FRANKFURT AM MAIN: German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz said Thursday it would invest $1 billion in an Alabama factory as it prepares for electric vehicle production in the United States.

“We are significantly growing our manufacturing footprint here in Alabama... We will be able to quickly ramp up US production of EQ models,” the carmaker’s battery-electric range, Mercedes executive Markus Schaefer said in a statement.

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