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Daimler Will Retool Century-Old Engine Plants in Electric Shift
- Untertuerkheim and Berlin facilities opened in the early 1900s
- Incentives boost Europe’s sales of electrics, plug-in hybrids
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Daimler AG has entered discussions with its powerful German labor unions to convert key engine and transmission factories for the electric-car era.
The plants in Berlin and Stuttgart’s Untertuerkheim district, adjacent to Daimler’s headquarters, are the focus of the Mercedes-Benz maker’s plans to revamp operations based on its expectation that demand for traditional combustion engines will decrease.