The plant is supplied with 100 percent green electricity- from the company’ s own solar systems and external green electricity supplies.
Mercedes-Benz began operations. The ICC is a hub for supplying the Rastatt and Kuppenheim plants.
Untertürkheim: Tradition and innovation for the CLA’ s electric drive units and axles
The electric drive units and axles of the new CLA are produced at the Untertürkheim site with its Mettingen and Hedelfingen plants. A drive unit essentially consists of three subsystems: an electric motor, power electronics and the gear unit for power transmission. The powertransmitting wheelset and other components such as the control unit will in future be manufactured in Untertürkheim, Mettingen and Hedelfingen. The assembly of these components into a complete system takes place at the Untertürkheim plant. Mettingen is also responsible for the assembly of the electric axles for the CLA, which are delivered as a complete system to the Rastatt plant around 70 kilometres away.
The Stuttgart-Untertürkheim site, which celebrated its 120th anniversary in 2024, extends over several plant sections in the Stuttgart area along the Neckar valley. More than 2 million products- engines, transmissions, axles, components and batteries- leave the plant every year to be installed in a wide variety of vehicles at production sites in three continents.
Kamenz: 13 years of expertise for the lithium-ion batteries of the new CLA
The high-voltage batteries for the new CLA come from the Mercedes- Benz subsidiary Accumotive in Kamenz, Saxony. Local battery production is a key success factor for the Mercedes-Benz strategy. Accumotive has 13 years of experience in the efficient production of highly complex battery systems and acts as a centre of excellence within the global
battery production network, which includes sites in three continents.
Accumotive GmbH & Co KG in Kamenz, Saxony, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz AG. The site has two battery factories totalling around 80,000 m ² and has been producing battery systems for Mercedes-Benz vehicles since 2012. Since the start of production, more than two million batteries have already been produced at the Kamenz site.
Kuppenheim: Bodyshell, presses and battery recycling factory
The Kuppenheim plant, around 10 kilometres away, has been supplying the Rastatt plant with bodyshell components, structural and body parts since 2009, now also for the new electric CLA. Last year, the Mercedes-Benz battery recycling factory, the first with mechanicalhydrometallurgical technology in Europe, opened on the site.
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