Daimler AG is joining forces with German electric power and natural gas public utility company RWE AG to produce more environmentally-friendly electric cars.
The benefits of the vehicles include that they provide locally emission-free driving and will combine innovative drive technology with customer-friendly infrastructure.
Daimler AG is to provide 100 electric cars from both Mercedes-Benz and smart, with RWE handling the development, installation and operation of charging the battery-powered vehicles, with some 500 charging points to be accounted for.
The project has been named ‘e-mobility Berlin’ and the new generation of smart ed and electric-battery driven vehicles from Mercedes-Benz will come in use through the project.
Mercedes-Benz UK are the pioneers of the first smart ed project, while the electric smarts are available for trial with customers all around the country.
Dieter Zetsche, chairman of the board of Daimler AG and head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, said: "Our joint initiative is a good example of what can be achieved when policy makers, energy suppliers and the automotive industry all work together towards the same goal.
"We are convinced that the future of mobility is green, and the German industry has all assets for assuming a leading role in this direction. We invented the automobile and now we are reinventing it. Today, in collaboration with RWE, we are taking an important step into the future."
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