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Mercedes plans to launch an electric SUV based on the Generation EQ concept, shown.

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Andreas Rinke

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BERLIN -- Daimler and its Chinese joint venture partner BAIC Motor agreed to upgrade the Mercedes-Benz factory in Beijing to make electric cars.

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