MBSA moves to begin producing plug-in hybrids at East London plant

Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) is ramping up to start production of the C350e plug-in hybrid at the company’s Eastern Cape plant, says MBSA CEO and executive director manufacturing Arno van der Merwe. Van der Merwe says the C-Class hybrid ⎯ most likely the first hybrid to be produced in a South African plant – will be a big step in “developing MBSA’s technical assembly capability”.