Mercedes-Benz Plans Switch to Full Electrification by End of Decade
梅赛德斯-奔驰计划在十年前转向全面电气化
时间：2021-07-23 09:21
BERLIN - German carmaker Mercedes-Benz planned to fully switch to electric drive by the end of the decade if market conditions allowed, the company announced in a press release on Thursday.
柏林--德国汽车制造商梅赛德斯-奔驰公司周四在一份新闻稿中宣布，如果市场条件允许，该公司计划在本十年结束前完全转为电动驱动。
The shift to fully electric vehicles is "picking up speed," said Ola Kaellenius, CEO of Daimler and Mercedes-Benz. "The tipping point is getting closer and we will be ready as markets switch to electric-only by the end of this decade," he added.
戴姆勒和梅赛德斯-奔驰的首席执行官Ola Kaellenius说，向全电动汽车的转变 "正在加速"。"他补充说："转折点越来越近，随着市场在本十年末转向纯电动，我们将做好准备。
By the end of 2025, all newly launched vehicles should be fully electric, according to Mercedes-Benz. Therefore, the carmaker would invest 40 billion euros ($47.17 billion) in research and development of battery electric vehicles between 2022 and 2030.
据梅赛德斯-奔驰称，到2025年底，所有新推出的车辆都应该是全电动的。因此，该汽车制造商将在2022年至2030年间投资400亿欧元（471.7亿美元）用于研发电池电动汽车。
Together with partners, eight new gigafactories with a battery cell capacity of more than 200 gigawatt-hours should be built worldwide, in addition to the previously planned network of nine battery manufacturing plants, the company said.
该公司表示，除了之前计划的九个电池制造厂网络外，还应与合作伙伴一起在全球范围内建设八个新的千兆工厂，其电池容量超过200千兆瓦时。
China, the world's largest new energy vehicle market, is expected to "play a key role in accelerating the Mercedes-Benz electrification strategy," the carmaker noted.
该汽车制造商指出，中国作为世界上最大的新能源汽车市场，预计将 "在加速梅赛德斯-奔驰电气化战略中发挥关键作用"。
The company's charging network which currently comprises of over 530,000 charging points worldwide should be expanded by 30,000 units until 2025, according to Mercedes-Benz which announced to cooperate with Shell.
据宣布与壳牌合作的梅赛德斯-奔驰称，该公司的充电网络目前在全球有超过53万个充电点，到2025年应扩大3万个。
As of 2022, eight electric vehicle models would be produced at seven locations on three continents, according to Mercedes-Benz, while all passenger car and battery assembly sites would switch to carbon neutral production.
据梅赛德斯-奔驰称，截至2022年，将在三大洲的七个地方生产八种电动车型，而所有乘用车和电池组装厂将转为碳中和生产。
来源：新华社
译者：张芳腾
检索人：刘映辰
上传日期：2021年9月13日
