Mercedes to Invest $4 Billion in Alabama Plant

Mercedes said the funding is part of a larger $7 billion planned investment into the company’s U.S. operations by 2030.

Start of production for the new EQS SUV at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama in a file photo. Courtesy of Mercedes-Benz

German automaker Mercedes-Benz is planning to invest $4 billion in its Tuscaloosa County plant located in Alabama by the end of the decade, according to a March 31 statement by Made in Alabama, a website managed by the state’s Department of Commerce.

The announcement was made by company officials at the plant, where they unveiled two SUVs and marked the Tuscaloosa facility’s five-millionth manufacturing milestone.