Mercedes-Benz will stop manufacturing residential batteries

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Mercedes-Benz will stop manufacturing residential batteries and dissolve its U.S. energy subsidiary, according to consultancy GTM Research. German parent company Daimler AG launched Mercedes-Benz Energy Americas in November 2016. As reported, in May 2017 rooftop solar installer Vivint announced a strategic collaboration to bring the Mercedes-Benz customizable home energy storage system to the United States and to offer the batteries coupled with Vivint Solar's solar energy systems. »We appreciated having the opportunity to work with and learn about the home energy storage market with Mercedes-Benz Energy and look forward to seeing what they do around second-life batteries and how we might collaborate with them in the future,« Vivint said in a statement provided to Greentech Media. According to GTM, the solar installer added LG Chem's Resu storage product in the Utah market last quarter, the statement noted. Vivint plans to expand the storage product to California this spring and nationwide later this year.

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