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field. The Federal Chancellor and
the Saxon Minister President were
able to get an impression during a tour
through the existing battery factory with
two employees working in production.
Daimler invests an overall amount of
around one billion euros in a global
production compound for batteries. The
new production facility, which is situated
approximately 50 kilometres from
Dresden, is scheduled to go into operation
in mid-2018. Covering an area of around
20 hectares, the site is in the direct vicinity of the existing battery
factory. The new plant will quadruple the production and logistics
area in Kamenz to a total of around 80,000 square meters. In the
next few years ACCUMOTIVE will gradually increase the number of
employees at the site. By the end of the decade, ACCUMOTIVE will
have a total of over 1,000 employees and thus more than double
the number compared to today’s level.
“The German Chancellor’s visit at ACCUMOTIVE underlines
the importance of electric mobility in Germany and the good
perspectives for the future location in Kamenz. For our workforce,
this is a great signal acknowledging their know-how and top
quality performance in the last years. To date, we have delivered
more than 80,000 batteries based on lithium-ion technology,” says
Frank Blome. The second battery factory has been designed as
a CO2-neutral factory with an energy balance of zero: Daimler’s
approach to electric mobility is an integrated one, attaching key
importance to sustainability already at the production stage. The
production facilities will be supplied with energy from a combined
heat and power plant and a photovoltaic plant in combination with
stationary battery storage units. With state-of-the-art facilities
and technologies, the new battery factory will also set standards
regarding Industry 4.0.
With the Concept EQ, Mercedes-Benz Cars is presenting a new
generation of electric vehicles. More than ten new electric passenger
cars are scheduled to be launched by
2022: in all segments from smart to large
SUVs. Ten billion euros will be invested in
the expansion of the electric fleet in the
next few years. The new electric vehicles
will be produced within the global, highly
flexible and efficient production network
of Mercedes-Benz Cars with plants on four
continents. The first EQ series model will
roll off the line at the Mercedes-Benz plant
in Bremen at the end of the decade. In
addition to that, luxury-class EQ models
will be produced at the plant in Sindelfingen. The company assumes
that the proportion of electric vehicles in the total unit sales of
Mercedes-Benz will be between 15 and 25 percent by 2025. In
addition to traction batteries, ACCUMOTIVE will produce batteries
for Mercedes-Benz energy storage units and 48-volt-systems.
The pioneering 48-volt on-board power supply is celebrating its
premiere in the new generation of the S-Class and will be gradually
introduced in various model series.
Daimler’s commercial vehicle divisions are also consistently driving
forward the electrification of their portfolio. After the Vito E-CELL
from the year 2011, Mercedes-Benz Vans will go into series with
electric transporters beginning next year. Both Vito and Sprinter will
be equipped with drive batteries from Kamenz. Daimler Trucks will
launch a small series of the Fuso eCanter later this year. This is the
third generation of the world’s first purely electrically-driven light
truck. Fuso also uses the batteries from Kamenz for the eCanter.
Depending on the design, load and application profile, the 7.5-tonne
truck has a range of more than 100 km without stationary loading.
The Fuso eCanter will be delivered in small series from 2017
onwards. The first 150 units go to customers in Japan, Europe and
the US. Mercedes-Benz Trucks is also starting the customer testing
of the Urban eTruck, the world’s first full-electric heavy-duty truck.
Daimler Buses is launching a full-electric Mercedes-Benz city bus
in series production next year. Prototypes are already on the road.
SK Telecom and Samsung Electronics jointly won the
“Infrastructure Innovation Award” at the Global Telecoms
Business (GTB) Telecoms Innovation Summit 2017 for their
successful verification of 5G mobile handover in an urban
outdoor environment – a world first.
SK Telecom and Samsung Win “Infrastructure Innovation Award” at
Global Telecoms Business(GTB) Telecoms Innovation Summit
SK Telecom and Samsung teamed up to research and
verify technical feasibilities of using mmWave frequency
(28GHz) for super-fast and real-time 5G mobility services.
In September 2016, the companies announced they
successfully completed the 5G mmWave handover by
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