Daimler, BAIC to invest $735 million in electric vehicles in China

FRANKFURT – Germany’s Daimler and its Chinese joint venture partner BAIC Motor Corporation have agreed to jointly invest 5 billion yuan ($ 735 million) in battery electric vehicle production in China by 2020 and to provide the infrastructure needed. Of that investment, a three-digit million euro sum is to be invested in a new battery […]

Daimler, BAIC agree to make electric cars in China

BERLIN/FRANKFURT – Daimler and its Chinese joint venture partner BAIC Motor Corporation agreed to upgrade the Mercedes-Benz factory in Beijing to make electric cars, the German carmaker said on Thursday. At a signing ceremony in Berlin attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Daimler signed a framework agreement to upgrade production […]