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Mercedes-Benz Untert\u00fcrkheim Plant To Produce Electric Powertrain In The Future Image Credit: Mercedes Media<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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In the transformation process towards electric mobility, Mercedes-Benz Cars is taking another important step into the future. After intensive negotiations, the management and works council of the Mercedes-Benz Untert\u00fcrkheim plant in Germany have reached an agreement: In the future, the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untert\u00fcrkheim will manufacture and assemble parts of the electric powertrain (eATS).<\/p>\n

The production of the eATS is a commitment to the traditional Mercedes-Benz facility in Untert\u00fcrkheim and a forward-looking signal for the employees. At the same time, the company and the employees have agreed on measures to increase competitiveness and profitability.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight from the start, it was of great importance to the company management to produce the eATS with our Untert\u00fcrkheim team \u2013 preconditions for this were long-term profitability and competitiveness. I am delighted that after intensive discussions with the works council, we have been able to agree on a future-proof framework. Producing the eATS at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untert\u00fcrkheim is the consistent continuation of our transformation in the Neckar Valley,\u201d says Frank Dei\u00df, Head of Production Powertrain Mercedes-Benz Cars and responsible for the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untert\u00fcrkheim.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the works council, the long-term future viability of our site has been the focus from the very beginning. We have not allowed a mere discussion of figures or an intervention in collective agreements. With the eATS, we have taken another important step towards the future. In combination with the combustion engines, the battery factory and fuel cells, we are broadly positioned and have anchored all drive technologies in Untert\u00fcrkheim so that we can continue to be Daimler\u2019s lead plant and competence center for drive technologies in the future,\u201d says Michael H\u00e4berle, Chairman of the Works Council of the Mercedes-Benz Untert\u00fcrkheim plant.<\/p>\n

The Mercedes-Benz Untert\u00fcrkheim plant will become the production site for the electric powertrain (eATS) in the global Mercedes-Benz Cars powertrain production network. The management and the works council have agreed on a package of measures. This includes defined production ranges of the eATS as well as measures to increase the competitiveness and profitability of production. The Mercedes-Benz Untert\u00fcrkheim plant sees itself as a flexible partner for the Mercedes-Benz car plants, which produce electric vehicles of the EQ product and technology brand.<\/p>\n

The eATS is the drive unit of electric vehicles. The eATS consist essentially of the three subsystems: an electric motor, its power electronics and the transmission part for power-transmission. The power-transmission wheelset and other components such as the electrohydraulic control system will be manufactured in Untert\u00fcrkheim. The assembly of these components into a complete system will also take place at the Mercedes-Benz Untert\u00fcrkheim plant.<\/p>\n

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\nMercedes-Benz Untert\u00fcrkheim plant to produce electric powertrain in the future. Left: Frank Dei\u00df, Head of Production Powertrain Mercedes-Benz Cars and responsible for the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untert\u00fcrkheim. Right: Michael H\u00e4berle, Chairman of the Works Council of the Mercedes-Benz Untert\u00fcrkheim plant. Image Credit: Mercedes Media<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The agreement focuses on competitiveness and profitability<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cRight from the start, it was of great importance to the company management to produce the eATS with our Untert\u00fcrkheim team \u2013 preconditions for this were long-term profitability and competitiveness. I am delighted that after intensive discussions with the works council, we have been able to agree on framework for the future. Producing the eATS at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untert\u00fcrkheim is the consistent continuation of our transformation in the Neckar Valley,\u201d says Frank Dei\u00df, Head of Production Powertrain Mercedes-Benz Cars and responsible for the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untert\u00fcrkheim.<\/p>\n

The company and the works council agree that the Mercedes-Benz Untert\u00fcrkheim site has the necessary conditions to implement the production of parts of the electric powertrain and its assembly economically and competitively. In addition, the objective of the agreed measures is on one hand to react even more flexibly to changes of the market and, on the other hand, to further expand the Untert\u00fcrkheim plant as a competitive location for electro mobility. Adjustments in the organization of operations are a key lever for achieving these preconditions. They include, for example, a platform for making the use of staff more flexible, which employees will be able to apply for.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the works council, the long-term future viability of our site has been the focus from the very beginning. We have not allowed a mere discussion of figures or an intervention in collective agreements. With the eATS, we have taken another important step towards the future. In combination with combustion engines, the battery factory and fuel cells, we are broadly positioned and have anchored all drive technologies in Untert\u00fcrkheim so that we can continue to be Daimler\u2019s lead plant and competence center for drive technologies in the future,\u201d says Michael H\u00e4berle, Chairman of the Works Council of the Mercedes-Benz Untert\u00fcrkheim plant.<\/p>\n

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\nThe eATS is the engine unit of electric vehicles. The eATS consists essentially of the three subsystems: an electric motor, its power electronics and the transmission part for power-transmission.<\/em> Image Credit: Mercedes Media<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Ongoing progress with the development of the Untert\u00fcrkheim site<\/strong><\/p>\n

Transformation at the Mercedes-Benz Untert\u00fcrkheim site is continuing at a good pace:<\/p>\n