsika wa Model 3 sedan.

Kampaniyo ikutsatira "chilichonse chomwe Tesla angachite, titha kuchita bwino," katswiri wa Sanford Bernstein Max Warburton adanena m'makalata aposachedwa kwa osunga ndalama. "Mercedes akukhulupirira kuti ikhoza kufananiza mtengo wa batri ya Tesla, kuwononga mtengo wake wopanga ndi kugula, kukulitsa kupanga mwachangu komanso kukhala ndi khalidwe labwino. Ndikukhulupiriranso kuti magalimoto ake aziyenda bwino. ”

Kusuntha kwa Mercedes kumabweranso pomwe opanga magalimoto akuluakulu aku Germany, kuphatikiza Volkswagen ndi BMW, akuthamangira kutali ndi injini za dizilo pomwe malamulo akuchulukirachulukira padziko lonse lapansi.

Mercedes adati akuyembekeza kuwonjezera ntchito zatsopano za 600 m'dera la Tuscaloosa ndi ndalama zatsopano. Idzawonjezera kukulitsa kwa $ 1.3 biliyoni kwa malo omwe adalengezedwa mu 2015 kuti awonjezere shopu yatsopano yopangira magalimoto ndikukweza makina ndi makina apakompyuta.

"Tikukulitsa kwambiri zopanga zathu kuno ku Alabama, ndikutumiza uthenga womveka kwa makasitomala athu ku US ndi padziko lonse lapansi: Mercedes-Benz ipitiliza kukhala pachiwopsezo cha chitukuko ndi kupanga magalimoto amagetsi," adatero Markus. Schäfer, wamkulu wa mtundu wa Mercedes, m'mawu ake.

Mapulani atsopano a kampaniyi akuphatikiza kupanga Alabama kwa mitundu yamagetsi ya SUV pansi pa dzina la Mercedes EQ.

Fakitale ya batire ya 1 miliyoni square-foot idzakhala pafupi ndi chomera cha Tuscaloosa, adatero Mercedes m'mawu ake. Idzakhala ntchito yachisanu ya Daimler padziko lonse lapansi yokhala ndi mphamvu yopanga mabatire.

Mercedes adati ikukonzekera kuyamba kumanga mu 2018 ndikuyamba kupanga "kumayambiriro kwa zaka khumi zikubwerazi." Kusunthaku kukugwirizana ndi dongosolo la Daimler loti apereke magalimoto opitilira 50 okhala ndi mtundu wina wa hybrid kapena magetsi opangira magetsi pofika 2022.

Chilengezocho chinagwirizanitsidwa ndi chikondwerero cha zaka 20 pa fakitale ya Tuscaloosa, yomwe inatsegulidwa mu 1997. Panopa fakitale imagwiritsa ntchito antchito oposa 3,700 ndipo imapanga magalimoto oposa 310,000 pachaka.

Fakitale imapanga ma GLE, GLS ndi GLE Coupe SUVs ogulitsa ku US komanso padziko lonse lapansi ndikupanga sedan ya C-class kuti igulidwe ku North America.

Ngakhale mitengo yotsika ya petulo komanso gawo la msika waku US la 0.5% yokha mpaka pano chaka chino pamagalimoto amagetsi, ndalama zomwe zili mgawoli zikuchulukirachulukira chifukwa cha malamulo ndiukadaulo.

Katswiri wa Sanford Bernstein a Mark Newman akuwonetsa kuti kutsika kwamitengo ya batri kungapangitse magalimoto amagetsi kukhala mtengo wofanana ndi wamagalimoto amafuta pofika chaka cha 2021, chomwe ndi "kale kwambiri kuposa momwe ambiri amayembekezera."

Ndipo ngakhale olamulira a Trump akuganiza zochepetsera kutsika kwamafuta, opanga ma automaker akupita patsogolo ndi mapulani amagalimoto amagetsi chifukwa olamulira m'misika ina akukakamira kuti achepetse mpweya.

Mkulu mwa iwo ndi China, msika waukulu kwambiri wamagalimoto padziko lonse lapansi. Xin Guobin, wachiwiri kwa nduna yowona zamakampani ndiukadaulo ku China, posachedwapa adalengeza kuletsa kupanga ndi kugulitsa magalimoto agasi ku China koma sanapereke zambiri zanthawi yake.