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Mercedes working on a range of EVs, E-class self-driving upgrades

Weber: "We need more than only one battery factory."
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Joseph White
January 07, 2016 05:00 AM

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -- Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler is developing plans to produce a family of battery-powered luxury vehicles, the automaker's research chief, Thomas Weber, said.

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