奔驰母公司戴姆勒投资不少于10亿欧元与合作伙伴北汽合作开发并将在中国生产电动车。为此，北京奔驰将升级北京的生产设施，以便能生产零排放电动车。作为戴姆勒和北汽谅解备忘录的一部分，戴姆勒将购买北京电动车有限公司的小部分股份，此举将进一步增强双方在中国生产电动车的努力。作为EQ子品牌规划的一部分，奔驰计划到2025年推出10款电动车。为此，奔驰专门为电动车开发了更灵活的平台。奔驰在去年巴黎车展发布了Generation EQ跨界概念车。据传第二款EQ品牌展示车也将在今年9月开幕的法兰克福车展亮相，该车将采用掀背车造型，类似宝马i3。AMG已经承诺，未来将推出电动车的高性能版本，类似几年前推出的SLS Electric Drive限量版车型。

Mercedes And BAIC Sign Deal To Make EVs in China

With Daimler investing no less than €10 billion (about $11.2B) in the development of electric vehicles, it makes perfect sense Mercedes has reached an agreement with its Chinese partner BAIC to build EVs in the People’s Republic. In order to facilitate the assembly of zero-emissions models, investments will be made at their joint venture Beijing Benz Automotive Co., Ltd. (BBAC) to upgrade the factories and pave the way for the production start of these greener cars.

As part of the understanding between Daimler and BAIC, the former will also purchase a minority stake in the latter’s Beijing Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd. (BJEV) subsidiary as a way to further strengthen their joint efforts to build EVs in China.

As you may recall, Mercedes is preparing a total of 10 EVs all due by the middle of the next decade as part of the newly founded EQ sub-brand. These will all be underpinned by a new flexible platform created specifically to cater electric cars.

Mercedes has already previewed its EV agenda with the Generation EQ crossover concept introduced at the Paris Motor Show last September. Rumor has it a second EQ-badged showcar will be unveiled in September this year in Frankfurt and it will take the shape of a city-oriented hatchback to rival the BMW i3.

Further down the line, AMG has already made the promise there are also going to be performance cars entirely electric, much like the SLS Electric Drive offered in limited quantities several years ago.