Mercedes-Benz opens new R&D centre in Shanghai

Mud particles blown from the Sahara to Europe are seen on the bonnet of a Mercedes-Benz automotive after a rainfall in Zurich, Switzerland March 16, 2022. REUTERS/ArndWiegmann

SHANGHAI, March 18 (Reuters) – Germany’s Mercedes-Benz Group AG (MBGn.DE) mentioned on Friday it has opened a analysis and growth (R&D) centre in Shanghai that can give attention to mobility expertise.

The centre, its second R&D facility in China, will work in tech fields comparable to connectivity, automated driving and large information, the corporate mentioned in an announcement.

Mercedes-Benz didn’t elaborate on the scale of its funding within the new tech centre, nor what number of engineers it plans to finally rent for the brand new location.

It mentioned within the assertion it’s “aiming to draw tons of of latest tech abilities”.

The institution of a brand new Shanghai tech centre follows a transfer final 12 months by the German premium carmaker to considerably improve its R&D capabilities in Beijing, by opening a brand new R&D facility in China’s capital.

With 1,000 engineers, the brand new Beijing tech facility is greater than thrice the scale of the one Mercedes-Benz opened in 2014, and the primary exterior Germany that’s extra “on par” technically with the agency’s far larger R&D headquarters close to Stuttgart, an individual near the centre mentioned on the time.

Reporting by Norihiko Shirouzu in Beijing and Brenda Goh in Shanghai; Modifying by Christopher Cushing and Kenneth Maxwell

: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.