Mercedes-Benz Begins Building Battery Recycling Factory in Southern Germany

Mercedes-Benz Begins Building Battery Recycling Factory in Southern Germany
Logo of Mercedes-Benz at their plant in Kuppenheim, Germany, in a file photo. Mercedes-Benz Group/Handout via Reuters
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FRANKFURT—Mercedes-Benz laid the foundation stone for a sustainable battery recycling factory in Kuppenheim, southern Germany on Friday.

The pilot plant will have an annual capacity of 2500 tonnes and will contribute to the production of more than 50,000 battery modules for new electric Mercedes-Benz vehicles.