奔驰预计其纯电动EQ电动车系列销量到2025年将占总销量的15-25%。如果真是这样，奔驰工厂将进行重新改装。奔驰近日在美国宣布将投资10亿美元在亚拉巴马州Tuscaloosa建立生产厂，目前该厂还生产GLE、GLE轿跑车和C级车。未来该厂还将生产EQC（车身尺寸类似LGEL的SUV）。目前该车总计产量约为30万辆，其中五分之一是C级车（2016年产量为7.2万辆2017年为5.7万辆），未来这些车可能会被拿到美国以外生产。
Mercedes Predicts EQ Electric Vehicles Could Account For 25% Of Global Sales By 2025
Mercedes-Benz expects that sales of its all-electric EQ line could reach 15-25% of total brand sales by 2025. If that happens, manufacturing plants will be affected by reshuffling.
In the U.S., for example, Daimler announced a $1 billion EV-related investment into its manufacturing plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama where GLE, GLE Coupe and C-Class are made. The site was selected to produce the upcoming Mercedes-Benz EQC (GLE sized SUV) too.
Production capacity at the plant is around 300,000 units total, and one fifth falls on the C-Class (72,000 in 2016 and 57,000 expected in 2017), which could be pushed out of the country according to latest reports.