Mercedes will expand its factory in Alabama, where Trump relieves cars tariffs

The Mercedes -Benz manufacturer in Tuscalosa, Alabama, will build a new car for luxury auto industry.

the German -based company The news announced on Thursday, saying that the “resettlement” of the new “basic sector” will happen by 2027.

The new car will add to the many models that Tuscuna Factory already produces, such as Mercedes-Benz, GLE, GLS, GLE Coupe, EQS SUV, EQE SUV, Mercedes-Maybach Gls and EQS Suv.

“We are closer to the United States client by localizing the basic sector model in Tusciaosa, which enhances our relations with the North American market, where a group of Mercedes -Benz’s vehicles, including GLE and GLS models,” said Jacon Hoff, CEO of GLE and GLS.

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Mercedes -Benz described this step as “deepening the imprint of the United States and confirms Alabama as an important part of the company’s global production network,” in addition to compatibility with its “local local” approach.

The factory has worked outside the city of West Alabama since the 1990s. At that time, it was manufactured More than 4.5 million Mercedes cars.

Mercedes -Benz said that among the vehicles you adopt every year, about 60 % is exported to other countries.

Alabama Governor Kai Ivy’s reaction to the news was on social media, saying that Mercedes -Benz’s move to make the new “basic sector” of the factory “show that international companies are confident in our working power.”

In recent weeks, Mercedes -Benz and other auto companies have faced a tariff against their countries by the Trump administration.

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president Donald Trump The tariff on imported passengers and light trucks entered into force in early April. It reached 25 %. Another tax of the same size is scheduled to reach some of the main imported automatic parts.

On Wednesday, the President issued an advertisement that gives some identification comfort to auto companies.

It necessitates a “displacement to a portion of the definitions for auto parts used in Vehicles collected in the United States 3.75 % of the proposed retail price of the manufacturer (MSRP) is equal to American manufacturer for next year (April 3, 2025, to April 30, 2026), and 2.5 % of US production the following year (May 1, 2026, to April 30, 2027), “according to the fact newspaper.

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The White House said that this step “adjusts the movement of tariffs on cars and auto parts by encouraging manufacturers to collect their cars in the United States, thus reducing American dependence on foreign auto imports and auto parts.”