Update on investigation from EQE Korea fire
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Update on investigation from EQE Korea fire
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I wonder if MB only chose them for the South Korean market and had a different supplier for other markets,...but still... Why?
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It was well known that Mercedes bought a 3% stake in Farasis in 2020 - and the whole point was to secure the battery supplies.
I believe most of the Beijing Mercedes plant cars use Farasis battery.
Mercedes did not specify battery source for all their cars, nor did they try to hide it.
For example, this ads for a car from China clearly stated that the battery was from Farasis:
https://www.autocango.com/carspecs-d...EQE-SUV-G7X984
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Not sure why the news article made it sound like it was a surprise findings.
It was well known that Mercedes bought a 3% stake in Farasis in 2020 - and the whole point was to secure the battery supplies.
I believe most of the Beijing Mercedes plant cars use Farasis battery.
Mercedes did not specify battery source for all their cars, nor did they try to hide it.
For example, this ads for a car from China clearly stated that the battery was from Farasis:
https://www.autocango.com/carspecs-d...EQE-SUV-G7X984
It was well known that Mercedes bought a 3% stake in Farasis in 2020 - and the whole point was to secure the battery supplies.
I believe most of the Beijing Mercedes plant cars use Farasis battery.
Mercedes did not specify battery source for all their cars, nor did they try to hide it.
For example, this ads for a car from China clearly stated that the battery was from Farasis:
https://www.autocango.com/carspecs-d...EQE-SUV-G7X984
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Some may be assembled in Germany, some are made here in the US, depending on whether sedan or SUV. However, I do not believe that any of the US market cars have Farasis batteries in them.
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That sounds nice. Other manufacturers are also figuring out solid state batteries for years now, first proposed on smartphones... still nothing : (
