Daimler plans to offer an electric or hybrid version of all its models by 2022

The German carmaker Daimler, plans wants to offer an electric or hybrid version of all its models by 2022. Daimler plans to offer 130 electric and hybrid models by 2022, in addition to electric vans, buses and trucks.
Daimler said in statement on Tuesday, 12/11/18, that it was spending $23 billion on battery cells, and investing another $1.1 billion in eight battery factories in Germany, China, Thailand and the United States, saying this will ensure a steady suppy of essential compnents, namely battery cells, until 2030.
Daimler has already completed one battery factory in Germany, where it plans to build four more plants. It will build another near an existing car plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and one each in Beijing and Bangkok.