Alabama Mercedes Plant Joins Global Plan to be Carbon-Neutral by 2022

By Christoph Rauwald
Bloomberg

Daimler AG is pushing ahead with plans to produce an all-electric version of its flagship Mercedes S-Class sedan from next year even as it cuts back in other areas to weather a slump in demand across the industry.

The company’s main Mercedes-Benz cars unit aims to make all of its factories carbon-neutral by the end of 2022, Chief Executive Officer Ola Kallenius said Monday in a webcast. The goal was previously restricted to Europe, but Kallenius said a visit to Mercedes-Benz U.S. International in Tuscaloosa convinced him other plants could achieve the same goal.

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