“Our production network must be able to breathe” In the interview, project manager Patrick Walz explains how digital twins, flexible production lines, AI and local battery assembly are changing Kecskemét. James McLoughlin Timo Gilgen
Electric C-Class and small G-Class enhance Kecskemét Mercedes-Benz has expanded its Kecskemét plant with an investment of around €1 billion. With the electric C-Class, the Hungarian site is moving into the Core segment, while the electric GLC and, exclusively, the smaller G-Class will follow. At full utilisation, the plant could quadruple its 2024 output to as many as 400,000 vehicles a year. Timo Gilgen James McLoughlin