Mercedes-Benz (Thailand) Ltd (MBT) has signed a 10-year extension contract with long-time spouse Thonburi Automobile Meeting Plant Co Ltd (TAAP) in automotive meeting and battery manufacturing in Thailand.
MBT president and CEO Martin Schwenk stated all over a press convention on the TAAP web site, “Reflecting on our 120-year historical past, Mercedes-Benz was once the primary automotive emblem to go into Thailand. Lately, we embark on a brand new technology as the primary luxurious automotive emblem to supply batteries and bring together electrical cars, beginning with the EQS 500 4MATIC AMG Top class, effectively produce throughout the collaborations with our industry companions.”
“Transferring ahead to satisfy Thai shoppers’ call for for electrical cars, Mercedes-Benz will proceed its dedication by means of extending the contract with Thonburi Automobile Meeting Plant for the following decade, aiming to regularly innovate manufacturing with world requirements,” he added.
The collaboration between MBT and TAAP dates again to 1979 with over 13 fashions (A-Elegance, C-Elegance, E-Elegance, S-Elegance, GLA, GLC, GLE, GLS, C-Coupe, GLC-Coupe, CLS, Maybach S-Elegance and EQS) are produced on this facility. Meeting of the 200,000th Mercedes-Benz automobile in Thailand was once accomplished in January this yr.
Ratapon Viriyaphant, chairman of TAAP and Thonburi Power Garage Production Co Ltd (TESM), added: “Excluding getting ready for manufacturing elements and adopting generation and inventions from Mercedes-Benz to extend the automobile meeting line to hide all segments within the nation, we additionally improve battery manufacturing and electrical automobile meeting via TESM, which has began generating batteries and assembling electrical automobiles, beginning with the EQS 500 4MATIC AMG Top class.”
On the press convention, MBT signed a Memorandum of Working out (MoU) with the Nationwide Science and Era Building Company (NSTDA), beginning the supply of two MWh lithium-ion battery cellblocks ahead of July 2024, supporting Thai analysis, building, and generation endeavors. , whilst bettering Thai body of workers functions and checking out in the community produced electrical automobile batteries to satisfy world requirements.
Professor Dr Sukit Limpijumnong, president of the NSTDA, stated, “”This cooperation, led by means of the Ministry of Upper Schooling, Science, Analysis and Innovation (MHESI) via NSTDA, performs an important function in selling analysis and building of Power Garage Techniques ( ESS) from electrical automobile batteries.”
“We also are taking part with Mercedes-Benz and the Electrical energy Producing Authority of Thailand (EGAT) to determine a design and checking out middle for power garage techniques from electrical automobile batteries in Thailand, the primary in ASEAN,” he added. “The NSTDA is dedicated to researching and growing inventions that deal with sustainable power use and riding Thailand to change into a pace-setter in inexperienced generation. Moreover, this cooperation demonstrates the potential for collaboration between the private and non-private sectors within the world car trade to advertise an environmentally-friendly analysis, building, and innovation ecosystem for contemporary electrical cars. The battery modules are thought to be as treasured useful resource for our researchers and a key element achieve our targets in blank power analysis, environmental sustainability and sustainable building for Thai society,” he stated.
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