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Mercedes also wants to build its electric delivery vans in Poland in the future.
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It was only in September that Mercedes-Benz Vans and Rivian announced their intention to jointly build electric vans in the future. Only three months later this plan is obsolete again. The US company announced on Monday that the future focus would be on its own customers and products. The cooperation ends before it even begins.
Together, the partners in Eastern Europe wanted to set up a joint assembly plant and share the costs. Mercedes announced on Monday that they would now implement such plans on their own. The van division of Mercedes-Benz wants to set up its first purely electric van plant in Poland at the existing Mercedes location in Jawor.
“We have signed a declaration of intent with the Polish government and other Polish business partners,” explained division head Mathias Geisen on Monday. The implementation still depends, among other things, on the granting of state aid for the investment. Rivian put the project on hold due to the reprioritization of its own projects.