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Odds are, there's more than one company that makes/has made batteries for Mercedes.

It usually goes like this:

  • Merc plans to build x cars next year
  • for those cars they need x + some spare batteries
  • the batteries need to have a size this-and-that, and electrical capacity so-and-so
  • Merc wants y number of batteries delivered every other day
  • Merc asks several different battery manufacturers if they can deliver batteries according to above, and what they would charge for it
  • the winning company, usually the lowest bidder, gets to deliver batteries for the length of the contract.
  • when the contract is about to run out, the whole process is repeated again, but maybe this time another another manufacturer offers a sweeter deal, and gets the job.
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13y ago

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