IMercedes-Benz izovula imboni yenjini eBeijing, eChina. Ingqophamlando yomkhiqizo we-Stuttgart, okungokokuqala ngqa emlandweni wayo ukukhiqiza izinjini ngaphandle kweJalimane.
I-Beijing Automotive Group, enguzakwethu we-Mercedes e-China, izoba yinkampani enesibopho sokusebenzisa le mboni endaweni yase-China. Esigabeni sokuqala, ifektri izoba namandla okukhiqiza ngonyaka wezinjini ezingu-250,000, kodwa kulinganiselwa ukuthi ngesikhathi esifushane ukukhiqizwa kwayo kuzokwanda kakhulu.
Lokhu kutshalwa kwezimali, okubiza ama-euro ayizigidi ezingu-400, ngokusho komkhiqizo "kukhombisa ukuzibophezela kwethu ekukhonzeni amakhasimende ethu aseShayina kangcono nakakhulu, ngobuchwepheshe bamuva obukhiqizwa lapha kanye nokuqiniseka kwethu ngekusasa eliphumelelayo kule makethe".
Kulabo abesaba ukuhlehla kwemingcele yekhwalithi yomkhiqizo, i-Mercedes isivele isho ukuthi izokhiqiza izinjini zayo, namazinga afanayo ekhwalithi kanye nezinqubo zokukhiqiza ezilandelwa eYurophu. “Siqale ukwakha izinhliziyo zezimoto zethu zakwaMercedes-Benz nalapha eBeijing, siqinisa isu lethu lokukhiqiza okuqinile nokudidiyelwe kwasekhaya. Ukukhiqiza kulandela izindinganiso zethu eziqashelwa umhlaba wonke zekhwalithi nezinqubo, okuqhubeka nokuqinisa ubukhona be-Mercedes-Benz Automóveis emhlabeni wonke,” kuchaza uFrank Deiss, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Joint-venture.
Izinjini ezikhiqizwa kuleli zizonika amandla izinhlobo ezidayiswa kuleyo makethe, okubalwa i-C-Class, E-Class ne-GLK-Class.