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Battery technology: Daimler Truck and Manz . collaborate

Battery technology: Daimler Truck and Manz . collaborate

Daimler Truck and Manz Mechanical Engineering have signed a cooperation agreement for a strategic partnership for the construction of a pilot line for the production of lithium-ion battery cells and for battery assembly at the Daimler Truck site in Mannheim as a first step. In addition, as part of the capital increase, Daimlertruck will become a major shareholder of approximately ten percent of MANZ, subject to approval by responsible antitrust authorities.

The collaboration aims to advance the development of traditional drives towards alternative driving technologies. “Battery cells that meet the very specific requirements of trucks and buses are essential. The prerequisite for this is a very close alignment between product development and production process development,” says Andreas Gorbach, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler Trucks.

10000 square meters of batteries

As a specialist center for battery technologies, the Mercedes-Benz plant in Mannheim supplies the factory in Wörth, among other things, with battery packs to produce a series of all-electric E-Actros.

In the future, the so-called “InnoLab Battery” in Mannheim will develop its own lithium-ion battery cells, produce them in a pilot line and assemble them into complete battery systems. In the coming months, Daimler Truck and Manz will build more than 60 new systems in about 10,000 square meters of InnoLab. By the end of 2024, the research results should be integrated into the development of the battery electrical product platform. (jl/ste)

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